Core Refusal Reason
The development is located in an unserviced rural area outside designated settlements, is visually obtrusive in a highly sensitive coastal landscape, and fails to meet technical standards for traffic safety and wastewater treatment.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposal is located outside of any designated settlement and is contrary to tourism policy objectives ECON 24 and ECON 25, which seek to locate such accommodation within or adjacent to existing towns and villages.
- The development is situated in a 'Most Sensitive' coastal landscape and would be visually obtrusive, detracting from the character and visual amenity of the area in contravention of Landscape Policy Objective L 02.
- The application failed to demonstrate adequate traffic safety (sightlines) on a narrow substandard road and failed to prove that the wastewater treatment system meets required separation distances from water supplies, posing a public health risk.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 11.1.4ECON 24ECON 25Landscape Policy Objective L 02Section 8.6Section 8.7Development Management DM 13
Decision Document Summary
This application sought retention permission for two mobile homes and a wastewater treatment system, along with permission to widen an existing access at Ballymacaw, Dunmore East. The site is located in a rural 'white lands' area designated as 'Most Sensitive' in the county's landscape character assessment. The Planning Authority refused permission because the development is contrary to rural tourism policies, would negatively impact the visual amenities of a sensitive coastal zone, and presents...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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