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Site planning risk brief

Cosmona , Athenry Road , Loughrea

One-off house / within 5 km where a location match is available

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Local planning pattern

13% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 502 decisions within 5 km, 10 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 39 structured appeals.

Matched source
2561616
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius

What this site brief can substantiate today

Each section reports its own coverage, per county. “Not yet covered” means the source dataset is not loaded for this local authority, so the brief draws no conclusion there and says where to check — it never reads as “no constraint found”.

Applications tied to the site

Partial coverage

10 register records are within the point-match tolerance; a parcel boundary is needed to treat this as exact.

10 matched

Zoning and settlement

Confirmed coverage

Zoning and settlement layers were intersected with the selected site against the loaded source datasets.

2 matched

Rural-housing policy

Confirmed coverage

One current citation from the Galway County Council development plan, with section, page and source URL.

1 matched

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Partial coverage

3 of 4 layers are loaded for Galway County Council and were intersected with the site; flood is not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for it.

3 matched

Access, road and wastewater prompts

Partial coverage

0 prompts are backed by extracted nearby decision evidence; all prompts remain checks, not predictions.

Structured appeal history

Confirmed coverage

39 structured nearby appeal records.

39 matched

Current policy citations

Confirmed coverage

Citations are current-dated and carry policy name, section, page and source URL from the Galway County Council development plan.

1 matched
502Nearby applications
10Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
39Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2561616

For a mixed-use development at this site. The proposed development will consist of 2no. offices and 1no. cafe at ground floor level. The upper floors will include 3 no. duplex residential units, new internal access road, footpaths, boundary treatments and all associated siteworks

Refused0.0 km07 January 2026
191872

For development at Cosmona, Loughrea. The development will consist of building number 1. Four number office units and one number coffee shop with an over all area of 421.17 sqm. Building No. 2. One number gym with an overall area of 261.15 sqm along with ancillary signage, siteworks, boundary treatments, drainage systems and landscaping. Gross floor space of proposed works: 682.32 sqm

Granted0.0 km04 February 2020
191019

Consisting of a revision to the previously granted site entrance and site boundaries attached to the previously granted planning permission 18556

Granted0.0 km23 August 2019
18556

For development which will consist of the construction of 5 no. residential units provided as follows: 4 no. 2.5 storey semi-detached Type A houses; and 1 no. 2 storey detached Type B house and associated domestic garage together with the provision of vehicular and pedestrian access from the Athenry Road (N66) via 'The Maltings' residential development immediately south of the proposed site and all associated landscaping, boundary treatment, site works and connection to existing services. Gross floor space of proposed works 788 sqm.

Granted0.0 km25 June 2018
2560401

For the construction of 3 no. offices and 1 no. cafe at ground level.The upper levels will include a service plant room and 4 no. residential units, comprising 1 no. duplex unit and 3 no. triplex units. There will also be ancillary signage, site works, boundary treatment, drainage systems and landscape. Gross floor space of proposed works: (H) 630 sqm & (Commercial) 224.8 sqm

Refused0.0 km04 June 2025
171447

For the development of 2 no. 'drive thru' restaurant/takeaway units (gross floor area 746sqm.) to consist of (1) Unit 1 - Construction of a 138sqm restaurant/takeaway to include kitchen, serving area, waiting area and staff welfare facilities. (2) - Construction of a 302sqm restaurant/takeway to include kitchen, serving area, waiting area, seating area, male and female toilets and staff welfare facilities. (3) Construction of a 31sqm lobby area to service both restaurant/takeaways. (4) Construction of 2-lane drive thru takeaway facility associated with the food offer to include access, 2no, order points and 2 no. collection points. (5) All ancillary signage, site works, outdoor seating, boundary treatments, drainage systems and landscaping. Gross floor space of proposed works 476sqm.

Refused0.0 km16 February 2018

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