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to: a) retain new machinery and fodder storage shed, b) retain revised yard level. Permission sought for the following: c) to demolish existing storage and agricultural storage sheds, d) works to improve sight lines to existing local access road, e) to construct new agricultural entrance off local access road. Gross floor space of proposed works: 106.5 sqm (sheds) & 55 sqm (garage). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 217.60 sqm . Gross floor space of any demolition: 147.50 sqm

Refused

Core Refusal Reason

The development was refused due to its excessive scale and visual impact on the rural landscape, combined with traffic safety concerns arising from an unjustified multiplicity of site entrances.

Decision Maker's Conclusion

  • The excessive scale of the proposed building and the raised yard level create a visually obtrusive feature that fails to assimilate into the rural landscape and would establish an undesirable precedent.
  • The proposal would result in an unacceptable multiplicity of entrances onto both the local and regional road networks, which is considered prejudicial to public safety.
  • The applicant failed to provide sufficient justification for the number of sheds on the restricted site and proposed a domestic garage that was deemed inappropriate as no dwelling house exists on the site.

Cited Policies (CDP)

Policy Objective LCM1Policy Objective LCM 2DM 13Policy Objective NNR 1Section 4.8DM Standard 28

Decision Document Summary

This application sought permission for the retention of a machinery and fodder storage shed and revised yard levels, alongside the demolition of existing structures and the creation of a new agricultural entrance at Carnmore West, Co. Galway. The site is located in a rural area within the Galway Rural Metropolitan Area and the GCTPS. Galway County Council refused the application primarily because the scale of the development and the significant infilling of the site were considered visually obtr...
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