Core Refusal Reason
The development is refused due to its negative impact on the visual amenity and character of the host dwelling and the Skerries Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) resulting from increased height, unsympathetic materials, and poor design details.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The increased ridge and elevation heights, combined with modern materials, create a discordant feature that harms the character of the Skerries Architectural Conservation Area.
- The proposed alterations result in an unbalanced principal elevation with an inappropriate solid-to-void ratio and lack sufficient technical detail regarding window specifications.
- Granting permission would consolidate inappropriate development and set an undesirable precedent for similar unsympathetic works within the protected streetscape.
Cited Policies (CDP)
HCAP14SPQHP41SPQHO45
Decision Document Summary
This application sought retention permission for roof works and proposed alterations at 16 Little Strand Street, Skerries, a site located within an Architectural Conservation Area. Fingal County Council refused the application because the increased height and modern materials are visually discordant and unsympathetic to the historic character of the area. Additionally, the proposed street-level changes were deemed poorly designed and insufficiently detailed, posing a threat to the architectural ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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