Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to traffic safety hazards arising from intensified access onto a regional road and the applicants' failure to meet local housing need criteria in an area already saturated with one-off dwellings.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development would significantly intensify an existing access onto the R417 regional road, creating a traffic hazard and endangering public safety within an 80km/h speed limit zone.
- The proposal would exacerbate an excessive density of development in a rural area that has reached its capacity to absorb further one-off housing, contributing to undesirable suburbanisation.
- The applicants failed to demonstrate a genuine functional or social requirement to reside in this rural area, thereby contravening the 'Local Need' criteria of the County Development Plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy RR2Policy RH9(iv)Policy RH2Section 6.6.3Policy RH10Policy RH11Policy LU 1Policy LU 5
Decision Document Summary
James and Shauna Moran sought permission to construct a single-storey dwelling, domestic garage, and wastewater treatment system at Derryoughter East, Kildangan, Co. Kildare. The site is located in a rural area under pressure for development. Kildare County Council refused the application on three main grounds: the creation of a traffic hazard through intensified access onto the R417 regional road, the over-saturation of one-off housing in the vicinity which leads to rural suburbanisation, and t...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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