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to construct 4 no. single storey dwellings and a new entrance onto the public roadway. The development will include the provision for the construction of service road, footpaths, grass margins, public lighting, open space, boundary wall treatment and connecting to existing mains water, storm water and foul water services on site and adjacent site boundaries and all associated site works. This development falls within the curtilage of a protected structure (Church- RPS no. 025-018, Reg no. 15402520).
Core Refusal Reason
The proposal constitutes an inappropriate suburban form of backland development located outside the defined settlement boundary of the Loughnavalley Rural Node, lacks adequate water and wastewater servicing details, and adversely impacts the setting of a Protected Structure.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development is located on unzoned, unserviced backlands outside the designated rural node boundary, representing an unsustainable suburban form of development that conflicts with the County's settlement hierarchy and would set an undesirable precedent.
- The applicant failed to provide sufficient information or assessments regarding the capacity and provision of adequate water supply and wastewater infrastructure, posing a risk to public health and water quality.
- The proposed development, by virtue of its scale and proximity, would negatively impact the character and setting of the Church of the Assumption, a Protected Structure, without sufficient justification or detail to ensure its preservation.