Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate a genuine rural-generated housing need in a Special Landscape Sensitivity area (Class 3) as required by Policy Objective RH 4 of the 2022-2028 County Development Plan.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The subject site is located within a Special/Value 3 landscape sensitivity area under the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, which necessitates a higher level of scrutiny regarding housing need.
- Policy Objective RH 4 requires applicants in such areas to demonstrate long-established and intrinsic links to the rural community and a substantiated rural-generated housing need.
- The applicant failed to provide evidence of this affinity or substantiate a rural housing need, rendering the proposal contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 3.8.2Section 3.9Section 9.10.1Section 9.11Section 13.3Section 13.4Objective RHO 2Policy Objective RH 4DM Standard 46DM Standard 7
Decision Document Summary
The applicant, Emma Cooney, proposed the construction of a single-storey dwelling, garage, and wastewater treatment system at Callatra, Kylebrack, within the Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA. Although the Planning Authority was satisfied with the environmental mitigation measures provided in the Natura Impact Statement and Ecological Impact Assessment, the application was refused due to a policy change during the assessment period. Under the newly adopted 2022-2028 County Development Plan, the site's...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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