Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to excessive scale and massing, a layout that effectively creates independent residential units rather than an ancillary extension, and failure to demonstrate compliance with wastewater treatment standards.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The layout, which includes individual staircases and kitchens without internal ground-floor connection, is considered to constitute separate units of accommodation rather than an extension incidental to the main dwelling.
- The development's size, scale, and 21-metre length are visually dominant and fail to integrate with the character of the parent structure or the surrounding rural landscape, contrary to the Meath Rural House Design Guide.
- The applicant failed to demonstrate that the proposed development and its associated extra loading meet the minimum standards for safe effluent disposal as set out in the 2021 EPA Code of Practice.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 11.5.25DM OBJ 50INF POL 18INF POL 20RD POL 9RD POL 48
Decision Document Summary
This application proposed a large 156sqm two-storey extension to an existing farmhouse in the rural townland of Edengora, Tierworker. Meath County Council refused permission on the grounds that the design effectively created two semi-detached dwellings rather than a single integrated home, setting an undesirable precedent. Additionally, the planning authority found the massing to be visually obtrusive and noted a critical failure to prove that the existing septic tank system could safely manage ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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