RefusedDecided 10 November 2017Clare County Council

Fermoyle West, Fanore, Co. Clare

Planning application 17706
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DecisionRefused
Decided10 November 2017
Application typePERMISSION
Source documents4

Site

Setting
rural
Site area
Not recorded
Floor area
184 m2
Units
1

What is on file

3refusal reasons0conditions8nearby records

Proposed development

Application description published by Clare County Council.
To build a new dwelling house, garage, install a waste treatment system, and all associated site and ancillary works

Application and appeal history

Structured appeal stages, outcomes and source documents currently tied to this application.

No indexed appeal history

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Decision details

Core application dates and identifiers from the public planning record.
Application ref
17706
Received
18 September 2017
Decided
10 November 2017
FI requested
No
Authority
Clare County Council
Application type
PERMISSION
Outcome
refused
Source status
Reasons extracted from source documents

Planning analysis

Refusal reasons and planning conditions extracted from the public decision file.

Refusal reasons

Visual Amenity

The bulk, scale, excessive excavation, and retaining walls would create a visually obtrusive feature, adversely impacting the visual amenities and rural landscape character.

CDP13.5 'Heritage Landscape' and CDP13.7 'Scenic Routes' (Clare County Development Plan 2017-2023)
visually obtrusive feature in the landscape, would have an adverse impact on the visual amenities of the area
Ecology

Site is in a highly vulnerable groundwater zone near the Caher River. The Authority could not be satisfied the development would not significantly affect the Blackhead Poulsallagh Complex SAC or other European sites.

CDP14.2 and CDP14.3 (Clare County Development Plan 2017-2023)
not satisfied that the proposed development... would not be likely to have a significant effect on the Blackhead Poulsallagh Complex Special Area of Conservation
Rural Housing Need

Site is in an 'Area of Special Control'. The applicant did not demonstrate compliance with the 'local rural housing need' criteria.

CDP 3.11 (Clare County Development Plan 2017-2023); Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines (2005)
applicant does not comply with the “local rural housing need” criteria

Conditions

No conditions

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Inside the decision file

Extracts from the council's own decision documents for this application — 28 pages of searchable text on file.
Chief Executives Order2 pages indexed
CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 (AS AMENDED) Order No: tuoyet Reference Number: P17/706 Name of Applicant: Margaret O'Hara Address: c/o Deirdre Foran Lisdoonvarna Co. Clare Application Received: 18/09/2017 Nature of Application: Permission to build a new dwelling house, garage, install a waste...
Planners Report18 pages indexed
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Planners Report8 pages indexed
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Source documents

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