Core Refusal Reason
The applicant failed to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need as they had previously availed of their eligibility, and the proposal presented significant technical deficiencies regarding road safety, legal access, and water connection feasibility.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to substantiate a rural housing need under Policy Objectives RH2 and RH4, having previously exhausted their eligibility by constructing a dwelling elsewhere.
- The proposed site entrance is unsatisfactory as achieving necessary visibility sightlines requires works on third-party lands without the requisite legal consent, posing a traffic hazard.
- The application lacked evidence of legal right-of-way for the access road and failed to provide a letter of feasibility from Uisce Éireann for the proposed water connection.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH 9Policy Objective LCM 1Policy Objective LCM 3Policy Objective WW 6Policy Objective WW 11Policy Objective FL 2Policy Objective NBH 1Policy Objective WR 1Section 4.6Section 15.2.4Section 15.3.1Section 15.6DM Standard 6DM Standard 7DM Standard 8DM Standard 9DM Standard 11DM Standard 28DM Standard 29DM Standard 30DM Standard 36DM Standard 38DM Standard 47DM Standard 46DM Standard 68DM Standard 50Policy Objective RH2Policy Objective RH4Policy Objective WS4
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for a dwelling house, garage, and wastewater treatment system at Cor na Ron, Thoir, Indreabhan, Co. Galway. The site is located in a rural area under strong urban pressure (GCTPS) and a Class 3 landscape zone. Galway County Council refused the proposal primarily because the applicant had already fulfilled their housing need through a previous development, thus contravening rural housing policy. Additionally, the development was deemed technically deficient due ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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