Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development is located in a visually sensitive coastal landscape (Class 3) and would constitute an obtrusive, poorly integrated feature that fails to assimilate into the rural setting due to its elevated position and excessive setback.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development is located in a Special Landscape Sensitivity Class 3 area and would fail to effectively assimilate into this open, exposed, and locally elevated coastal setting.
- The proposal, characterized by an excessive siting setback and elongated access, would constitute an obtrusive feature and disorderly development that does not integrate into the rural location.
- Granting permission would materially contravene several policy objectives and standards of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028 and set an undesirable precedent for similar future development.
Cited Policies (CDP)
LCM 2LCM 3RH 9DM Standard 46DM Standard 8
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for a 201 sqm dwelling house, a 60 sqm garage, and a proprietary treatment system at Cladhnach, Co. Galway. The site is situated within a Special Landscape Sensitivity Class 3 area, characterized as an open and exposed coastal landscape. Galway County Council refused the application because the proposed dwelling, due to its elevated position and excessive setback with an elongated access, would be visually obtrusive and fail to integrate into the sensitive rura...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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