Core Refusal Reason
The development was refused due to critical traffic safety hazards at the proposed entrance, substandard residential design and layout (overdevelopment), and inadequate surface water management proposals.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed vehicular access onto the R-347 is deemed unsafe due to inadequate separation and stagger from existing junctions, which would create conflicting traffic movements and endanger vulnerable road users.
- The development represents an overdevelopment of a confined site, resulting in a substandard layout with deficient usable open space, poor street connectivity, and inadequate parking provision.
- The absence of satisfactory surface water disposal details and the potential for water pooling on-site would materially contravene environmental policy objectives of the County Development Plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
DM Standard 28DM Standard 33CSGT 2PM 1PM 6PM 8PM 10DM Standard 1DM Standard 2DM Standard 31WW8WW11
Decision Document Summary
This application proposed the construction of five terraced dwellinghouses on a brownfield corner site at Parklands, Tuam Road, Athenry. Although the site is zoned for residential use, Galway County Council refused permission because the proposed entrance onto the R-347 posed a significant traffic hazard. Furthermore, the Planning Authority concluded that the project constituted overdevelopment, failing to provide adequate open space or integrate effectively with the existing streetscape, while ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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