Core Refusal Reason
The applicant failed to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need and the proposed siting was deemed to be a haphazard, piecemeal development that would negatively impact a designated iconic landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to satisfactorily demonstrate compliance with the rural housing need criteria required for Rural Housing Zone 4 under Policy Objective RH4.
- The proposed 141m setback from the public road is considered a piecemeal and disorderly form of development that is unreflective of the Design Guidelines for the Single Rural House.
- The development would materially contravene landscape conservation policies (LCM 1 and RH 9), forming a visually obtrusive feature in a designated 'Iconic' landscape and setting an undesirable precedent.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH 4Policy Objective RH 5Policy Objective RH 9Policy Objective RC 2Policy Objective NBH 1Policy Objective NHB 3Policy Objective WR 1Policy Objective LCM 1Policy Objective LCM 3Policy Objective WW 6Policy Objective WW 11DM Standard 6DM Standard 7DM Standard 8DM Standard 46DM Standard 50
Decision Document Summary
This application by Tomas Halloran proposed the construction of a 198.9 sqm single-storey dwelling and wastewater system at An Chloch Bhreac Láir, Co. Galway, situated within a Gaeltacht area and a 'Value 4 Iconic' landscape near the Lough Carra/Mask Complex. Galway County Council refused permission on two main grounds: first, the applicant did not provide sufficient evidence of a functional rural housing link to the area; and second, the significant setback of the house from the road was judged...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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