Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate rural housing need and significant traffic safety concerns due to restricted sightlines.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate compliance with the local rural housing need criteria for an area under strong urban influence as defined in Policy Objective RP 5-4 of the Cork County Development Plan 2022.
- The proposed vehicular access would create a traffic hazard due to its location on a poorly aligned road with restricted sightlines and insufficient road frontage to achieve safe visibility.
- The development would exacerbate a ribbon pattern of development in a rural area lacking public sewerage, which is considered prejudicial to public health and contrary to sustainable development.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RP 5-4
Decision Document Summary
This application sought outline permission for a dwelling and an effluent treatment system at Ballynacarriga, Kilworth, Co. Cork. The site is located within a rural area designated as being under strong urban influence. The proposal was refused primarily because the applicant did not meet the qualifying criteria for rural housing need under the current County Development Plan. Furthermore, the Planning Authority determined that the development would endanger public safety by creating a traffic h...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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