Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to its negative visual impact on the rural landscape and the failure to demonstrate safe vehicular access with adequate sightlines.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development would result in a visually prominent feature in an open agricultural field, failing to integrate into the landscape and setting an undesirable precedent for similar inappropriate development.
- The applicant failed to demonstrate that the required minimum sightline visibility of 75m could be achieved within the site boundaries or under their control, posing a traffic hazard.
- The proposal is contrary to the Louth County Development Plan 2021-2027 policies regarding site selection, rural housing management, and road safety standards.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 13.9.4Policy HOU 42Policy HOU 47Section 13.9Section 13.16.17Table 13.13Policy HOU 41Policy HOU 45Policy HOU 46Policy MOV 56Policy IU 16Policy IU 17Policy IU 18Policy IU 19Policy IU 26
Decision Document Summary
Damian Callan applied for permission to construct a single-story dwelling and wastewater treatment system at Mullabane, Carlingford, Co. Louth, within Rural Policy Zone 2. While the applicant demonstrated a local housing need, the planning authority refused the application because the site's open nature and low-lying topography would make the house a visually intrusive element in the rural landscape. Additionally, the proposed vehicular entrance failed to meet mandatory sightline requirements, p...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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