Core Planning Reasoning
The applicant failed to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need for a first permanent home, and the development would lead to an excessive density of private effluent treatment systems in a high-vulnerability groundwater area.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant has not demonstrated compliance with the required categories of housing need within the meaning of Objective RP 5-4 of the Development Plan.
- The proposed development would constitute excessive backland development, exacerbating random rural encroachment and sporadic development patterns in the area.
- In conjunction with existing developments, the proposal would result in an excessive density of private effluent treatment systems in an area with high groundwater vulnerability, posing a risk to public health.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective CS 2-4Objective RP 5-4Objective RP 5-4(d)Section 5.6
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involves the construction of a 161.77 sq.m dwelling and the retention of a mobile home and ancillary domestic structures on a 0.22ha site at Gurteenina, Midleton, Co. Cork. Located in a 'Rural Area under Strong Urban Influence', the site is accessed via a shared laneway and is characterized by a pattern of ribbon and backland development. While Cork County Council initially granted permission, the Inspector recommended refusal on appeal. The Inspector's primary arguments focus on th...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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