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for a two storey, two bedroom, dormer style dwelling, along with ancillary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and all associated site works, on our site at Melrose House, Brownstown Upper, Curragh, Co. Kildare. R56 X902. This dwelling is to serve as accommodation for ourselves

Refused

Core Refusal Reason

The application was refused due to excessive housing density in a rural area, failure to meet local housing need criteria as the applicants are existing homeowners, and concerns regarding wastewater treatment suitability and poor site layout.

Decision Maker's Conclusion

  • The development would exacerbate an excessive density of one-off housing, exceeding the maximum limit of 30 units per square kilometre defined in the Kildare County Development Plan 2023-2029.
  • The applicants fail to comply with the Local Need Criteria as they already own a dwelling in a rural area, which is a material contravention of Objective HO O43.
  • The proposal failed to demonstrate that the site could satisfactorily accommodate a wastewater treatment system, and the layout, featuring an excessively long driveway, was deemed to be haphazard and harmful to the rural character of the area.

Cited Policies (CDP)

HO P26HO O59Section 3.13.3Objective HO O43Policy HO P27Objective IN O18Policy HO P12Table 3.4Map V1-3.1

Decision Document Summary

The proposal involved the construction of a two-storey, two-bedroom dormer dwelling with a wastewater treatment system at Brownstown Upper, Curragh, Co. Kildare. The application was refused by Kildare County Council primarily because the site is located in an area already exceeding sustainable housing density limits. Furthermore, the applicants did not meet the necessary local housing need requirements as they are already homeowners, and the technical details provided were insufficient to prove ...
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