Core Refusal Reason
The applicant failed to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need in a highly sensitive 'Iconic' landscape, compounded by technical failures regarding sightlines, wastewater treatment documentation, and water supply feasibility.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant did not provide sufficient evidential substantiation of a rural-generated housing need as required by Policy Objective RH4 for this specific landscape classification.
- The development would materially contravene landscape protection policies for a Class 4 'Iconic' area, as the proposal lacked a visual impact assessment and failed to demonstrate how it would assimilate into the sensitive environment.
- The application failed to meet essential technical standards, specifically regarding the provision of safe sightlines within the applicant's control, the submission of a valid site characterisation form for wastewater, and confirmation of water supply feasibility.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH 4Policy Objective RH 2Policy Objective RH 9Policy Objective LCM 1Policy Objective LCM 2Policy Objective WW6Policy Objective WS 5DM Standard 8DM Standard 28DM Standard 36DM Standard 38DM Standard 46
Decision Document Summary
This application proposed the construction of a single-storey dwelling, garage, and wastewater treatment system on a greenfield site in Duraithe, Co. Galway, located within a sensitive 'Iconic' landscape (Class 4) in the Gaeltacht. Galway County Council refused permission on five grounds: failure to prove a rural housing need, negative impact on the protected landscape character, inadequate sightlines that appear to encroach on third-party lands, conflicting and incomplete information regarding ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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