Rear 21 Wexford Road, Arklow, Co. Wicklow

Proposed development

Application description published by Wicklow County Council.

One bedroom apartment at first floor level of existing storage shed, connection to all services, together with all ancillary site works

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Decision details

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Application ref: 201080
Received: 27 October 2020
Decided: 24 May 2021
FI requested: No

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

Planning analysis

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Refusal reasons

Design

The proposed apartment fails to meet minimum floor area requirements for bedroom and storage space.

Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments Guidelines for Planning Authorities

failure of the proposed bedroom and storage space to be of sufficient area as to meet design standards

Residential Amenity

The development encroaches on Apartment 21A's private amenity space and causes an overbearing impact, overshadowing, and loss of light to the adjoining dwelling.

Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan 2018-2024; Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments Guidelines for Planning Authorities

excessive in scale, would have a significant and overbearing impact on the private amenity space of the adjoining dwelling to the east, and may result in a significant loss of sunlight

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Inside the decision file

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Chief Executives Order1 page indexed

CO CO PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ACTS 2000 (as amended) Director of Sen,ices Order No y! 87112021 nl O Reference Number: 20/1 080 es os Name of Applicant Derek Byme Address: rp c/o Ian Heffernan Cnoc Dubh Pu Ballymanus Lower Blackhill, Glenealy g Co. Wicklow in ew Nature of Application: PERMISSION for one bedroom...

Planners Report2 pages indexed

WICKTOW COUNTY COUNCIL Planning Department TO: FERGAL KEOGH SE, EDEL BERMINGHAM, SEP y! FROM: MICHAEL LYNCH, GRADUATE PLANNER nl REF: 2Ol1O8O O NAME: DEREK BYRNE DEVETOPMENT APARTMENT AT 1sr FTOOR LEVEL OF EXISTING SHED, CONNECTTON TO es SERVICES, SITE WORKS REAR 2l WEXFORD ROAD, ARKLOW os LOCATION: DATE DUE: 08l06l2L...

Planners Report4 pages indexed

WICKLOW COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING DEPARTMENT PLANNING REPORT TO: FERGAL KEOGH S.E. / EDEL BERMINGHAM S.E.P y! FROM: MICHAEL LYNCH GRADUATE PLANNER. nl SUBJECT REF: 20/1080 NAME: DEREK BYRNE O DEVELOPMENT: APARTMENT AT lST FLOOR LEVEL OF EXISTING SHED, CONNECTION TO SERVICES, SITE WORKS es LOCATION: REAR 21 WEXFORD ROAD,...

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