Core Refusal Reason
The development represents haphazard, disorderly development in a high landscape sensitivity area, fails to demonstrate a rural housing need, lacks adequate sightlines for safe access, and cannot guarantee safe effluent disposal on a restricted site.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development constitutes haphazard and disorderly development that fails to integrate into the high landscape sensitivity area and would set an undesirable precedent.
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a substantiated rural housing need for the location as required by Policy Objective RH 1 of the County Development Plan.
- The restricted site size and lack of technical details regarding sightlines, water supply, and effluent disposal pose significant risks to public health, traffic safety, and environmental quality.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH 1Policy Objective RH 9Policy Objective LCM 1Policy Objective LCM 2Policy Objective LCM 3Policy Objective WW6Policy Objective WS 4DM Standard 8DM Standard 28DM Standard 29dDM Standard 38DM Standard 46
Decision Document Summary
This application sought the retention of a single-storey dwelling (73 sqm) and a wastewater treatment system on a 0.075 ha site at Tóin na Brocaí, Galway West. The site is located in a rural area designated as having High Landscape Sensitivity. Galway County Council refused permission on multiple grounds, including the failure to prove a rural housing need, the haphazard nature of the development which detracts from the landscape, and critical technical deficiencies regarding safe vehicular acce...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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