Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to the applicant's failure to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need and the potential for adverse impacts on a protected siliceous rock habitat.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a genuine rural-generated housing need or long-established intrinsic links to the local Gaeltacht community as required by Policy Objectives RH 4 and RH 5.
- The proposed development poses a potential adverse impact on the integrity of the exposed siliceous rock habitat (Annex I [8220]) recorded on the site.
- Granting permission would materially contravene environmental and rural housing objectives of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028 and set an undesirable precedent for similar future development.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RC 2Policy Objective NBH 1Policy Objective NHB 3Policy Objective WR 1Policy Objective LCM 3Policy Objective WW 6Policy Objective WW 11Chapter 15 DM StandardsDM Standard 7DM Standard 11DM Standard 29DM Standard 36DM Standard 38DM Standard 46DM Standard 47DM Standard 50DM Standard 63Policy Objective RH 4Policy Objective RH 5Objective NHB 1Objective NHB 4
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involved the construction of a single-storey dwelling, garage, and wastewater treatment system on a greenfield site in Doire Iorrais (Derryrush), Co. Galway, situated within a Class 3 landscape in the Gaeltacht. Galway County Council refused the application on two primary grounds: first, the applicant did not provide sufficient evidence of a local rural housing need under Policy Objectives RH 4 and RH 5; and second, the Planning Authority was not satisfied that the development would...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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