Core Refusal Reason
The proposal represents a substandard, piecemeal development that provides inadequate residential amenity and lacks safe vehicular access for emergency services.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development is considered substandard and haphazard, failing to provide adequate private and public open space while causing significant overlooking issues for both future residents and existing neighbors on Hyde Street.
- The existing archway access is too restrictive to accommodate emergency service vehicles, thereby posing a significant risk to public safety and failing to meet the minimum requirements of Part B of the Building Regulations.
- The proposal is deemed premature in the absence of a coordinated master plan or framework for the backland area, as advocated for in Objective MHL 4 of the Mohill Settlement Plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
HOUS POL 13HOUS POL 15Objective MHL 4MHL 13MHL 14Section 13.10.7Table 13.3Section 6.11Table 6.5
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for 4 two-storey townhouses on a backland site to the rear of a vacant public house on Main Street Upper, Mohill. While the principle of residential development is supported by the 'Town/Village Centre' zoning, the project was refused due to its substandard design, which provided insufficient amenity space and created overlooking conflicts with adjacent properties. Furthermore, the sole access via a narrow internal archway was found to be inadequate for emergen...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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