Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate rural housing need and conflict with a proposed national road upgrade corridor.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to provide sufficient evidence of a functional rural housing need or local linkage required for the Uplands Landscape designation.
- The site is located within the preferred route corridor for the N11/N25 Oylegate to Rosslare Harbour road upgrade scheme.
- Granting permission would be premature and prejudicial to the delivery of strategic national road infrastructure pending final route approval.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Volume 1 Table 4.6
Decision Document Summary
The application proposed the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house at Ballymorris, Carrick, within an area designated as Uplands Landscape. The local authority refused the proposal because the applicant did not satisfy the rural housing policy requirements regarding local linkage and housing need as defined in the Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028. Furthermore, the site's location within the preferred route corridor for the N11/N25 Oylegate to Rosslare Harbour upgrade makes the dev...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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