Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development involves building on land specifically designated and reserved as communal open space for an existing apartment development under a previous planning permission, which would result in a loss of residential amenity and contravene current development plan policies protecting such spaces.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development would result in the loss of essential communal open space that was specifically reserved by condition in a previous grant of permission (Ref. 91/394) for the benefit of existing residents.
- The proposal would materially contravene City Development Plan policies, including Policy 3.3 and 5.1, which protect designated residential amenity spaces and green networks from infill development.
- The proposed site layout would create a traffic hazard due to the location of car parking at a road junction and would cause significant overshadowing to the adjacent property at No. 32 Renmore Road.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy 3.3Section 11.1Section 11.3.1 (c)Table 5.2Policy 5.1
Decision Document Summary
This application by Joe Harris sought permission for a new two-storey, two-bedroom dwelling on a 0.063ha site at Gurteen Renmore Road, Galway. The site currently serves as a green open space for an existing apartment block and was explicitly designated as such by a condition of a previous planning grant (Ref. 91/394). Galway City Council refused the application on five grounds, primarily focusing on the loss of protected communal amenity space, the material contravention of previous planning con...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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