Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to traffic safety concerns regarding the intensification of an entrance onto a high-speed national road (N62), inappropriate non-vernacular design (log cabin style), and its classification as undesirable backland development.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development would result in the intensification of an existing entrance onto the N62 National Secondary Road where a 100km/hr speed limit applies, creating a traffic hazard and conflicting with policies SMAP-23 and SMAP-25.
- The proposed prefabricated log-cabin style dwelling is not a vernacular typology for the Offaly countryside and would set an undesirable precedent for non-traditional structures, contrary to policy DMS-49.
- The proposal constitutes undesirable backland development which would result in disorderly development and set an undesirable precedent for such developments in the rural area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
SSP-27SMAP-23SMAP-24SMAP-25DMS-25DMS-48DMS-49DMS-51DMS-52DMS-53DMS-97
Decision Document Summary
Fiona and Anthony Slevin applied for permission to construct a 3-bedroom prefabricated dwelling house at Stonestown, Cloghan, Co. Offaly, on a 0.384ha site currently containing an existing dwelling and temporary accommodation. Although the applicants demonstrated a local rural housing need, Offaly County Council refused the application. The decision was based on the unsafe intensification of a vehicular access onto the N62 national road, the inappropriate 'log cabin' design which lacks vernacula...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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