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Site planning risk brief

Headford , Cong Road , 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 309 decisions within 5 km, 4 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 15 structured appeals.

Matched source
2461601
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

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

4 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

15 structured nearby appeal records.

15 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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309Nearby applications
4Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
15Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2461601

For 1. construction of 65 no. residential dwellings comprising of: a.1 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey detached dwelling, b.19 no. 4 bed 2 storey semi-detached dwellings, c. 19 no. 3 bedroomed 2 storey semi-detached dwellings, d. 12 no. 3 bedroomed 2 storey terraced dwellings, e.1 no. 4 bedroomed 3 storey terraced dwelling, f.4 no. 1 bedroom apartment units and 9 no. 2 bedroom apartments units, together with an associated communal bike and bin store within a two storey duplex building. 2. Construction of a single storey creche building, together with associated play area, bin store, parking and set down areas. 3. New road works along the R334 Cong Road to provide for; a vehicular and pedestrian entrance to serve the development, provision of gateway signage for the town of Headford, road re-alignment, construction of roadside footpath and public lighting, a pedestrian crossing point with pedestrian traffic signal, traffic calming ramps and associated warning signage. 4. Provision of public and private open spaces, play spaces, bicycle parking, site landscaping, revised boundary treatments, and public lighting within the estate; 5. Provision of residential carparking including a proportion of electric charging spaces and ducting to all spaces for future electric charging points; 6.Connection to public sewer and public watermain along Cong Road, together with on-site surface water drainage works; 7. Footpath connections, signage locations, ESB substation and all associated site development works and services. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 7,446 sqm(houses), 518.00 sqm(commercial)

Granted0.0 km18 July 2025
2460178

For the development consisting of the following: 1. Construction of 65 no. residential dwellings consisting of: a. 03 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey detached dwellings; b. 21 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey semi- detached dwellings; c. 01 no. 4 bedroom 3 storey terrace dwelling; d. 19 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey semi- detached dwellings; e. 09 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey terrace dwellings; f. 04 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey semi- detached dwellings; g. 08 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey terrace dwellings. 2. New road works along the R334 Cong Road to provide for; a vehicular and pedestrian entrance to serve the development, provision of gateway signage, road re-alignment, together with a pedestrian crossing point. 3. Provision of public and private open spaces, play spaces, bin stores, bicycle parking, site landscaping, revised boundary treatments, and public lighting; 4. Provision of residential carparking including a proportion of electric charging spaces and ducting to all spaces for future electric charging points; 5. Connection to public sewer and public watermain along Cong Road, together with on-site surface water drainage works; 6. Footpath connections, signage locations and all associated site development works and services. A Natura Impact Statement is submitted to the planning authority with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 7,807.40 sqm

Refused0.0 km17 April 2024
19373

For the construction of a residential development for 110 units comprising of the following 1) 1 no. creche facility, 2) 15 no. 4-bed detached dwellings with study, 3) 1 no. 4-bed detached dwellings 4) 26 No 4 bed semi-detached dwellings, 5) 32 no. 3-bed semi-detached dwellings, 6) 32 no. 3-bed terraced dwellings in blocks of 3 & 4, 7) 3 no. 2-bed terraced bungalow dwellings, 8) ancillary site works and landscaping (Gross floor area 12920.40 Creche 214 sqm)(PRE PLAN REF 08/3421) & EOD 14/67

Granted0.1 km08 May 2019
2660507

For an amendment to previously approved planning permission, ABP-321704-25 (Reg Ref: 2461383), to include four new 4-Bedroom houses to replace four approved 3-bedroom houses, as follows: Approved 3-Bedroom house Type A1, on plots 25 and 26, will be replaced by proposed 4-Bedroom House Type H, Approved 3-Bedroom house Type E1, on plot 10, will be replaced by proposed 4-Bedroom House Type G1, Approved 3-Bedroom house Type E, on plot 11, will be replaced by proposed 4-Bedroom House Type G, No increase in the overall number of houses is proposed as part of this permission. Development will include all associated site development works and associated ancillary services

Granted0.1 km26 May 2026
2461383

For the following: 1. The construction of 28 no. residential units, comprising of 22 no. 3-bed houses and 6 no. 4-bed houses. 2.Extension of internal Cúl na Coirre pedestrian and vehicular access (currently under construction) to service the proposed development. 3.Provision of all associated surface water and foul drainage services, provision of an attenuation tank and sustainable drainage solutions (SuDS), connections and all associated site works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 3183.96 sqm

Refused0.1 km12 December 2024
2360434

For the development that will consist of the construction of ten no. dwelling houses, access road, shared surface home-zone and shared parking, together with all associated site development works and services

Granted0.1 km28 November 2023

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