Core Refusal Reason
The development represents an inappropriate design response that causes significant loss of light to ground floor rooms and negatively impacts neighboring residential amenity through overlooking.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The balcony covers a significant proportion of the dwelling's confined yard, resulting in a substantial loss of natural light to ground floor rooms.
- The structure's height and location lead to significant overlooking of the neighboring property to the west and its surrounding garden area.
- The proposal fails to comply with development standards regarding the protection of residential amenities for both the subject dwelling and adjacent residents.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy DM 1: Development StandardsSection 9.1 Land Use Zoning ObjectivesSection 9.9 Extensions to Dwellings
Decision Document Summary
Retention permission was sought for a timber first-floor balcony at the rear of an existing two-storey dwelling on Lower Green, Cashel, Co. Tipperary. While residential use is acceptable in principle within the Town Centre zoning, the application was refused because the structure's scale relative to the confined yard area severely restricts light to the ground floor. Furthermore, the balcony's elevated position causes unacceptable overlooking of the adjoining property, making it contrary to the ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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