ABP-309739-21Submitted 19 March 2021 / decided 02 July 2021
Status not recordedREFUSED
- Open event sourceAppeal submittedAppeal reference ABP-309739-2119 March 2021
- Open event sourceAppeal decisionREFUSED02 July 2021
Coyne's Cross, Ballyvolan Lower, Ashford
Planning application 201323
DecisionRefused
Decided23 February 2021
Application typePERMISSION
Source documents3
Site
What is on file
4refusal reasons0conditions8nearby records
Proposed development
Application description published by Wicklow County Council.Application and appeal history
Structured appeal stages, outcomes and source documents currently tied to this application.Decision details
Core application dates and identifiers from the public planning record.Planning analysis
Refusal reasons and planning conditions extracted from the public decision file.Refusal reasons
Visual Amenity
Dwelling set back from road with long driveway, fails to cluster with adjacent dwellings, forms a strident feature in views from the R772, and is visually incongruent with the corridor landscape.
County Development Plan 2016-2022, Objective HD3would not form a cluster with the existing houses, would form a strident feature in views from the R772 and would be visually incongruent
Design
Scale and design of the 4-bedroom dormer bungalow (248.5sqm, 7.97m high) is out of character with the rural area and does not meet highest quality layout/design standards.
County Development Plan 2016-2022, Objective HD3; Development and Design Standardsproposed dwelling by reason of its scale and design would be out of character with the rural area
Traffic Sightlines
Inadequate evidence of land control for sightlines, excessive gradient at entrance, and no proposal for surface water runoff prevention onto the road.
General public safety / CDP Infrastructure StandardsInadequate evidence has been submitted to show that the applicant has sufficient control of the necessary lands to provide adequate sightlines at the proposed site entrance.
Rural Housing Need
Insufficient information to demonstrate bona fide rural housing need. Applicant's rural upbringing not sufficiently proven with utility/tax records as required.
County Development Plan 2016-2022, Objective HD23, Section 4.4insufficient information is submitted to that the applicant comes within the scope of the housing need criteria as set out under Objective HD23
Conditions
No conditions
No conditions are on record for this application yet.
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Extracts from the council's own decision documents for this application — 10 pages of searchable text on file.Chief Executives Order1 page indexed
CO UN PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ACTS 2000 (as amended) Director of Services Order No: 275/2021 y! Reference Number: 20t1323 nl O Name of Applicant: Donal Byrne Address: es c/o CDP Architecture 4 The Mall os Main Street Lucan rp Lucan Village, Co. Dublin Pu Nature of Application g PERMISSION for demolition of the existing...
Planners Report9 pages indexed
Planner/s report for planning register reference 2OlLS2SlGlplanning/Soll/Dcreports/) U DEVELOPM ENT MANAG EM ENT y! PLANNING DEPARTMENT nl WICKLOW COUNW COUNCIL O es Development Proposed Demolition of the existing corrugated iron lean-to-shed, removal of existing section of the stone wall and hedge along the roadside...
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Source documents
Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.- Application fileApplication file on www.eplanning.ieSource portal
- Chief Executives OrderSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 051511de-63eb-40e9-9fd1-aaa8e13ab76a.pdf / Document 375536Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 0b486d7b-f8b9-4098-9137-5525a7b0da93.pdf / Document 375539Source PDF
Nearby precedent
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- 2213851. New single storey 3 bed dwelling comprising of 114sqm. 2. New effluent treatment system. 3. Upgrading of existing vehicular entrance on L4001. / 0.6 km away / 23 February 2023Refused
- 181071Dwelling, well, effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA requirements, provision of an access driveway with access gained via right of way over existing entrance, improvement works to adjacent public roadway and associated works / 0.6 km away / 17 December 2018Refused
- 2011791. 2 no. new 110 sq.m. single storey dwellings, located at the northern and southern ends of existing family lands. 2. Replace existing agricultural vehicular entrance with new shared vehicular entrance, set back to achieve adequate sight-lines, to serve both dwellings. 3. 2 no. new wastewater treatment systems to serve both dwellings. Together with all associated ancillary works to facilitate the above / 0.6 km away / 08 July 2021RefusedVisual AmenityTraffic SightlinesRural Housing Need