Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate compliance with rural housing policy for coastal zones and adverse visual impact on a sensitive landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development would result in adverse individual and cumulative visual impacts on a sensitive Coastal Landscape character unit, undermining the amenity value of the coastline.
- The proposal would set an undesirable precedent for similar one-off housing developments in undeveloped coastal areas, contrary to sustainable development goals.
- The applicant failed to provide documentary evidence of meeting the 10-year local residency requirement necessary to comply with rural housing policy for Coastal Zones.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Volume 7 of the County Development Plan 2022-2028Table 4-6
Decision Document Summary
The application sought permission for the retention of an access laneway and development at Ballyteige, Kilmore, within a sensitive coastal landscape. The local authority refused the proposal because it would negatively impact the visual amenity of the area and contribute to the cumulative degradation of the coastline through one-off housing. Furthermore, the applicant did not provide sufficient documentary evidence to prove they meet the local residency criteria required by the County Developme...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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