Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to the failure to demonstrate safe sight distances at the proposed entrance and the haphazard, disorderly nature of the site configuration which would negatively impact the landscape character.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate that the required 70m sight distances could be achieved, as the necessary sightlines involve lands outside the applicant's control for which no letters of consent were provided, posing a traffic hazard.
- The proposed development, by virtue of its site configuration and siting, would result in a haphazard and disorderly form of development that fails to effectively assimilate into the receiving rural landscape.
- The proposal is considered visually intrusive and would set an undesirable precedent for similar future development, thereby contravening Policy Objective RH 9 and DM Standard 8 of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH 2Policy Objective RH 9Policy Objective FL1Policy Objective LCM 1Policy Objective LCM 2DM Standard 6DM Standard 7DM Standard 8DM Standard 11DM Standard 28DM Standard 36DM Standard 38DM Standard 46DM Standard 47DM Standard 50DM Standard 67
Decision Document Summary
Charlene Ní Churraoin sought planning permission for a new dwelling, domestic garage, and wastewater treatment system at Bohoona East, Spiddal, Co. Galway. The subject site is located on unzoned lands within an Urban Landscape Sensitivity area and the GCTPS area. Although the applicant successfully demonstrated a rural housing need (Policy Objective RH 2), the Planning Authority refused the application because the proposed access did not meet safety standards for sight distances (DM Standard 28)...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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