Core Refusal Reason
The development was refused due to its failure to integrate into a sensitive landscape, concerns over traffic safety and sightlines, inadequate wastewater treatment evidence given the high water table, and lack of confirmed water supply feasibility.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed development, by virtue of its siting and substantial internal access road, would constitute a haphazard and disorderly form of development that fails to effectively assimilate into the Class 3 Special Landscape Sensitivity area.
- The Planning Authority is not satisfied that the safe disposal of domestic effluent can be guaranteed due to evidence of a high water table, posing a risk to public health and surface water quality.
- The applicant failed to demonstrate adequate sightlines at the proposed entrance and did not provide a letter of feasibility from Uisce Éireann (Irish Water) for the proposed water connection, leading to concerns regarding traffic safety and public health.
Cited Policies (CDP)
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Decision Document Summary
The applicant sought permission for a new dwelling house, garage, and wastewater treatment system at An Spidéal Thiar, a rural townland within a Class 3 Special Landscape Sensitivity area. While the applicant demonstrated a rural housing need, the proposal was refused on multiple technical and environmental grounds. Specifically, the Planning Authority determined that the development would result in a haphazard pattern of development that would not integrate into the sensitive landscape, particu...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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