Core Refusal Reason
The proposal represents an unnecessary and ad-hoc commercial intervention in a scenic landscape that lacks essential environmental and archaeological assessments and poses a significant risk to public safety due to traffic hazards.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development would result in an unnecessary loss of woodland and erosion of the character of a designated Area of High Scenic Quality through ad-hoc and piecemeal commercialization along the greenway corridor.
- The applicant failed to provide mandatory technical assessments, specifically a Stage 1 Appropriate Assessment screening regarding the Carlingford Shore SAC and an Archaeological Impact Assessment for nearby recorded monuments.
- The proposed access via a narrow cul-de-sac onto a protected regional route (R173) where visibility is restricted would create a traffic hazard and set an undesirable precedent for unsustainable travel movements.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Rural Policy Zone 1NGB 3NGB 6TOU 34TOU 35Section 13.15ENV 36ENV 38ENV 39NGB 37IU19TOU 17BHC 6Table 13.13
Decision Document Summary
The applicant sought permission for a change of use from forestry to a mobile food and coffee truck facility with temporary outdoor seating and gravel hardstanding at Ferry Wood, Cornamucklagh, Omeath. The site is located in a designated Area of High Scenic Quality abutting the newly constructed Omeath-to-border Greenway. Louth County Council refused the application because the development would unnecessarily erode the landscape character, lacked required environmental and archaeological impact ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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