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Site planning risk brief

Cluain Mhic Cáinín , Castlegar , Co Galway

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

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Local planning pattern

17% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 957 decisions within 5 km, 4 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 61 structured appeals.

Matched source
25339
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

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

4 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

61 structured nearby appeal records.

61 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
957Nearby applications
4Site-linked candidates
17%Nearby refused
61Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

25339

Of 2 existing domestic garages/turf sheds including all associated works and services

Refused0.0 km06 February 2026
212163

To construct a dwelling house and septic tank with percolation area including all associated works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 200 sqm.

Granted0.1 km21 January 2022
2528

Ref no 21/2163, to construct a dwelling house and septic tank with percolation area including all associated works and services

Granted0.1 km14 April 2025
18477

For existing dwelling on revised site boundaries and all associated facilities. Gross floor space 260.35m2

Granted0.3 km20 August 2018
212533

To construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with wastewater treatment system and private garage/ fuel shed to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works, house 207.13 sqm and garage 62.10 sqm

Refused0.4 km25 February 2022
2360446

Of an attic conversion & new windows in the front & rear elevations along with 3no. rooflights in the side elevations

Granted0.4 km06 September 2023

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 957 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.

Exact site history and boundary checks

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Policy and mapped constraints

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Appeals and comparable decisions

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Deterministic risk prompts

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