Core Refusal Reason
The proposed site configuration, featuring an excessively long internal driveway running parallel to the R348, was deemed to create a suburban-style layout that erodes rural character and conflicts with visual amenity policies.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The site configuration, featuring an excessively long internal access road parallel to the public road, is considered a suburban and disorderly form of development inappropriate for a rural context.
- The proposal would materially conflict with Policy Objectives LCM 1 and RH 9, as well as DM Standard 46 of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, by eroding the rural character and detracting from the visual amenity of the area.
- Granting permission would set an undesirable precedent for similar fragmented and suburban-style developments in the rural countryside without adequate justification.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective RH 3Policy Objective LCM 1Policy Objective RH 9DM Standard 46DM Standard 28Chapter 4 - Rural Living & DevelopmentChapter 15 – Development Management Standards
Decision Document Summary
Laura Kelly sought planning permission to construct a two-storey dwelling, domestic garage, and associated site works at Knockroe, west of Ballinasloe. While technical issues regarding effluent disposal and sightlines were largely addressed through further information, the Planning Authority ultimately refused the application due to the proposed site layout. Specifically, the introduction of a long internal driveway running parallel to the R348 was viewed as an unduly suburban and disorderly dev...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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