Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate compliance with rural housing policy and potential for significant adverse impact on a highly sensitive landscape and protected natural heritage area (pNHA).
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to fully demonstrate compliance with the criteria for local housing need, specifically leaving a gap in residency information between 2011 and 2019.
- The proposed development represents a significant and excessive intervention into a highly sensitive rural landscape adjacent to the Grand Canal (a pNHA) and River Barrow SAC, where development is strictly controlled.
- The scale of the proposed driveway and apron is considered excessive at 13.6% of the total site area, lacking adequate surface treatment details and threatening the integrity of the untouched rural character.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective HO P31Section 3.13.3Table 3.4Objective HO O44Objective HO O59Objective BI O12Policy HO P11Objective HO O43Policy HO P12Policy HO P13Policy HO P14Policy HO P15Objective HO O51Objective HO O52Policy HO P26Policy HO P27Objective TM O102Policy BI P6Objective BI O26Objective BI O27Policy LR P1Objective LR O4Section 15.7.5Section 15.7.6Appendix 4Table 15.1
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involves the construction of a 203.96sqm single-storey detached dwelling, a septic tank, and a new vehicular entrance at Moatstown, Athy, Co. Kildare. The 0.305ha greenfield site is located within the Southern Lowlands Landscape Character Area and immediately borders the Grand Canal, a proposed Natural Heritage Area (pNHA). The planning authority determined that the applicant did not sufficiently prove local housing need and that the development would constitute an inappropriate int...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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