Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development fails to assimilate into the sensitive, elevated rural landscape, resulting in a suburban-style layout that would negatively impact the visual amenity and character of the area.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The elevated and exposed nature of the site within a High Landscape Sensitivity area makes the proposed dwelling visually obtrusive and prevents effective assimilation into the rural setting.
- The overall configuration and built form are considered to constitute a suburban-style layout and disorderly development that does not integrate with the existing rural character.
- Granting permission would contravene specific landscape objectives (LCM 1, 2, 3) and development standards (DM 8, 46), setting an undesirable precedent for similar inappropriate development in the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH 1Policy Objective RH 9Policy Objective FL1Policy Objective LCM 1Policy Objective LCM 2Policy Objective LCM 3DM Standard 6DM Standard 7DM Standard 8DM Standard 11DM Standard 28DM Standard 36DM Standard 38DM Standard 46DM Standard 47DM Standard 50DM Standard 67
Decision Document Summary
Paul Kelly sought permission for a 258 sqm dwelling, garage, and wastewater system at Tóin na Brocaí, a rural townland in Galway West designated as a High Landscape Sensitivity area. While the applicant demonstrated a rural housing need (RH 1), the Planning Authority refused the application due to the site's elevated and exposed position. The council concluded that the proposal would result in a suburban-style, disorderly development that fails to integrate into the landscape, thereby contraveni...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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