Core Refusal Reason
The proposal failed to meet rural housing residency requirements, posed a traffic hazard due to multiple access points, and provided insufficient landscaping and biodiversity details.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The creation of an additional entrance would lead to a multiplicity of access points on a short stretch of road, resulting in a traffic hazard.
- The applicants failed to demonstrate a seven-year local residency or sign the required declaration, contravening rural housing policy for the open countryside.
- The submitted landscaping plan was inadequate for screening the development and failed to provide sufficient detail on biodiversity planting.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 4.9Section 7.4
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought permission for a dwelling, domestic garage, and associated services at Kilcasey Upper, Ballymore. The local authority refused the application because the proposed access would create a traffic hazard on the public road. Additionally, the applicants did not provide sufficient documentation to prove they meet the local residency criteria required by the Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, and the landscaping proposals were deemed insufficient to protect the visual amenit...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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