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for: (a) Mobile home (staff welfare facility), (b) 2 Nos. detached domestic size sheds, (c) Lean to shed to existing stock shed, (d) Agricultural machinery shed, and to relocate septic tank and upgrade to a proprietary treatment system, together with all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 310.00 sqm

Refused

Core Refusal Reason

The development was refused due to the failure to establish a housing need in a sensitive 'Iconic' landscape, potential adverse impacts on European protected sites (SACs), and the presence of unauthorized structures on the site.

Decision Maker's Conclusion

  • The applicant failed to demonstrate a specific housing need for the mobile home or provide a sufficient justification for the rural enterprise, contravening policies for development in a Class 4 Iconic landscape.
  • The planning authority could not rule out significant adverse effects on the integrity of the Lough Corrib and Ballymaglancy Cave SACs due to the absence of a Nutrients Management Plan and an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report.
  • The proposed development would result in a haphazard and disorderly built form that fails to integrate into the sensitive rural setting and would perpetuate existing unauthorized uses on the site.

Cited Policies (CDP)

Policy Objective RC 2Policy Objective AD 1Policy Objective NBH 1Policy Objective NHB 2Policy Objective NHB 3Policy Objective NHB 4Policy Objective WR 1Policy Objective LCM 3Policy Objective WW 6Policy Objective WW 11DM Standard 7DM Standard 8DM Standard 9DM Standard 11DM Standard 28DM Standard 29DM Standard 36DM Standard 38DM Standard 46DM Standard 47DM Standard 50DM Standard 63Policy Objective RH 4Policy Objective RH 2Policy Objective CD 1DM Standard 17Policy Objective LCM 1DM Standard 13

Decision Document Summary

The proposal sought permission for the retention of a mobile home for staff welfare, several agricultural and domestic sheds, and the upgrade of a wastewater treatment system at Gort na Clasach, Cong, Co. Galway. The site is situated within a highly sensitive 'Class 4 Iconic' landscape near several Natura 2000 sites. Galway County Council refused the application because the applicant failed to establish a genuine housing need or rural enterprise justification, the development was deemed visually...
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