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The development was refused due to substandard residential amenity—characterized by poor layout, inadequate open space, and insufficient parking/storage—and a failure to demonstrate a safe, compliant wastewater treatment system.

• The proposed apartments provide a substandard level of residential amenity due to inappropriate positioning, poor layout of private and communal open spaces, and a lack of essential storage and parking facilities.
• The applicant failed to submit a Housing Quality Assessment or demonstrate compliance with national 'Sustainable Urban Housing' guidelines, which would set an undesirable precedent for poorly designed residential schemes.
• The proposal failed to demonstrate that the wastewater treatment system and polishing filter comply with the EPA Code of Practice 2021, posing a potential risk to public health and groundwater quality.