Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to the applicant's failure to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need for the specific area and the significant negative visual impact the development would have on a highly sensitive Class 4 coastal landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to provide sufficient documentation to substantiate a genuine rural housing need or intrinsic links to the area as required under Objective RHO 3 for Rural Housing Zone 3.
- The proposed development is located in a Class 4 landscape with 'Special' sensitivity and 'Outstanding' value, where it would constitute a visually obstructive and prominent form of development that cannot be satisfactorily assimilated.
- Granting permission would materially contravene landscape conservation policies (LCM 1, LCM 2) and set an undesirable precedent for future development that would degrade the character of the protected coastal environment.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective RHO 3Objective RHO 1Policy LCM 1Objective LCM 1Objective LCM 2DM Standard 6DM Standard 40Objective NHB 1Objective NHB 2Objective NHB 3Objective DS 6Objective AFF 5Section 3.8.2Section 3.9Section 6.17Section 9.10.1Section 9.11Section 13.3Section 13.4
Decision Document Summary
Mary Burke sought permission for a 193.50sqm single-storey dwelling, garage, and wastewater treatment system at Aughrus More, Connemara. The site is situated in a highly sensitive Class 4 coastal landscape designated as having 'Outstanding' value. Galway County Council refused the proposal because the applicant did not demonstrate a functional rural housing need in accordance with Objective RHO 3. Furthermore, the planning authority determined that the dwelling would be visually intrusive in an ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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