Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development is located within a groundwater flood risk area and adjoins a protected turlough with hydrological connectivity to European sites, posing unacceptable risks to water quality and natural heritage.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The subject site is located within an identified groundwater flood risk area, and the Planning Authority is not satisfied that the development would not be at risk of flooding, which would materially contravene Policy Objectives FL2, FL3, and FL7.
- The site's extreme proximity to the Kilkerrin Turlough pNHA and its hydrological connection to the Suck Callows SPA raises significant concerns regarding effluent management and potential negative impacts on protected European sites.
- The proposal fails to ensure the protection, conservation, and enhancement of natural heritage and biodiversity, thereby contravening Policy Objectives NHB1, NHB2, NHB3, NHB4, and DM Standard 50 of the County Development Plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
DM Standard 13DM Standard 14DM Standard 17DM Standard 47DM Standard 50DM Standard 68Policy Objective AD1Policy Objective AD2Policy Objective AD3Policy Objective AD4Policy Objective RH3Policy Objective NBH 1Policy Objective NHB 2Policy Objective NHB 3Policy Objective NHB 4Policy Objective WR 1Policy Objective FL2Policy Objective FL3Policy Objective FL7
Decision Document Summary
Francis Rushe applied for permission to construct a slatted shed, concrete aprons, and a manure pit on a 0.388 ha agricultural site at Lehinch, Kilkerrin, Co. Galway. While the principle of agricultural development is generally supported in this rural area, the site is constrained by its location within a groundwater flood risk area and its immediate proximity to the Kilkerrin Turlough pNHA. The application was refused because the Planning Authority could not be satisfied that the development wa...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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