Core Refusal Reason
The development was refused due to traffic safety hazards, negative environmental impact from hedgerow removal, and the applicants' failure to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need in an area under urban influence where their needs had already been met.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed development would endanger public safety by reason of traffic hazard due to the existing deficiency in the road network, restricted width, and substandard sightlines at the site entrance and nearby junctions.
- The extensive removal of mature roadside hedgerow required to achieve sightline standards would adversely impact the rural character and environmental amenities of the area, violating policies regarding hedgerow protection.
- The proposal constitutes an excessive clustering of houses in an unzoned rural area under strong development pressure where the applicants' rural housing needs have already been met by a previous planning permission (P05/988).
Cited Policies (CDP)
policy 9.2.5.1Section 7.8.3 Rural Housing Policysection 7.8.4 Categories of Rural Compliance and Qualifying criteriaKilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027Thomastown Local Area Plan 2019
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involved the construction of a new two-bedroom house with an integrated garage on a 0.3-hectare site at Jerpoint West, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. The site is located within an 'Area Under Urban Influence' and outside the Thomastown development boundary. Kilkenny County Council refused permission because the local road network is unsuitable for additional traffic, the necessary removal of hedgerows would be environmentally damaging, and the applicants failed to meet the rural housing ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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