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Site planning risk brief

Roundstone , XL Stop & Shop , Co. Galway

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

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Local planning pattern

29% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 100 decisions within 5 km, 9 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 6 structured appeals.

Matched source
2561486
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

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

9 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

6 structured nearby appeal records.

6 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
100Nearby applications
9Site-linked candidates
29%Nearby refused
6Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2561486

For a) change of use of the ground floor from retail to residential, providing 1no studio apartment, b) changes to the front elevation & c) replacing the existing perished roof finish with a new standing seam, metal deck roof

Granted0.0 km11 March 2026
181254

To (1) demolish existing sub-standard two storey rear elevation extension as well as rear elevation shed and replace with a new two storey extension (2) Internal and external alterations to the existing terrace house (3) increase the existing roof height to allow for new habitable rooms at second floor level (4) additional windows to the front elevation of terrace house as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works, 57sqm, and gross floor space of any demolition, 13.94sqm.

Granted0.0 km26 October 2018
20185

For (i) change of use of café/restaurant to living accommodation, (ii) three storey residential extension to rear of existing building and (iii) to replace existing flat roof with a single storey apartment living accommodation with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 59.4 sqm

Refused0.1 km02 April 2020
191320

For alterations and extensions to O'Dowd's Café and house at Main Street, Roundstone to include the following: 1: Extension to rear of existing café premises 2: conversion of existing ground floor residential area to café seating and toilet accommodation, 3: conversion of existing first floor residential to one no. 1 bedroom apartment 4: new external seating area to rear of café, 5: second floor extension to accommodate one no. 2 bedroom apartment, 5: façade alterations 6: all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 276 sqm (Café & associated services: 133.1 sqm, One Bedroom Apartment - 52 sqm, Two Bedroom Apartment - 91 sqm). Gross floor space of any demolition: 3.2 sqm.

Granted0.1 km01 July 2020
2560222

For second floor extension with a pitched type roof to existing residential building with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 92.80 sqm(extension)

Granted0.1 km24 April 2025
201532

For (i) residential extension to rear of existing building and (ii) change of use of café/restaurant to living accommodation with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 21.2 sqm

Granted0.1 km08 December 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 100 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.

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