Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to its prominent siting in a sensitive landscape, failure to substantiate a rural housing need, and inadequate wastewater treatment arrangements.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development would result in a haphazard and disorderly pattern of development on an elevated, exposed site within a Class 3 High Sensitivity landscape, detrimental to the visual amenities of the coastal area.
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a substantiated rural housing need or strong intrinsic links to the area as required by Objective RHO 3 of the County Development Plan.
- The lack of a site-specific wastewater treatment system and site characterisation assessment poses a significant risk to public health and water quality in close proximity to the seashore.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective RHO 3Objective RHO 9Objective LCM 1Objective LCM 2DM Standard 6DM Standard 39Objective WW5Section 9.10.1Section 9.11Section 13.3Section 13.4
Decision Document Summary
This application sought outline permission for a 183 sqm bungalow and the removal of a mobile home at Glynsk, Cashel, Co. Galway, situated in a sensitive coastal landscape. The Planning Authority refused the proposal because the elevated siting would be visually obtrusive and fail to integrate into the Class 3 landscape. Furthermore, the applicant did not meet the criteria for a rural housing need in this area, and the submission lacked necessary technical details regarding the safe disposal of ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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