WEB1129/23
Planning Permission is sought for the demolition of the existing garden shed and construction of a new detached two storeys one bedroom mews dwelling with a pitched roof, to the rear garden of the existing dwelling at 19 Hollybrook Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03YE09 for Paula Mc Carthy. Pedestrian & vehicular entrance with off-street car port accessible from adjacent laneway ‘Hollybrook Mews’ (between Hollybrook Park & Hollybrook Court Drive). Balcony to the front of the dwelling (facing Hollybrook Mews), 4no. skylights, 1no. to the side South facing roofplane, 2no. to the side North facing roofplane with 1no.to the rear East facing roofplane along with solar panels to the South facing roofplane. All the above to be undertaken along with all associated site and landscaping works.
Core Planning Reasoning
The proposed development would provide an unsatisfactory standard of residential amenity for future occupants due to fragmented and poor-quality private open space, while also causing a seriously detrimental overbearing effect and loss of sunlight to the adjoining property at 20 Hollybrook Road, materially contravening the Z2 zoning objective.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed private amenity space is fragmented and of poor quality, providing an unsatisfactory standard of residential amenity for future occupants contrary to national guidelines.
- The dwelling would have a seriously detrimental overbearing effect and unacceptably deprive the neighboring property at 20 Hollybrook Road of adequate sunlight.
- A grant of permission would set an undesirable precedent for substandard mews developments in the area and materially contravene the land-use objective of Zoning Z2 in the Dublin City Development Plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involves the demolition of a garden shed and the construction of a two-storey, one-bedroom mews dwelling at the rear of 19 Hollybrook Road, Clontarf, within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA). While the Dublin City Development Plan 2022-2028 and national guidelines generally support infill and mews development to achieve compact growth, the Inspector found this specific application to be over-intensive for the site's constraints. Key arguments center on the building's 12.544m ...PDF Document Missing
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