Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to adverse impacts on traffic safety, including the loss of public on-street parking and potential footpath obstruction, alongside the negative impact on the architectural heritage and visual amenity of a NIAH-listed period terrace.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed vehicular entrance would result in the loss of high-demand on-street public parking spaces and create a traffic hazard due to the likelihood of parked vehicles encroaching upon the public footpath.
- The removal of the original front boundary wall and the conversion of the garden to a parking area would seriously injure the visual amenities and architectural character of a period terrace recorded in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH).
- The development materially contravenes Objective AH4 of the Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, which protects structures of heritage merit from alterations that would compromise their architectural integrity.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective AH4 (Bray MD LAP 2018)CPO 6.21 (Wicklow CDP 2022)CPO 8.20 (Wicklow CDP 2022)
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for a new vehicular entrance, revisions to the roadside boundary, and the provision of off-street parking at 3 New Brighton Terrace, Parnell Road, Bray. The site is a two-storey period terraced house listed on the NIAH for regional architectural and artistic significance. Wicklow County Council refused the proposal on two primary grounds: first, the loss of a public on-street parking space and the risk of cars obstructing the footpath; and second, the detriment...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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