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Site planning risk brief

The Quay Kinvarra , Co. Galway

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 387 decisions within 5 km, 16 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 18 structured appeals.

Matched source
23382
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

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

16 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

18 structured nearby appeal records.

18 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
387Nearby applications
16Site-linked candidates
14%Nearby refused
18Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

23382

To alter & extend first & second floors of Zen Asian Restaurant

Granted0.0 km23 May 2024
2260162

For change of use from Post Office to Small Animal Veterinary Clinic and all associated works.

Granted0.0 km31 May 2022
181465

For a change of use of the existing first floor from residential use, to use as a restaurant with associated kitchen, seating areas and toilets. The second floor over same is to be removed and incorporated into the first floor as a double-height space, with the inclusion of roof lights. Material alterations will be necessary to the ground and first floor to accommodate a new access stairs and reconfiguration of the existing toilets and storage areas and all other ancillary works. Externally, there will be alterations to the building fenestration to accommodate the alterations and there will be additional glazing to the rear kitchen area which will necessitate alterations to the rear roof. There will be new shop fronts provided at street level.

Granted0.0 km07 December 2018
2561388

For change of use of partial ground floor, first and second floors from residential to commercial

Granted0.0 km19 November 2025
2461643

For alterations and additions to the existing dwelling house including; 1. the demolishing of the existing rear annex and the construction of a new rear extension 2. amendments to the existing roof and fenestration 3. the change of use of part of the ground floor from commercial to residential along with all the associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 145.73 sqm(house) & 61.33 sqm(extension). Gross floor space of any demolition: 11.42 sqm

Granted0.1 km20 May 2025
18522

For change of use from existing café to residential dwelling house. Gross floor area 90.04m2

Granted0.1 km19 June 2018

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 387 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.

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