Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development is located on an elevated and exposed site within a high-sensitivity landscape area and along a designated scenic route, which would result in significant adverse visual impact and injury to the rural amenity of the area.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development is situated on an elevated and exposed upland site within the Eastern Uplands, an area of high amenity, where it would be visually obtrusive and fail to integrate appropriately with its surroundings.
- The site is located along Scenic Route No. 26, and the proposed dwelling would conflict with specific County Development Plan policies intended to protect designated vistas and prevent random rural development that degrades landscape character.
- Granting permission would set an undesirable precedent for further encroachment of inappropriate development in a high-sensitivity landscape, materially contravening policies RH9 and SR1 of the Kildare County Development Plan 2017-2023.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RH2RH9RH9(i)RH9(iii)RH9(vi)SR1LU1LU2Chapter 13Chapter 14Chapter 16Chapter 17
Decision Document Summary
The applicants, Noel Kearney and Nichola Barry, sought permission for a one-off rural dwelling, garage, and wastewater treatment system at Hughestown, Moone, Co. Kildare. The site is located in the Eastern Uplands, a landscape character area defined as having 'High Sensitivity' (Class 3) and situated along Scenic Route No. 26. Despite a history of four previous refusals on the same landholding, the Planning Authority determined that the current proposal remained visually obtrusive due to its ele...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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