Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate compliance with rural housing policy for a Coastal Zone and insufficient information regarding mandatory biodiversity planting requirements.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to provide documentary evidence demonstrating a functional or social need to reside in the Coastal Zone Policy Area as required by the Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028.
- Evidence suggests the applicant resides outside the Coastal Zone and is not engaged in full-time agriculture, making the proposal at variance with rural housing policy.
- The application lacked a required biodiversity tree or shrub planting proposal to meet the minimum 20% site area requirement specified in the development plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 4.9.1Table 4-6Table 3-3 (Volume 2)
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involved the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage at Battlestown, Rathroe. The local authority refused the application primarily because the site is located within a sensitive Coastal Zone Policy Area, and the applicant failed to prove they met the specific local housing need criteria or agricultural employment requirements for this zone. Furthermore, the application was deemed technically deficient due to the absence of a biodiversity planting plan, which is a man...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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