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AN BORD Pleanala has rejected a planned €24 million housing devel- opment for Ennis.
Last year, Clare County Council refused planning permission to one of the county’s best known build- ers, McCarthy Brothers, to build 94 |aLeyenteherslmm oY VU oleae r mse oMmOlUlNeouE environs of Ennis.
In their appeal, McCarthy Bros pointed out that the site was zoned for residential development in the Ennis and Environs Development Plan.
While surrounding lands were sim- ilarly zoned, there was no guarantee that the development of these lands would take place at any time in the near future, they argued.
The open space provision also met the requirements of the development plan, with a total of 16.4 per cent of the site given over to open space, while the Ballybeg Road was ad- equate to cater for the level of traffic the development generated.
But after assessing the application, the appeals board’s planning inspec- tor concluded that it “would repre- sent a haphazard and non-integrated piecemeal development which would
preclude the full and comprehensive development of the entire area of residentially zoned land at this loca- tion”.
The appeals board also stated that the proposed layout of the develop- ment was “substandard due to the general layout and disposition of public open space and the overall lin- ear emphasis in terms of the layout of access roads and adjoining hous- ThOTSan OODLES
The board inspector concluded that the development would seriously in- jure the residential amenity of future occupants of the estate and would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
The inspector also found that the proposal, which included the utilisa- tion of an existing cul-de-sac road to serve the eastern portion of the pro- posed development, would seriously injure the amenities of the residents. This was because a more suitable access which would serve the entire area of residentially zoned lands at this location was located approxi- mately 120 metres further west.
As aresult, the inspector found that the development would endanger public safety by reason of a traffic hazard.