Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development is located in a visually sensitive 'Settled Landscape' where its elevated position would break the ridgeline and be visually obtrusive from a scenic route, and the application is legally flawed as the access infrastructure is located outside the site's red line boundary.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed dwelling is situated in an elevated and visually exposed 'Settled Landscape' where it would break the ridgeline and form a visually obtrusive feature, particularly when viewed from the scenic route to the south.
- The development fails to comply with County Development Plan Objective 13.2, which requires the selection of appropriate sites to minimize visual impact and avoid intrusions on ridges or scenic routes.
- The Planning Authority is precluded from granting permission because the proposed site entrance and access road are located outside the red line boundary of the application site and were not expressly included in the development description.
Cited Policies (CDP)
CDP 13.2CDP 3.11
Decision Document Summary
Maeve O'Connor & Eamonn Byrne sought permission to construct a 293 m² private dwelling house with an attached garage and wastewater treatment system at Loughloon, Liscannor, Co. Clare. The site is located in an elevated, undulating 'Settled Landscape' approximately 1.3km north of Liscannor. Although the applicants were deemed to comply with rural settlement location policies (CDP 3.11), the application was refused because the house would break the northern ridgeline and appear visually obstructi...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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