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the development will consist of converting the existing house into two no. 2 bedroomed apartments, reducing the existing car entrance to the front to a pedestrian access and providing a new vehicular access and pedestrian entrance on the R150 (Duleek Road). It is also proposed to construct 2no. one bedroomed apartments on lands to the rear of the existing house and fronting onto the R150 to include car parking, bicycle parking and bin storage. Development to also include rainwater harvesting tanks and all associated site works. The lands are within the Julianstown ACA
Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to substandard residential amenity for future occupants, negative impacts on the character of the Julianstown Architectural Conservation Area (ACA), and adverse impacts on neighboring property through overshadowing and overbearance.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development fails to provide a satisfactory standard of residential amenity for future residents regarding daylight, sunlight, and functional living space, contrary to national apartment guidelines and local development policies.
- The proposed design and elevational changes are unsympathetic to the character of the Julianstown Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) and would set an undesirable precedent for similar substandard development in the village.
- The height, scale, and proximity of the new apartment structure would result in unacceptable overshadowing and overbearance of the neighboring property to the north, materially contravening the residential zoning objective.