Core Refusal Reason
The proposal failed to demonstrate compliance with rural housing eligibility criteria, posed a traffic hazard due to poor sightlines, and featured an inappropriate design for a highly sensitive landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicants failed to provide sufficient information to demonstrate compliance with the Rural Settlement Strategy requirements for the 'RU – Rural' zoning objective.
- The proposed access arrangements and sightlines are substandard, creating a traffic hazard and endangering public safety.
- The design is considered inappropriate for a 'Highly Sensitive' landscape character area and would be seriously injurious to the visual amenities of the locality.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RU – RuralObjective SPQHO81Policy SPQHP46Table 14.9Objective SPQHO84Objective GINHO84
Decision Document Summary
The application sought planning permission for a development at Milverton, Skerries, Co. Dublin, located within an area zoned 'RU – Rural' under the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029. Fingal County Council refused the application on three main grounds: the failure of the applicants to prove they met the rural housing need criteria, the creation of a traffic hazard due to inadequate sightlines at the site entrance, and the negative visual impact of the proposed design on a designated highly sensi...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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