Core Refusal Reason
The development was refused due to significant concerns regarding pedestrian safety and traffic hazards, inadequate drainage and flood risk management, and insufficient conservation strategies for the protected thatched cottage.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed development would endanger public safety and constitute a traffic hazard because the lack of continuous pedestrian connectivity forces users onto the regional road to share the surface with vehicular traffic.
- The applicant failed to demonstrate that the proposed drainage design, given the specific soil conditions and water table on site, would not result in flooding.
- The proposal fails to provide a detailed conservation-led program of works for the protected structure and would negatively impact the setting of the cottage through the scale and form of the proposed new dwellings.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective DMS28
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involved the renovation of Balls Cottage, a protected thatched structure in Garristown, Co. Dublin, alongside the construction of additional two-storey dwellings. Fingal County Council refused the application because the intensification of the site without adequate footpath connectivity would create a traffic hazard on the R130. Additionally, the planning authority determined that the applicant had not sufficiently addressed technical drainage requirements or provided a robust conse...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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