Core Refusal Reason
The development was refused due to its excessive scale and prominent location on a locally elevated site within a Class 4 Iconic Landscape, which would result in a visually obtrusive feature that fails to assimilate into the sensitive rural environment.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed building is of an excessive scale and located on a locally elevated site within a Class 4 Iconic Landscape, leading to poor assimilation and visual obtrusiveness.
- The development is situated outside of an established farmstead and lacks adequate justification for its scale and location in a sensitive rural setting.
- The proposal would establish an undesirable precedent for similar developments and contravenes specific landscape and agricultural building policies of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective LCM1Policy Objective LCM2Policy Objective LCM3Policy Objective RD 3DM 13Policy Objective NHB 1Policy Objective NHB 3Policy Objective FL1Policy Objective WR 1Policy Objective WW 11Policy Objective RD 1Policy Objective AD 1Policy Objective AD 2Policy Objective AD 4Policy Objective AGD 1Policy Objective E1DM Standard 11DM Standard 13DM Standard 28DM Standard 29DM Standard 36DM Standard 46DM Standard 47DM Standard 50DM Standard 67
Decision Document Summary
Tom Healy sought planning permission for the retention of site works and the construction of a 194 sqm stable building at Cregg, Oughterard, a site located within a Class 4 Iconic Landscape and the Gaeltacht. The application follows a previous refusal on the same site for similar works. Galway County Council refused the proposal primarily because the excessive scale and elevated positioning of the building would make it a visually obtrusive feature that fails to integrate into the sensitive land...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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