Core Refusal Reason
The proposed balcony, by reason of its excessive scale and siting, would result in significant overlooking and noise disturbance, thereby seriously injuring the residential amenities and depreciating the value of neighboring properties.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The balcony's significant scale and siting lead to unacceptable overlooking and noise impacts on the amenities of adjacent residential properties.
- The structure is substantially larger than the originally permitted balcony and fails to appropriately integrate into the 'Rural General' landscape context.
- The development would depreciate the value of properties in the vicinity and is contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective KCDP 11-77Objective KCDP 11-78Section 11.6Section 11.6.3Section 11.6.3.2
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission to retain a balcony in part at the rear of an existing dwelling at Barrow, Ardfert, Co. Kerry, situated within a 'Rural General' landscape designation. The proposal follows a previous split decision (File No. 23/63) where the balcony element was refused. Kerry County Council refused the current application on the grounds that the balcony remains excessively large, extending across almost the entire rear of the house, which causes detrimental overlooking and noi...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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