Core Refusal Reason
The development represents a haphazard and substandard form of residential accommodation that fails to meet minimum floor area requirements and lacks a demonstrated surface water drainage strategy.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed dwelling provides a substandard level of residential accommodation, failing to meet minimum gross floor area, storage, and daylight standards required for a 1-bed/2-person unit.
- The development constitutes a haphazard, piecemeal, and ad-hoc form of overdevelopment that would set an undesirable precedent for similar substandard backland developments in the area.
- The applicant failed to provide a suitably designed surface water disposal proposal, contrary to the sustainable drainage and water quality objectives of the Louth County Development Plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
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Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought the retention and completion of a 36sq.m single-storey dwelling located to the rear of 96 Barrack Street, Dundalk, on lands zoned 'A1 Residential Existing'. Louth County Council refused permission because the structure—constructed in a haphazard manner on top of blocks—provides substandard internal living conditions and inadequate private amenity space. Furthermore, the development was considered an overdevelopment of the site that lacked a proper surface water management pla...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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