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Site planning risk brief

Former Hewlett Packard Facility , Ballybrit Industrial Estate , 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 2,121 decisions within 5 km, 4 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 221 structured appeals.

Matched source
18273
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

221 structured nearby appeal records.

221 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

2,121Nearby applications
4Site-linked candidates
16%Nearby refused
221Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

18273

Permission for development which will consist of alterations, façade enhancement and provision of new entrance lobbies to the former Hewlett Packard facility, Ballybrit, Galway including the provision of 74 no. additional carparking spaces and ancillary site works

Granted0.0 km30 May 2019
19196

Permission for the development which will consists of the subdivision of the existing building and change of use of unoccupied area from industrial to specialist office use, façade enhancements and alterations, provision of new entrance lobbies and 74 no. additional carparking spaces and ancillary siteworks

Granted0.0 km28 August 2019
232

Permission for development which consists of (i) the change of use from industrial to office use of 858sqm within the existing building 2 (identified as MOD 2) on the site; (ii) provision of roof mouthed plant, stacks, perimeter handrail, and roof lights on MOD 2 (iii) alterations to the east and west facades of MOD 2 (iv) the construction of an external 2 storey central utility building (CUB) with a floor area of 1000sqm and an external fenced utility yard; the associated proposed works include; demolition of no. 3 external existing redundant utility buildings; alterations to existing internal roads and pedestrian footpaths; site lighting; installation of an overhead pipe rack between MOD 2 and the proposed (CUB); the provision of underground services and surface water management infrastructure; landscaping and associated site works

Granted0.0 km21 February 2023
21344

Permission for development which will consist of modifications to a previously granted scheme (Planning Ref. No. 20/241) to include a new roof plant platform with screen and stepped access on Building 2 MOD 3

Granted0.1 km10 December 2021
20241

Permission for the development which will consist of works to Building 2 MOD 3 comprising alterations to the previously granted permission (Ref. No. 19/309). The alterations will include an increase in the new floor area to 668m2 at first floor level, to be used as lab/office space with 2 no. access stairs and a lift, all within the existing building, alterations to part of the south & west facades with entrance landscaping along the west façade and the inclusion of roof lights in the existing roof. Proposed works will also include additional shower and janitor facilities within Building 2 MOD 1 at ground floor level

Granted0.1 km04 November 2020
17347

Permission for erection of 1 No. externally illuminated freestanding sign, 8 No. non-illuminated parking signs and 1 No. internally illuminated wall sign

Granted0.1 km06 February 2018

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,121 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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Policy and mapped constraints

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Deterministic risk prompts

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