Core Refusal Reason
The development fails to meet the minimum floor area and design standards for apartments, resulting in a substandard level of residential amenity and over-development of the site.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The three apartment units fail to meet the minimum floor area requirement of 45sqm for one-bedroom dwellings as mandated by the 2025 Planning Design Standards for Apartments.
- The proposal provides no private or communal open space, car parking, bicycle storage, or refuse storage, leading to a poor standard of residential amenity for future inhabitants.
- The development constitutes over-development of a town centre site and would set an undesirable precedent for similar substandard residential conversions in Claremorris.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028TVHP 1TVHP 4SSO 6Appendix 1 Minimum floor areas and standards
Decision Document Summary
This application sought retention permission for three first-floor apartments located above existing retail units on Mount Street, Claremorris. While the site is situated in a town centre zone where residential use is generally encouraged, the proposal was refused because the units significantly fail to meet national minimum floor area and design standards. Specifically, the units lack adequate internal storage, living room widths, open space, and parking, representing a substandard form of deve...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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