Core Refusal Reason
The proposed domestic store is unrelated to any existing residential property and its remote siting and scale do not comply with standards for ancillary domestic structures, representing haphazard development.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed 93sqm domestic store is located on a greenfield site with no existing residential or agricultural structures, making it unrelated to any dwelling house or residential property.
- The development fails to meet DM Standard 6 of the County Development Plan as it is not ancillary to a main dwelling and its remote siting constitutes haphazard and disorderly development.
- Granting permission would set an undesirable precedent for similar inappropriate developments in the vicinity and would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028Chapter 4 Rural Living and DevelopmentSection 3.9 – Rural Housing Policies and ObjectivesChapter 7 Infrastructure, Utilities and Environmental ProtectionChapter 8 Tourism and LandscapeChapter 10 Natural Heritage, Biodiversity and Green/Blue InfrastructureChapter 15 - DM StandardsDM Standard 6 – Domestic Garages (urban & rural)DM Standard 4Policy Objectives NBH 1, NHB 2, NHB 3, WR 1DM Standard 50
Decision Document Summary
The applicant sought permission to construct a 93sqm two-bay domestic store on a 0.14-hectare agricultural site in the rural townland of Carrowreagh, Co. Galway. The proposal was refused because the site lacks an existing residential use to which the store could be ancillary. The Planning Authority determined that the scale and remote siting of the structure do not comply with DM Standard 6 of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, concluding that it would represent unjustified haphazard ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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