Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to its intrusive impact on the open rural landscape, traffic safety concerns regarding the narrow access laneway, and the failure to provide a Natura Impact Statement to assess potential effects on nearby European protected sites.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development would result in an intrusive encroachment of physical development in an open rural landscape, exacerbating an inappropriate pattern of one-off housing and lacking natural integration.
- The proposed access via a narrow private laneway where two cars cannot pass would intensify traffic use and endanger public safety by reason of traffic hazard.
- In the absence of an Appropriate Assessment Screening or Natura Impact Statement, the planning authority cannot be satisfied that the project would not have a significant effect on the Dundalk Bay European site.
Cited Policies (CDP)
HOU 41Section 3.17.4HOU 38HOU 47NGB 36NGB 37HOU 42Section 13.9.4Section 13.9.5Section 13.9.6Section 13.9.7Section 13.9.8Section 13.9.9Section 13.9.1013.19.1413.16.1713.9.1513.9.16ENV 39IU 16IU 17IU 18IU 19NGB 3NGB 14NGB 15
Decision Document Summary
Carly Mc Grath sought outline permission for a dwelling, septic tank, and associated works at Rathcor, Riverstown, Dundalk, Co. Louth. The site is located off a private lane near the coastline of Dundalk Bay in an area designated as being under strong urban influence. Louth County Council refused the application because the proposal would represent an intrusive form of suburban-style development in a sensitive rural area, would create a traffic hazard on an inadequate access lane, and failed to ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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