Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to its location within a protected 'Broadzone' where new dwellings are restricted, its negative impact on a high-sensitivity landscape through extensive hedgerow removal, and the failure to address flood risk on a site identified as prone to flooding.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development is located within the Broadzone of the River Shannon where County Development Plan policy restricts new development to extensions of existing dwellings only, making a one-off house a material contravention of policy CPO12.42.
- The proposal necessitates the removal of 35m of mature roadside hedgerow and trees in an area of high landscape sensitivity, which would be visually obtrusive and detrimental to the visual amenity and character of the surrounding landscape.
- The applicant failed to provide a Flood Risk Assessment despite the site being identified as flood-prone on OPW CFRAMS maps, and the proposed entrance provides inadequate sightlines that are constrained by third-party lands.
Cited Policies (CDP)
CPO14.3CPO14.5CPO14.6CPO12.42DMS16.88DMS16.91 (b)DMS16.93 (b)DMS16.114 (a)DMS16.114 (b)
Decision Document Summary
Robert Fee sought planning permission for a single-storey dwelling, domestic garage, and wastewater treatment system at Knappoge, Cloondara, Co. Longford. The site is situated in a rural area under urban influence and within the protected Broadzone of the River Shannon. Longford County Council refused the application on four grounds: the proposal contravenes specific policies restricting new builds in the river's broadzone; it requires the extensive removal of mature boundary vegetation in a sen...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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