Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need within a designated Greenbelt, combined with negative impacts on residential amenity and the exacerbation of ribbon development.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicants failed to demonstrate a genuine rural-generated housing need based on social or economic links to the local area, contravening settlement policy for the Bandon Greenbelt.
- The proposed design and contextual relationship with adjoining properties would seriously injure the residential amenities of the surrounding area.
- The development would result in undesirable linear roadside frontage and excessive density, leading to a haphazard development pattern and uneconomic demands for public services.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RP 5-4GB 1-1RP 5-19 (c)
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involved the erection of a dwelling house at Curryclogh, Bandon, Co. Cork, situated within a Greenbelt area under strong urban influence. The Planning Authority refused the application on three main grounds: the lack of a demonstrated rural housing need by the applicants, the potential for the design to negatively impact the amenity of neighboring residents, and the fact that the project would extend ribbon development along a local road. These factors were deemed to contravene the ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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