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Site planning risk brief

53 St James Crescent , Mervue , 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 2,497 decisions within 5 km, 6 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 267 structured appeals.

Matched source
2552
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

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

6 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

267 structured nearby appeal records.

267 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.

2,497Nearby applications
6Site-linked candidates
15%Nearby refused
267Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2552

Permission for development which consists of: permission is sought to demolish part of existing front boundary wall and to lower footpath to create new access for parking to front of existing dwelling

Granted0.0 km06 February 2026
2115

Permission for development which will consist of; a) Construct single storey extension to rear of dwelling house. b) Change of use of existing garage to habitable use. c) Alter existing pitched roof to existing rear building to flat roof. d) Remove existing front porch and front elevation changes to ground floor windows and to insulate external front elevation

Granted0.0 km16 March 2021
2460269

Permission for development which consists of; extension and modifications to existing house, including all associated ancillary site works

Granted0.0 km14 October 2024
17316

Permission for development which will consist of a ground floor extension to the rear of the existing dwelling. The reconfiguration and introduction of glazing to the existing ground floor accommodation, also to the rear. The introduction of a first floor window to the southern elevation. The reconfiguration of the front garden area to provide 2 no. car parking spaces, and all associated site works.

Granted0.0 km18 January 2018
18181

Permission to carry out alterations to the attic space to create an extra bedroom plus some storage area. This work will entail making alterations to the external roof of the house and the provision of a stairs to service the altered attic area

Refused0.1 km31 July 2018
2460024

Permission for development which consists of a) the construction of an extension to an existing community dwellinghouse, b) for associated internal alterations and c) for all associated site development works

Granted0.1 km20 March 2024

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,497 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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