Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need and non-compliance with rural settlement strategy and vehicular access objectives.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a genuine rural-generated housing need or exceptional health circumstances required to justify a dwelling in an area zoned 'RU- Rural'.
- The proposal represents a haphazard and unsustainable form of development that contravenes the Fingal Rural Settlement Strategy and National Policy Objective 19 regarding rural housing.
- The development would materially contravene Objective SPQHO54 by creating a new vehicular entrance where no safety necessity or lack of viable alternatives was established.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RU- RuralTable 3.5 Section 3.5.15.5National Policy Objective 19Objective SPQHO54
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought planning permission for a dwelling house and waste water treatment system at Westown, Naul, Co. Dublin, on lands zoned 'RU- Rural'. The application was refused by Fingal County Council as the applicant did not satisfactorily demonstrate a social or economic need to reside in the rural area, nor did they meet the criteria for exceptional health circumstances. Furthermore, the Planning Authority determined that the proposed new vehicular entrance violated specific development p...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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