Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused primarily due to the applicant's failure to demonstrate a substantiated rural housing need within a high-pressure urban fringe area, combined with significant traffic safety concerns regarding the intensification of access onto a national secondary road (N83) and an inappropriate design scale for the rural landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a substantiated rural housing need or long-established links to the specific rural area as required by Objective RHO1 for a site located within the Tuam urban fringe.
- The proposed development would result in the intensification of an existing access onto the N83 National Secondary road where a 100kph speed limit applies, creating a traffic hazard and contravening national policy on the control of development on national roads.
- The scale, mass, and bulk of the proposed two-storey dwelling are considered excessive for the Class 1 landscape, failing to integrate effectively into the rural environment and contravening Objective RHO9.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective RHO1Objective RHO 1(b)Objective RHO9Objective TI 6DM Standard 6DM Standard 7DM Standard 18DM Standard 18(a)DM Standard 20DM Standard 21Section 3.9Section 6.17Section 9.10.1Section 9.11Section 13.3Section 13.4
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for a 300 sqm two-storey dwelling, garage, and effluent treatment system at Fortyacres, Tuam, Co. Galway. The site is a greenfield location within the urban fringe of Tuam and accessed via a cul-de-sac off the N83 National Secondary road. Galway County Council refused the application on five grounds, citing the applicant's failure to prove a local housing need, the creation of a traffic hazard through intensified use of a national road access, inadequate sight ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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