Core Refusal Reason
The applicant failed to demonstrate a location-specific rural housing need and the proposal would negatively impact protected views in a sensitive landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant has not established a site-specific rural generated housing need for a dwelling in this 'Low Development Pressure Rural Area', making the proposal contrary to the Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027.
- In the absence of a detailed Visual Impact Assessment, the development is considered visually obtrusive and detrimental to the visual amenities of the area.
- The proposed development would materially contravene objective HER OBJ 56 by interfering with Protected View No 89c and setting an undesirable precedent for inappropriate development in a sensitive landscape.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 11.14.3Section 9.2Section 9.3Section 9.4HER OBJ 56Protected View No 89cMap 8.6Appendix 10
Decision Document Summary
Rachael Newell proposed the construction of a single-storey dwelling, wastewater treatment plant, and new site entrance at Crewbane, Slane, Co. Meath. The site is situated in a rural area outside any designated settlement and within a sensitive landscape character type near the Brú na Bóinne core area. Meath County Council refused permission primarily because the applicant failed to demonstrate a genuine rural-generated housing need for this specific location and because the development would ne...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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