Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate a bona fide rural housing need and potential for significant adverse impact on an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a bona fide functional social or economic need to live in the open countryside as required by Objective CPO 6.41 and Table 6.3 of the County Development Plan.
- The proposed development, located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) without a required Landscape/Visual Impact Assessment, would form an incongruous and intrusive feature in the landscape and contribute to an excessive concentration of suburban-type development.
- The proposal would represent the consolidation of unauthorized development on the site, specifically regarding a large detached structure to the rear for which no evidence of planning permission was provided.
Cited Policies (CDP)
CPO 6.41CPO 6.42CPO 6.44CPO 12.34CPO 13.16CPO 17.35CPO 17.36Table 6.3Appendix 1Appendix 2Appendix 7
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involved the construction of a single-storey 'H-shaped' 3-bedroom dwelling, a wastewater treatment unit, and a new entrance at Baltynanima, Roundwood, Co. Wicklow. The site is situated within the Mountain Uplands Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The application was refused because the applicant did not satisfy the rural housing need criteria, failed to provide a mandatory Landscape/Visual Impact Assessment, and the development was deemed to consolidate existing unauthorize...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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