Core Refusal Reason
The proposal constitutes overdevelopment of a restricted site, resulting in adverse impacts on neighboring residential amenities, substandard amenity for future residents, and negative impacts on traffic safety and parking in Kilrush town center.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed development, by virtue of its scale, massing, and proximity to boundaries, would result in significant adverse impacts on adjacent residential amenities through overlooking, overshadowing, and overbearing.
- The project represents overdevelopment of the site, providing inadequate private open space for future residents and failing to demonstrate sufficient parking capacity or safe access, thereby compromising traffic safety.
- The site accommodates existing unauthorised works, specifically the demolition of a boundary wall and site amalgamation, which the current application fails to regularise.
Cited Policies (CDP)
CDP 5.3CDP 16.5CDP 15.3Appendix 2 of Volume 1
Decision Document Summary
Ross English sought permission to construct four two-bedroom terraced houses to the rear of an existing building on Vandeleur Street, Kilrush, Co. Clare, within a designated Architectural Conservation Area. The application was refused by Clare County Council primarily because the proposal was deemed an overdevelopment of a constrained site. The Planning Authority determined that the development would negatively impact neighboring properties through overshadowing and loss of privacy, provide subs...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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