Core Refusal Reason
The development lacks a valid parent permission, fails to meet rural settlement strategy requirements, and is considered visually intrusive due to excessive scale in a sensitive landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The parent permissions for the dwelling have expired, and the applicant failed to demonstrate compliance with the current rural settlement strategy (Objective SPQH081).
- The works seeking retention, including increased ridge height and facade alterations, materially contravene conditions of previous planning permissions.
- The excessive size, scale, and massing of the development fail to assimilate into the highly sensitive rural landscape, harming visual amenities (Objective GINHO59).
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective SPQH081Objective GINHO59
Decision Document Summary
This application sought retention and permission for extensions and alterations to a dwelling at Rowans Little, Lusk, Co. Dublin. The proposal was refused because the original planning permissions for the site have expired, and no evidence was provided to show the development meets the rural housing criteria of the Fingal County Development Plan 2023-2029. Furthermore, the unauthorized changes to the building's height and design were found to be visually dominant and incompatible with the sensit...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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