Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to significant traffic safety concerns regarding inadequate sightlines and junction proximity on a restricted regional road, alongside poor site configuration and design that fails to integrate into the landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed site entrance onto the R-380 restricted regional road fails to demonstrate sufficient sightlines and provides inadequate separation from the existing L-8250 junction, creating a traffic hazard.
- The development's location, site configuration, and orientation on a prominent area of the site are considered haphazard and disorderly, making it incapable of satisfactorily assimilating into the landscape.
- The proposal would interfere with the character of the landscape, detract from visual amenity, and establish an undesirable precedent for similar disorderly developments in the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH1Policy Objective RH2Policy Objective RH9Policy Objective LCM2Policy Objective NHB 2Policy Objective NHB 3Policy Objective NHB 10DM Standard 13DM Standard 26DM Standard 28DM Standard 33(a)DM Standard 40Section 4.6Section 4.6.3Section 6.17Section 8.13Section 10.6Section 10.15Section 13.5Section 13.6Section 14.4Section 14.6Section 15.2.4Section 15.3.1Section 15.3.2Section 15.6Section 15.7.2Section 15.13.2
Decision Document Summary
Shauna Fahey applied for planning permission to construct a 310sq.m dwelling house, a 38sq.m domestic garage, and a new sewage treatment system at Castleboy, Kilchreest, Loughrea. The site is located within the GCTPS area and is accessed via a private road off the R380 Restricted Regional Road. While the applicant successfully demonstrated a rural housing need, the Planning Authority refused the application because the proposed entrance creates a traffic hazard due to overlapping visibility spla...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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