Core Refusal Reason
The development is located on a locally elevated site within a Class 4 Iconic Landscape, fails to assimilate into the rural setting, and represents a visually obtrusive urban feature that lacks adequate justification.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development is situated on a locally elevated site within a Class 4 Iconic Landscape, where it fails to assimilate satisfactorily and lacks sufficient justification for its location outside an established farmstead.
- The physical characteristics of the development, specifically the block walls, are deemed urban features that are visually obtrusive and inappropriate for this sensitive rural environment.
- Granting permission would set an undesirable precedent for similar future developments and directly contravenes multiple landscape and building assimilation policy objectives of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective LCM1Policy Objective LCM2Policy Objective LCM3Policy Objective RD 3DM 13DM Standard 46DM Standard 47
Decision Document Summary
Tom Healy sought retention permission for a walled agricultural enclosure, paved area, and road entrance on a 0.3ha site in the rural townland of Cregg, Oughterard. The site is located in a highly sensitive 'Class 4 Iconic Landscape' near Lough Corrib. Galway County Council refused the application because the development, situated on an elevated site outside an established farmstead, is visually obtrusive, fails to integrate into the landscape, and utilizes urban-style block walls that are incom...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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