Approval in principle to convert existing stable block into living accommodation

Refusal Reasons

• ✗The proposed development would result in an additional dwelling in the countryside, contrary to the Department policies as set out in Planning Circular 1/88.
• ✗Conversion of the building into a dwelling would be contrary to the provisions of Planning Circular 3/89, Renovation of Buildings in the Countryside, insofar as the buildings are not considered to be worthy of registration, are not otherwise of particular architectural, historic, or social interest; and do not contribute beneficially to the character of the countryside as viewed from highways, footpaths, or other places accessible to the public. In addition there is no evidence that the current use is redundant, and therefore contrary with paragraph 3 of the Circular.