Core Refusal Reason
The development was refused due to site unsuitability for wastewater treatment posing a risk to public health and the environment, alongside significant negative impacts on visual amenity and rural character caused by extensive vegetation removal.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The site's physical constraints, including rock outcrops and limited soil overburden, render it incapable of safely treating domestic effluent, creating risks to public health and nearby European protected sites.
- The extensive removal of woodland and scrub to accommodate the proposal significantly detracts from the visual amenity and preservation of the rural environment.
- The development would materially contravene multiple policy objectives and standards of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028 and set an undesirable precedent for similar future development.
Cited Policies (CDP)
NHB1NHB2NHB3Development Management Standard 50LCM 1DM Standard 47
Decision Document Summary
This application by Conor O' Donoghue proposed the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, and an on-site sewage treatment system at Killeeneen More. Galway County Council refused permission on two primary grounds: first, that the site's geological conditions make it unsuitable for effluent disposal, threatening public health and water quality; and second, that the significant intervention and removal of woodland/scrub would harm the area's visual amenity and rural character. The deci...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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