Core Refusal Reason
The proposal failed to demonstrate compliance with rural housing eligibility criteria, would cause significant visual injury to a sensitive landscape with protected views, and lacked adequate technical details regarding wastewater and flood risk.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to provide sufficient evidence to satisfy the rural settlement strategy and housing need requirements of the Fingal County Development Plan 2023-2029.
- The scale, massing, and design of the dwelling would create an obtrusive feature in a high-lying agricultural landscape and materially contravene objectives to preserve views along the L1285.
- The absence of a flood risk assessment and adequate wastewater treatment proposals renders the development prejudicial to public health and environmental safety.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective SPQHO81Table 3.5Table 14.9Objective DMSO41Policy CAP11Objective DMSO160Objective DMSO203Objective DMSO212Objective DMSO215Objective IUO16
Decision Document Summary
This application proposed a new two-storey dwelling of approximately 247sq.m at Balcunnin, Skerries, Co. Dublin. Fingal County Council refused permission because the applicant did not demonstrate a genuine rural housing need under the current settlement strategy. Furthermore, the site is located in a sensitive high-lying agricultural area where the proposed design was deemed visually intrusive and harmful to protected views. Finally, the application was found technically deficient due to the lac...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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