Core Refusal Reason
The development was refused due to its unsustainable location in a sensitive Heritage Landscape and a high-risk groundwater protection zone, which poses significant threats to public health, water quality, archaeological heritage, and visual amenity.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposal constitutes random rural housing in a designated Heritage Landscape that lacks necessary services and would set an undesirable precedent for further haphazard development.
- The site's location within an Inner Protection Zone for a public water source with extreme groundwater vulnerability presents an unacceptable risk of effluent contamination and public health hazards.
- The application failed to demonstrate adequate flood risk management, protection of a recorded archaeological monument, or preservation of the visual amenities and natural hedgerows of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
CDP 3.11CDP 13.5CDP 15.8CDP 8.22CDP 14.2
Decision Document Summary
This application by Paul O'Donoghue for a house, garage, and wastewater system at Knocknagroagh, Ballyvaughan, was refused by Clare County Council. Located in the sensitive Burren Uplands Heritage Landscape and a critical groundwater protection zone for the Newtown Spring, the proposal was deemed contrary to proper planning. Refusal grounds included the risk of water pollution, the lack of a site-specific flood risk assessment, potential damage to a recorded archaeological enclosure, and the neg...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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