Core Refusal Reason
The site is unsuitable for a domestic wastewater treatment system due to significant fluvial and pluvial flooding risks and poor drainage characteristics, posing an unacceptable risk to public health and the environment.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The subject site is located within an area identified as having a high probability of both fluvial and pluvial flooding, and the applicant failed to provide a site-specific flood risk assessment to demonstrate the development's safety.
- The physical condition of the site, specifically the presence of rushes throughout, indicates a frequently wet area with poor drainage that is fundamentally unsuitable for a proprietary wastewater treatment system under the EPA Code of Practice.
- The proposed development would constitute an unacceptable risk to human and environmental health and would be prejudicial to public health, thereby contravening the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
HO O59Policy HO P11Section 3.13.3Table 3.4Policy HO P23Policy HO P26Section 3.14Chapter 3 Housing
Decision Document Summary
Cornelius and Niamh McCarthy proposed the construction of a single-storey dwelling, garage, and on-site wastewater treatment system at Kilmorebrannagh, Enfield, Co. Kildare. The 1.178ha agricultural site is located in a rural area near the Royal Canal and a railway line. While the applicants were deemed to comply with rural housing need policies, the application was refused primarily on environmental grounds. The planning authority determined that the site's susceptibility to flooding and poor d...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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