Core Refusal Reason
The development materially contravenes County Development Plan policies regarding detached habitable rooms and backland development by creating an independent habitable unit that fails to meet minimum floor area standards.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The habitable use of the structure is entirely separate from the main dwelling, violating specific policies governing family flats, detached habitable rooms, and backland development.
- The development fails to comply with the minimum floor area requirements established by the Quality Housing for Sustainable Communities (DEHLG, 2007) guidelines.
- Permitting the retention would establish an undesirable precedent for similar developments and would negatively impact the amenities and property values of the surrounding area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 12.3.7.3Section 12.3.7.4Section 12.3.7.6
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought the retention of a change of use from a garage to a habitable unit at 4A Wynnsward Drive, Dublin 14. The local authority refused the application primarily because the unit operates as a separate entity from the main dwelling, which is in direct conflict with County Development Plan policies for detached habitable rooms and backland development. Additionally, the unit's failure to meet national minimum floor area standards and the potential for setting an undesirable precedent...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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