Clare TD’s planning application for house deemed withdrawn after non-response to FI request

CLARE County Council has declared plans for the construction of a permanent family home for Deputy Cathal Crowe are withdrawn after he opted not to respond to a Further Information Request from the planning authority.

In its request for Further Information, Clare County Council considered the information submitted in the planning application for a private dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment system and associated site works at Heathmount, Cratloe for Maeve Fehilly and Cathal Crowe is insufficient to make a complete planning assessment of the proposal.

The applicant was requested to submit a site layout plan with a slope of 1:8 or less as per the EPA guidelines and was advised it may be necessary to carry out revised percolation tests and a trial hole evaluation.

With regard to the proposed water supply, it is noted the application form states that there will be a new connection to a private well. However, the site characterisation form indicates a connection to a public mains water supply. The applicant was requested to clarify the source of the proposed water supply to serve the dwelling.

If a well is proposed, the location has to be identified on the site layout plan and has to be taken into consideration when locating the wastewater treatment plan.

The planning authority also asked the applicant to clarify if the gradient of the proposed driveway met the required Building Regulations and sought drawings and cross-sections of the embankment along the north eastern boundary of the site.

All planning applicants are given six months to reply to a Request for Further Information from the date of this notice, but can seek an additional three months with the agreement of the planning authority.

In this case, Deputy Crowe opted not to respond to the planning authority’s request within the allocated time frame so this planning application is now deemed withdrawn.

Deputy Crowe said he wasn’t going to comment on his application when contacted by the Clare Champion.