Core Refusal Reason
The development was refused due to a poor standard of residential amenity for occupants, characterized by a lack of private open space, storage, and refuse facilities, representing overdevelopment of the site.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development fails to provide essential residential amenities, including private open space and adequate internal or external storage, resulting in a poor living environment for potential occupants.
- The proposal is considered overdevelopment of a constrained urban site and fails to comply with the mandatory Sustainable Urban House Design Standards for New Apartments.
- Granting retention would materially contravene specific policies of the Athlone Town and Westmeath County Development Plans and set an undesirable precedent for future substandard development in the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
P-RLD7P-APT2CPO 3.15Section 12.9.11P-CS7O-LZ1
Decision Document Summary
This application sought retention permission for a one-bedroom apartment at 24 Court Devenish, Athlone, located within an Architectural Conservation Area and a zone of archaeological potential. The site consists of an end-of-terrace dwelling where a previous extension was converted into an independent residential unit. Westmeath County Council refused the application on the grounds that the development provides a substandard level of residential amenity, specifically citing the total absence of ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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