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for replacement of an existing holiday home with a new family home. The development will consist of (1) Alterations, extensions and change of use to an end of terrace 2 storey Holiday Home (Unit No. 10), to provide for a 1 and 2 storey family home with a single storey attached garage, (2) Connection to existing shared treatment system, water supply and site services, (3) Provision of vehicular entrance onto internal Hotel road, together with all development works to be located within the managed grounds established at the hotel. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

Refused

Core Refusal Reason

Failure to demonstrate a rural-generated housing need and inappropriate scale/design within a sensitive coastal landscape.

Decision Maker's Conclusion

  • The applicants failed to demonstrate a substantiated rural-generated housing need or intrinsic links to the area, contravening Policy Objective RH4 for development in a Class 3 rural setting.
  • The proposed change of use from a commercial holiday home to a permanent owner-occupier dwelling lacked sufficient justification regarding functional necessity at this specific location.
  • The scale and massing of the proposed extension, which more than triples the existing floor area, would result in a visually obtrusive and overbearing form that fails to assimilate into the sensitive coastal landscape.

Cited Policies (CDP)

Policy Objective RC 2Policy Objective RH 9Policy Objective NNR 2Policy Objective NBH 1Policy Objective NHB 3Policy Objective WR 1Policy Objective WS 4Policy Objective WS 7Policy Objective WW 4Policy Objective WW 6Policy Objective WW 8Policy Objective WW 11Policy Objective WM 2Policy Objective FL 2Policy Objective LCM 3DM Standard 4DM Standard 7DM Standard 8DM Standard 9DM Standard 11DM Standard 28DM Standard 29DM Standard 36DM Standard 37DM Standard 38DM Standard 46DM Standard 47DM Standard 50DM Standard 63DM Standard 67Policy Objective RH 3Policy Objective RH 4Policy Objective LCM 1Policy Objective LCM 2

Decision Document Summary

This application sought permission for the change of use and significant extension of an existing holiday home (Unit 10) within the Connemara Sands Beach Hotel complex in Ballyconneely to create a permanent family residence. The site is situated in a highly sensitive Class 3 coastal landscape and is adjacent to the Slyne Head Peninsula SAC. Galway County Council refused the proposal primarily because the applicants did not establish a genuine rural housing need as required by the Development Pla...
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