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Site planning risk brief

37 Merchants Road , Previously known as No 43a 43b and 44) , Merchants Road

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

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Local planning pattern

14% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 2,797 decisions within 5 km, 22 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 324 structured appeals.

Matched source
18373
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

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

22 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

324 structured nearby appeal records.

324 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

2,797Nearby applications
22Site-linked candidates
14%Nearby refused
324Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

18373

Permission for (a) extension to and change of use from three no. apartments to office use and associated elevation alterations at third floor and (b) an additional floor containing four no. apartments (1 x 2 bedroom and 3 x 1 bedroom) and associated external works at ' Merchant's Square'

Granted0.0 km22 March 2019
18175

Permission for development which will consist of an extension and modifications to existing terraced building and for change of use from residential to office together with all associated site works. The building is located in a architectural conservation area.

Granted0.0 km26 July 2018
2065

Permission for development which will consist of change of use of existing ground floor restaurant and bar to 7 no. bedrooms and 1 no. reading/meeting room and associated internal modifications; reconfiguration of existing public toilets to allow for additional dining area in lobby; addition of a 7 sq. meter extension into existing service yard on South West side of building; introduction of light well into existing single storey extension to South West. A Protected Structure RPS 6701

Granted0.0 km24 June 2020
2560142

Permission for development which consists of: We, Choice Hotel Group, intend to apply for permission for development at this site located at Flood Street and New Dock Street, Galway. The development will comprise a change of use and refurbishment of a residential house, to provide an additional 20 no. rooms at the existing House Hotel, which is a Protected Structure (RPS 6701). The proposed development comprises the following: 1. Construction of an external glazed link (GFA 5.4 sqm at each floor level) connecting the two buildings at each level; 2. Modifications to the existing entrance steps and existing hotel bedrooms to allow for connecting corridor; 3. Internal modifications to the existing ground, first and second floors of the former residential building to provide 15 no. hotel bedrooms; 4. Conversion of roof space to provide an additional floor to the existing residential building to facilitate 5 no. hotel bedrooms; 5. Addition of secondary fire escape stairs to the rear of external yard; 6. Modifications to fenestration of the existing structures, including installation of 3 no. dormer windows, additional windows to the east and west façade and conversion of ground floor doors to windows on the residential building, and all associated development and site enabling works.

Granted0.0 km26 February 2026
19356

Planning permission for the development which will consist of (1) Amalgamation of the pair of terraced buildings to form a single terraced dwelling house (2) Change of use of ground floor of no 4 Dock Road from office use to form part of the proposed single dwelling house (3) Construction of 3 storey dwelling house extension to rear of No. 4 Dock Road with roof Terrace garden and construction of 4 storey dwellinghouse extension to the rear of no. 5 Dock Road. (4) Replacement of existing timber windows in poor condition, with timber sliding sash windows at no 4 & 5 Dock Road.(5) Internal alterations, together with all associated site works and services

Granted0.0 km22 October 2020
1991

Permission for development which consists of the erection of 1 No. non- illuminated fascia sign and 1 No. double- sided internally illuminated projecting sign

Granted0.1 km17 May 2019

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,797 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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