Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to traffic safety hazards, the exacerbation of ribbon development, and detrimental visual impacts on a designated High Value Landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The local road network has deficient capacity, meaning the additional traffic and new access point would create a public safety hazard and set an undesirable precedent.
- The development would result in significant visual harm to a High Value Landscape due to its prominent design and the loss of mature trees and hedgerows required for the entrance.
- The proposal constitutes ribbon development, which contravenes specific planning objectives aimed at preventing the sprawl of roadside dwellings and maintaining traffic flow.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective RCI 6-1Objective TM3-3Objective RCI 6-3Cork County Development Plan 2014
Decision Document Summary
The applicant sought permission to construct a dwelling house at Shanagh, Shanballymore, Mallow, Co. Cork. The site is located within a rural area designated as a High Value Landscape under the Cork County Development Plan 2014. The planning authority refused the application on four grounds: the inadequacy of the local road network to support further development, the negative impact on rural visual amenity caused by the removal of natural screening, the creation of a traffic hazard through a new...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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