Core Refusal Reason
The primary concern relates to significant pluvial flood risk on the site and the potential for the proposed development to exacerbate flooding on adjacent lands and downstream locations.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The subject site is located in an area identified as being at risk of pluvial flooding, with a documented history of four previous planning refusals on these specific grounds.
- There is a significant concern that the development would interfere with natural flood water flow paths and increase surface water runoff rates, thereby increasing flood risk to neighboring properties.
- The applicant failed to submit a site-specific Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) to demonstrate that the site is suitable for development or that flood risks have been adequately mitigated following recent local drainage works.
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Decision Document Summary
The proposal seeks permission for a 242.8 sq. m two-storey dwelling, a 'Gleeson Precast' septic tank system, and associated site works on a 0.68 ha site within the settlement boundary of Grange, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. While the development is acceptable in principle under the South Tipperary County Development Plan 2009, the site is prone to periodic flooding and is situated over an extremely vulnerable aquifer. The Planning Authority determined that the applicant failed to provide sufficient e...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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