Core Refusal Reason
The development was refused due to its detrimental visual impact on a highly sensitive coastal landscape and the failure to demonstrate a feasible water supply connection.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed dwelling and its substantial internal access road would result in a haphazard and disorderly form of development that fails to appropriately assimilate into the Class 3 Special Landscape Sensitivity area.
- The development would materially contravene landscape and design objectives of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, detracting from the visual amenity and character of the rural coastal environment.
- The absence of confirmed feasibility from Uisce Éireann regarding a water supply connection poses a serious risk to public health and contravenes sustainable development standards.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH 2Policy Objective RH 4Policy Objective RH 9Policy Objective RH 14Policy Objective LCM 2Policy Objective LCM 3Policy Objective WS 5DM Standard 8DM Standard 46DM Standard 36
Decision Document Summary
The applicant, Séamus Ó Scanláin, sought permission for a 182.9 sqm residential dwelling and a 45 sqm garage as backland development on family lands at An Lochán Beag, a rural Gaeltacht area. The site is located within a Class 3 Special Landscape Sensitivity area in the Coastal Landscape category. Galway County Council refused the application because the proposed siting and required elongated access road were deemed to create a disorderly development pattern that would negatively impact the sens...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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