Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate a locally-based housing need for an Upland Landscape Area and adverse visual impact on an elevated rural site.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate compliance with rural housing policy for Upland Landscape Areas, specifically failing to prove a 10-year residency within 3km or a locally-based economic need.
- The proposed dwelling's height and siting on an exposed, elevated site would result in a visually prominent and incongruous development that the landscape cannot absorb.
- The development would set an undesirable precedent for similar large-scale rural developments and would be contrary to national and local policies regarding visual amenity and sustainable development.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Table 4-6Volume 2 Section 3.1.1Volume 2 Section 3.1.2NPO 14
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought permission for a split-level two-storey dwelling at Borris, Kilrush, located within a designated Upland Landscape Character Area. The application was refused because the applicant did not meet the specific local need criteria required by the Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028 for this sensitive landscape. Additionally, the planning authority determined that the dwelling's design and elevated position would be visually intrusive and detrimental to the rural character of...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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