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construction of a detached, part single, part two-storey, dwelling, providing a floorspace of 405 sq. metres and containing five bedrooms, a combined kitchen / dining / family room and ancillary bathroom, hallway, pantry, utility / boot room, laundry and walk-in wardrobe accommodation, as well as a garage / home gym. The new house would be accessed via an existing agricultural entrance, which is to be modified, which would lead to the house via a gravel driveway and parking area and, as well as a BAF P6 secondary waste-water treatment facility and soil polishing filter to current EPA standards, a new private well, and all site works including soakaways (to BRE Digest 365 specification) and landscaping
Core Refusal Reason
The applicant failed to demonstrate a bona fide rural housing need, and the proposal was deemed visually intrusive in an Area of High Amenity with inadequate access and wastewater arrangements.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a demonstrable functional social or economic need to live in the open countryside as required by Objective CPO 6.41 and Table 6.3 of the County Development Plan.
- The proposed suburban-style design is non-compliant with the Wicklow Single Rural Houses Design Guidelines and would form an intrusive feature in a designated Area of High Amenity, contrary to Objective CPO 6.44.
- The development would endanger public safety due to traffic hazards on a substandard access road and pose a risk to public health because the wastewater treatment system was inadequately sized for a five-bedroom dwelling.