Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to a substandard access track posing significant traffic safety risks and the applicant's failure to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need in an 'Area of Special Control'.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed access route is substandard in width, surface treatment, and alignment, and lacks the capacity to safely accommodate the additional traffic movements, creating a traffic hazard and undesirable reversing onto the public road.
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a specific social or economic requirement to reside in this rural area, which is designated as an 'Area of Special Control' under Objective CDP 4.14 of the Clare County Development Plan 2023-2029.
- Insufficient legal interest was demonstrated to carry out the significant upgrade works required to bring the private access track up to a suitable standard for residential use.
Cited Policies (CDP)
CDP4.14CDP14.3CDP15.3CDP15.12Objective CDP3.1Objective CDP11.13Objective CDP11.14
Decision Document Summary
Maria Gavin and Shane Harkin applied for permission to construct a 4-bedroom dwelling and wastewater treatment system at Killerk West, Darragh, Co. Clare. The site is situated in a rural area designated as the 'Western Corridor Working Landscape' and an 'Area of Special Control'. Clare County Council refused the proposal because the narrow, poorly surfaced private access track was deemed inadequate for residential traffic safety and the applicants did not provide sufficient evidence of a local r...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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