Core Refusal Reason
The proposed floodlighting would have significant adverse impacts on protected bat populations and would negatively affect a highly sensitive landscape area with low development capacity.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed floodlighting would have serious adverse effects on protected bat populations in a sensitive dark zone at the periphery of the Dublin Mountains, and the submitted mitigation measures were deemed insufficient.
- The development is located in the Athgoe and Saggart Hills landscape area, which has high sensitivity and negligible capacity for development, meaning the proposal would result in a significant and unacceptable change in landscape character.
- The proposal materially contravenes Policy NCBH14 of the Development Plan and would set an undesirable precedent for similar developments that would cumulatively harm the ecological and visual integrity of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy NCBH14South Dublin County Council Development Plan 2022 - 2028
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought the construction of a new all-weather pitch with perimeter fencing and floodlighting at Tallaght Town AFC, Carolan Park, Kiltipper. The application was refused by South Dublin County Council because the intensive floodlighting would disrupt a known bat habitat protected under the EU Habitats Directive and intrude upon the Athgoe and Saggart Hills landscape area. The Planning Authority determined that the development would materially contravene Policy NCBH14 of the County Deve...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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