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Site planning risk brief

Seamus Quirke Road , Rahoon Road , Galway

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

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Local planning pattern

15% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 2,780 decisions within 5 km, 4 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 313 structured appeals.

Matched source
22322
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

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

4 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for Galway City Council and were intersected with the site; settlement boundary is not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for it.

1 matched

Rural-housing policy

Not yet covered

No verified rural-housing citation is loaded for Galway City Council, so this brief makes no current policy claim and relies on decision history.

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Partial coverage

3 of 4 layers are loaded for Galway City 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

313 structured nearby appeal records.

313 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

No current-dated citation is loaded for Galway City Council. Historic references extracted from decisions are never presented as current policy.

2,780Nearby applications
4Site-linked candidates
15%Nearby refused
313Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

22322

Permission for development which consists of - The provision of a primary care centre (6-9 no. stories over basement - Gross Floor Area: 9,076sqm) with Pharmacy Retail Unit (Gross Floor Area 125sqm) and Café Unit (Gross Floor Area 114sqm) at ground floor level. - The provision of a TUSLA Building (4 no.stories over basement) (Gross Floor Area; 2,400 sqm) - The provision of a single storey Ambulance Service Deployment Building (Gross Floor Area;65sqm) - The provision of a basement and entrance/exit ramp with 123 no. car parking spaces (including 5 no. accessible spaces) and the provision of 2 no. accessible car parking spaces and 3 no. ambulance bays at ground level - The provision of 220 no.bicycle parking bays across ground and basement level - The provision of roof mounted solar PV Panels and plant enclosure - The provision of an ESB Substation and LV (Low Voltage) switchroom - The provision of new access road as well as internal access roads, set-down areas and surface level accessible parking - The provision of signage, landscaping and boundary treatments and all other associated site development works and services necessary to facilitate the proposed development. A Natura Impact Statement is being prepared as part of this planning application

Granted0.0 km19 September 2023
2460112

Permission for development which consists of the demolition of a section of existing damaged boundary wall and replacement with a new boundary wall and associated works at T. O Higgins, Rahoon Road, Galway, H91 PK09

Granted0.1 km05 June 2024
18215

Permission to render façade of forecourt building at existing Auto24 Service Station and to include signage, lighting and all associated operating equipment

Granted0.1 km22 August 2018
18109

Permission for works which will consist of cladding over existing roof with composite aluminium panels including a small increase in ridge height with additional internally illuminated roof signage to East and West facing Elevations and the relocation of existing signage to North Elevation. Extension to existing collection booth (2.8 sq.m) with brick finish to match existing. New glazing and sliding doors to extended entrance lobby to replace existing entrance lobby (1.4 sq.m). Alterations to existing corral, to be reduced in width and extended to match building line. Demolition of existing remote Corral (18 sq.m.) to be replaced with new remote corral (35.6 sq.m) with new doors and closed panel fencing on concrete slab. Alterations to existing drive thru lane to create side by side ordering points, additional order point with canopy, 2 no. 1 bay 3 sided internally illuminated menu signs to replace existing 3 bay internally illuminated menu sign and 3 no existing Totem signs to be relocated and associated site works

Granted0.1 km01 June 2018
18107

Permission for the development of a single storey, free standing café with access from existing shopping centre carpark. The development will also include the provision of external signage as well as undertaking all associated landscaping, as well as all associated site development works and services

Granted0.1 km08 November 2018
2360055

Permission for the change of use from the existing retail use (as permitted under Galway City Council register reference 80/301, and amended by 82/293, 99/221, 01/229, 13/365 and 22/133) to café use, associated signage, internal layout changes, front elevational changes including relocation of doorway and fenestration alterations and all other ancillary site works

Granted0.2 km26 October 2023

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,780 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. €39 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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