Core Refusal Reason
The proposal constitutes haphazard development in a sensitive demesne setting and fails to demonstrate a genuine rural-generated housing need in an area under strong urban influence.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed layout and lengthy access lane represent haphazard and disorderly development that fails to integrate with the visual amenity and character of the demesne setting.
- The applicant failed to provide sufficient evidence of a genuine rural-generated housing need based on social or economic links to the local area as required by settlement policy.
- The development would materially contravene specific objectives of the County Development Plan 2022 and set an undesirable precedent for further encroachment in the rural area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RP 5-22HE 16-20RP 5-4
Decision Document Summary
The application proposed the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, and wastewater treatment system at Longueville, Mallow, Co. Cork. The site is situated within a demesne setting and is classified as a Rural Area under Strong Urban Influence. The Planning Authority refused the application on two primary grounds: first, that the configuration and lengthy access lane would result in disorderly development harmful to the area's visual character; and second, that the applicant did not d...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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