Core Refusal Reason
The proposed shed's height, scale, and design would negatively impact residential amenities through dominance, overshadowing, and overlooking, contravening specific development plan policies.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The height, scale, and design of the structure would cause dominance, overbearance, and overshadowing of neighboring private open space.
- The proposal would result in direct overlooking of the adjoining property to the south, negatively impacting residential privacy.
- The development materially contravenes Policy SPQHP41 and Objective SPQHO45 of the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029 and sets an undesirable precedent.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RS zoning objectivePolicy SPQHP41Objective SPQHO45Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for the demolition of an existing garden shed and the construction of a new replacement at 20 Sherlock Park, Skerries. The local authority refused the proposal due to its excessive height and scale, which were deemed to cause significant overshadowing and overlooking of the adjacent property to the south. The decision noted that the development would injure the residential amenities of the area and fail to comply with the RS zoning objective and specific domest...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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