Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to traffic safety hazards, insufficient drainage and wastewater management details, and failure to demonstrate a local social or economic need for rural housing.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The intensification of the existing access with substandard visibility splays would create a traffic hazard and necessitate the removal of significant roadside hedging.
- Inadequate information was provided to prove that the existing wastewater and surface water systems could accommodate the development in line with EPA and SuDS standards.
- The development materially contravenes the rural settlement strategy as the applicant did not demonstrate a specific social or economic need to live in the 'RC' zoned rural cluster.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective SPQH055Objective SPQHO66Policy CSP46Policy CSP47Policy SPQHP54Objective SPQH066
Decision Document Summary
This application for outline planning permission proposed the conversion of an existing garage/workshop into a residential unit at Richmond, Whitestown, Oldtown, Dublin. The site is situated within a rural cluster zoned 'RC' (Rural Cluster) under the Fingal County Development Plan 2023-2029. The Planning Authority refused the application on three grounds: the creation of a traffic hazard due to poor visibility at the entrance, the lack of evidence regarding the capacity and compliance of wastewa...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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