Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to insufficient technical information regarding traffic safety, potential negative impacts on residential amenity, and inadequate surface water management proposals.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The Planning Authority is not satisfied that safe vehicular access can be achieved as the applicant failed to demonstrate required 70m sight distances, which would endanger public safety by reason of traffic hazard.
- The proposed development's proximity to existing residential dwellings and the lack of justification for its agricultural use or details of an existing farm complex would seriously compromise the residential amenity of the area.
- The applicant failed to provide necessary technical data, including soakaway designs and infiltration tests, to prove that surface water and potential effluent can be satisfactorily managed on-site.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Chapter 4Section 4.7Section 4.8Policy Objective NBH 1Policy Objective NHB 3Policy Objective WR 1Policy Objective WS 7Policy Objective LCM 3Policy Objective WW 11Policy Objective RD 1Policy Objective AD 1Policy Objective AD 3Policy Objective AD 4Chapter 6Chapter 15DM Standard 13DM Standard 14DM Standard 28DM Standard 46DM Standard 50DM Standard 67DM Standard 68
Decision Document Summary
James Kelly applied for permission to construct a 141.44sqm three-bay agricultural storage shed at Montpelier, Athenry, Co. Galway. The site is located in a rural townland adjacent to several existing residential dwellings. Galway County Council refused the application because the proposal lacked critical technical details regarding road sightlines, surface water drainage, and agricultural justification. Furthermore, the Planning Authority determined that the shed's unorthodox backland siting an...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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