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Site planning risk brief

Rafarn , Loughrea , Co Galway

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 344 decisions within 5 km, 3 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 13 structured appeals.

Matched source
2561688
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius

What this site brief can substantiate today

Each section reports its own coverage. “Not yet covered” means no conclusion is drawn while source datasets or policy extraction are still being loaded.

Applications tied to the site

Partial coverage

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

3 matched

Zoning and settlement

Not yet covered

Current indexed zoning and settlement layers are intersected with the selected site where coverage exists.

Rural-housing policy

Not yet covered

Current section-and-page citations have not yet been loaded for this authority.

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Not yet covered

Each layer reports its own coverage; missing coverage never appears as a clean result.

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

13 structured nearby appeal records.

13 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

Historic extracted references are not presented as current policy; verified citations are still being loaded.

344Nearby applications
3Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
13Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2561688

For dwelling house, garage, onsite wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services

Granted0.0 km20 January 2026
181549

To demolish existing sunroom and construct a new single storey extension to the side, and extending to the rear of the existing dwelling house and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works 54 sqm Gross floor space of any demolition 19 sqm.

Granted0.1 km02 January 2019
211747

For a) the relocation of the vehicular entrance and relocation and change of design of the domestic garage to that previously granted under planning ref no. 97/1652 b) the construction of art studio/ shed and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works:

Granted0.1 km16 November 2021
181759

For the construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 348 sqm

Granted0.1 km08 February 2019
2460625

For extension to dwelling house and to include granny flat, basement, decommission existing septic tank, install wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works on an extended site. Gross floor space of proposed works: 173.00 sqm

Granted0.2 km18 July 2024
2460138

To extend dwelling house and to include granny flat, decommission existing septic tank, install a wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works on an extended site. Gross floor space of proposed works: 193 sqm

Refused0.2 km03 April 2024

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 344 matched decisions within 5 km and includes up to 80 detailed comparables (40 nearest refusals and 40 nearest grants), with extracted reasons, quotes, and available source links. €29 incl. VAT.

The site brief adds up to 80 nearest detailed grants and refusals, extracted source evidence, document links, and a shareable risk summary.

Exact site history and boundary checks

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Policy and mapped constraints

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Appeals and comparable decisions

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Deterministic risk prompts

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