Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to significant traffic safety hazards at the proposed entrance on a regional road and the applicant's failure to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need within a sensitive landscape area.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed entrance is located on a tight bend of the R353 Regional Road with a continuous white line, where restricted visibility and inadequate sight distances would create a serious traffic hazard.
- The applicant failed to substantiate a genuine rural housing need or local linkage to the area as required by Policy Objective RH 4 for developments within Rural Housing Zone 4.
- The development is situated in a Class 3 Landscape of 'Special' sensitivity, and granting permission would set an undesirable precedent for unsustainable development that contravenes the County Development Plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028Section 3.7Section 3.9Section 6.17Section 8.13Section 10.6Section 10.15DM Standard 28DM Standard 33Policy Objective RH 4
Decision Document Summary
Kenneth Spain applied for permission to construct a 110 sqm dwelling and a wastewater treatment system at Carrowroe, Ballinakill, located in a 'Special' sensitivity landscape area. The proposal was refused by Galway County Council because the site access is positioned on a dangerous bend of the R353 Regional Road, posing a risk to public safety. Furthermore, the planning authority determined that the applicant did not provide sufficient evidence of a functional or social need to reside in this s...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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