Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development is located on a strategic national secondary road (N67) where access is restricted, and the applicant failed to demonstrate that their housing need could not be met on alternative family lands with safer access to the local road network.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to satisfy the housing need requirements of DM Standard 18(a) as alternative family lands exist with access to local or private roads that could accommodate the development.
- The proposal would result in the intensification of an existing access onto the N67 national secondary road, a strategic restricted route where a 100kph speed limit applies.
- The development would contravene Objective TI 6 and DM Standard 21 of the County Development Plan, endangering public safety by reason of traffic hazard and obstruction of road users.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 3.7Section 3.8Section 3.9Section 5.1.1Section 5.2Section 5.3Section 5.4Objective RHO 1Objective RHO 3Objective TI 6DM Standard 18(a)DM Standard 18DM Standard 21
Decision Document Summary
The applicant sought planning permission for a single-storey dwelling, garage, and wastewater treatment system on an agricultural site at Ballyclery, Kinvara, fronting the N67 national secondary road. The site is located within the Galway Transportation Study Area in an area designated as being under 'strong urban pressure' and carries a Class 3 landscape sensitivity rating. Galway County Council refused the application because the development would intensify traffic on a strategic national rout...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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