Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate compliance with local rural housing need criteria and inappropriate design/scale for the settled landscape character area.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicants failed to demonstrate that they meet the 'local rural person' criteria required for a new single house in an 'Area of Special Control' under strong urban pressure as per Objective CDP 3.11.
- The proposed development, by virtue of its excessive height, scale, and bulk, would constitute an incongruous feature in the 'Settled Landscape' and would be out of character with the existing pattern of development in the vicinity.
- The proposal would seriously injure the visual amenities of the area and contravene Objective CDP 13.2 of the Clare County Development Plan 2017-2023 regarding the protection of landscape quality.
Cited Policies (CDP)
CDP 3.11CDP 3.13CDP 13.2
Decision Document Summary
John & Sinead McHugh sought permission to construct a new dwelling house, garage, and wastewater treatment system on a 1-hectare site at Cloncolman, Lisseycasey, Co. Clare. The site is located within a 'Settled Landscape' and an 'Area of Special Control' under strong urban pressure. The application was refused because the applicants did not provide evidence of meeting the 'local rural person' requirement and the proposed two-storey dwelling was deemed to be of excessive scale and height, failing...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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