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Outline Permission for a new 50-bedroomed hotel with associated function room, kitchen, restaurant, bar and storage areas and all ancillary and associated site development works including site clearance works, new vehicular/pedestrian access to hotel complex off the R176 Greenore Road, car parking spaces including public car parking area, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatment works.
Refused
Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to the absence of mandatory environmental and flood risk assessments, excessive scale relative to site constraints, and a significant shortfall in required car parking provision.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The absence of a Natura Impact Statement prevents the Planning Authority from concluding that the project would not adversely affect the integrity of the Carlingford Lough SAC and SPA.
- The site is located within Flood Zone B, and the failure to submit a Site Specific Flood Risk Assessment contravenes Policy Objectives IU 26 and IU 27 of the Louth County Development Plan.
- The proposed 50-bedroom hotel is considered over-scaled for the site, threatening the character of Scenic Route 14 and providing less than half of the required 100+ parking spaces.
Cited Policies (CDP)
NBG 40SR 14IU 19IU 20IU 26IU 27Section 12.14.3Table 13.11Section 13.21.23
Decision Document Summary
This application sought outline permission for a 50-bedroom hotel, including a function room and restaurant, on a greenfield site at Greenore Road, Carlingford. The proposal was refused by Louth County Council due to the lack of essential technical documentation, specifically a Natura Impact Statement and a Flood Risk Assessment. Furthermore, the Planning Authority determined that the development's scale would negatively impact a designated scenic route and that the proposed 48 parking spaces we...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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