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Site planning risk brief

Castlegar , Tuam Road , Galway

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

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Local planning pattern

16% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 2,195 decisions within 5 km, 14 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 229 structured appeals.

Matched source
18385
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

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

14 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

229 structured nearby appeal records.

229 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

2,195Nearby applications
14Site-linked candidates
16%Nearby refused
229Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

18385

Permission for the construction of a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage together with ancillary works, with outline permission for such works having already been granted under planning ref. no. 17/222

Granted0.0 km29 January 2019
22118

Permission for retention which will consist of alterations to dwelling house

Granted0.0 km22 June 2022
19284

Full Planning permission consequent to the grant of outline permission Pl. Ref 17/222, for the construction of a detached dwelling house, garage and associated site works

Granted0.0 km15 January 2020
2560012

Permission for development which consists of; works to uprate the existing Cashla – Salthill 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within Galway City the proposed development is located in the following townlands: BALLY BAAN BEG, PARKMORE and CASTLEGAR. The proposed development will consist of works to a section of the Cashla – Salthill 110kV OHL between angle mast 52 (AM52) in Claregalway and end mast 105 (EM105) near Galway 110kV Substation, Galway City. Approximately 1.7km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Galway City Council with approximately 7.7km in the functional area of Galway County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Galway County Council. The proposed development within Galway City will comprise: - the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; - Retain towers at 6no. locations including foundation strengthening with bar member replacement at 3 locations; - Replace polesets at 1no. location; - the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; - Replacement of line droppers at Galway 110kV substation; - all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and - other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e. guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g. busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.

Granted0.1 km04 June 2025
2560289

Permission for development which consists of: permission is sought to erect 4 no. 2 storey detached dwelling houses and garden sheds with new entrance off An Phairc Mhor Road and all associated site works and services. Gross Floor Area of Proposed Works: 174.75sqm (House No. 1), 167.35sqm (House No. 2), 169.00sqm (House No. 3), 172.00sqm (House No. 4) & 4 x 15.00sqm = 60.00sqm (Garden Sheds)

Granted0.1 km12 November 2025
2460420

Permission for development which consists of; (1) alterations and construction of an extension to existing 2 story dwelling house and to decommission the existing septic tank and connect to public services and (2) construction of a new serviced dwelling house and entrance

Granted0.1 km24 February 2025

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,195 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.

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