Core Refusal Reason
The development would cause significant adverse impacts on residential amenity due to noise breakout and its proximity to dwellings, while also facilitating the consolidation of existing unauthorised structures on the site.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The open-sided design and positioning of the shelters directly abutting residential boundaries results in unrestricted noise breakout, causing unacceptable adverse impacts on the amenities of neighboring residents.
- Granting retention for these structures would set an undesirable precedent for similar inappropriate development on lands zoned for existing residential use.
- The presence of several other unauthorised structures on the site, which were not included for regularisation in this application, precludes the Planning Authority from granting permission as it would consolidate unauthorised development.
Cited Policies (CDP)
A1 Existing ResidentialNGB 6IU19Louth County Development Plan 2021-2027
Decision Document Summary
This application sought retention permission for two existing shelters in the rear beer garden of Grennans Bar, a public house located at 9 Newfoundwell Road, Drogheda, on lands zoned 'A1 Existing Residential'. Louth County Council refused the proposal because the lack of enclosure on the shelters leads to significant noise disturbance for adjacent residents, representing a substandard form of development. Furthermore, the Planning Authority identified multiple other unauthorised structures on t...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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