Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to excessive density and linear development, significant visual impact on a high-value landscape and scenic routes, and the failure to demonstrate a genuine rural-generated housing need.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development would exacerbate density issues and extend linear development, leading to a haphazard pattern that undermines the rural environment and the economic provision of public services.
- The elevated and open nature of the site would result in an excessively prominent and obtrusive feature, causing significant injury to the visual amenities of the high-value landscape and scenic routes.
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a genuine rural-generated housing need based on social or economic links to the Tourism and Rural Diversification rural housing policy area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RP 5-22GI 14-9RP 5-5
Decision Document Summary
This application proposed the construction of a detached dwelling house and a wastewater treatment plant at Lisleecourt, Barry's Point, Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork. The site is located in an elevated, open, high-value landscape visible from scenic routes and Blind Strand. The Planning Authority refused the application on three main grounds: the exacerbation of haphazard linear development, the negative visual impact on the protected landscape, and the applicant's failure to satisfy the rural housin...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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