Castlebank, Ardnacrusha, Co. Clare

Proposed development

Application description published by Clare County Council.

To construct dwelling house, garage, bored well, waste water treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works

Application and appeal history

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Decision details

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Application ref: 17735
Received: 28 September 2017
Decided: 21 November 2017
FI requested: No

Authority: Clare County Council
Application type: PERMISSION
Outcome: refused
Source status: Reasons extracted from source documents

Planning analysis

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Refusal reasons

Rural Housing Need

Applicant does not meet the 'local rural person' criteria required for new houses in an Area of Special Control under Strong Urban Pressure, materially contravening the Development Plan.

Clare County Development Plan 2017-2023 (CDP 3.11); Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines (2005)

applicant does not comply with the criteria as set out in CDP 3.11

Traffic Sightlines

The proposed entrance is on a substandard local road alignment where adequate visibility splays have not been demonstrated, creating a traffic hazard.

none

substandard in its alignment and where adequate sight lines have not been demonstrated

Visual Amenity

The proposed development's scale, bulk, and design would not be adequately absorbed into the rural landscape and would seriously injure visual amenities.

none

scale, bulk and design features, would fail to be adequately absorbed and integrated into the rural landscape

Conditions

No conditions

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Inside the decision file

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Chief Executives Order1 page indexed

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Planners Report26 pages indexed

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