Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development lacks sufficient ecological assessment, specifically habitat mapping and ornithological surveys, to ensure the protection of the Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA, thereby contravening biodiversity protection policies of the County Development Plan.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The site is located within an area encircled by the Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA, a designated European site of high biodiversity importance for rare and threatened habitats and species.
- In the absence of detailed habitat mapping and ornithological surveys on the subject site and land spread lands, the Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the proposal will not adversely affect the integrity of the European site.
- The development would materially contravene Objectives NHB 1 and NHB 2 of the Galway County Development Plan 2015-2021, which seek to protect the ecology and wider biodiversity of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy NHB 1Objective NHB 1Objective NHB 2Objective NHB 3DM Standard 40Objective LCM 1DM Standard 33DM Standard 34Obj AFF1Obj AFF2Obj AFF 4Obj AFF 5
Decision Document Summary
Eugene Gorman sought permission for a 240 sqm slatted shed with a calf creep area on a greenfield site in the rural townland of Woodford, approximately 1.5 km from Woodford village. The site is accessed via a narrow unsurfaced track and is removed from any existing farmyard or established agricultural cluster. The application was refused primarily because the site is encircled by the Slieve Aughty Mountains Special Protection Area (SPA), and the applicant failed to provide adequate ecological da...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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