Core Planning Reasoning
The development would compromise residential amenity due to a lack of passive surveillance and potential for anti-social behavior, while also creating a significant traffic hazard through inadequate visibility at road junctions and unsafe integration with commercial vehicle movements.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed path lacks passive surveillance and proper overlooking, creating opportunities for anti-social activities that would seriously detract from the residential amenities of adjoining properties.
- The development provides inadequate visibility and crossing facilities at the junction with the Killylastin Heights road, posing a significant danger to pedestrians and cyclists.
- The layout follows a circuitous route that fails to meet natural desire lines and creates unsafe conflicts between pedestrians and commercial HGV traffic within the existing service station yard.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 5.1 (Transportation)Objective T-O-4Policy T-P-11Policy T-P-12Policy T-P-31Policy T-P-32Section 6.2 (Urban Housing)Policy UB-P-9Policy UB-P-12Chapter 12 (Part C) - LetterkennySection 12.4.1Objective LK-T-O-4Policy LK-T-P-1 (e), (g)Policy LK-T-P-8Established Development Zoning Objective
Decision Document Summary
This report evaluates an appeal against the decision of Donegal County Council to grant permission for the retention and completion of a pedestrian and cycle path linking the Cill an Oir/Applegreen service station to Killylastin Heights in Letterkenny. The site is situated in a suburban edge area zoned for 'Established Development'. While local and national policies generally support improved permeability, the Inspector found the specific proposal to be a 'haphazard approach'. Key arguments cent...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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