Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to the applicant's failure to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need in a high-sensitivity landscape, combined with critical technical deficiencies regarding site access, water supply, and overall site layout.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to substantiate a demonstrable economic or social rural housing need as required for a Class 3 Special Landscape Sensitivity area under Policy Objective RH4 and DM Standard 46.
- The proposed development lacks confirmed access to a safe water supply and relies on a deficient, narrow private right of way that would constitute a traffic hazard and result in a landlocked site.
- The site configuration and elongated, haphazard vehicular access would result in obtrusive and disorderly development that fails to integrate effectively into the rural landscape.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH4DM Standard 46Policy Objective WS 4DM Standard 36DM Standard 8DM Standard 29Policy Objective NBH 1Policy Objective NHB 2Policy Objective NHB 3Policy Objective WR 1DM Standard 50
Decision Document Summary
Sean Conneely sought permission for a single-storey dwelling, garage, and wastewater treatment system on a 0.291ha greenfield site in Baile an tSagairt, Spiddal, Co. Galway. The site is located within a Class 3 Special Landscape Sensitivity area and the Galway County Transport Planning Strategy (GCTPS) zone. Galway County Council refused the application on four grounds: failure to prove rural housing need, lack of evidence for a public water connection, inadequate and unsafe road access via a na...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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