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Site planning risk brief

Victoria Hotel , Victoria Place , 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 2,849 decisions within 5 km, 21 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 329 structured appeals.

Matched source
22335
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

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

21 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

329 structured nearby appeal records.

329 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

2,849Nearby applications
21Site-linked candidates
14%Nearby refused
329Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

22335

Permission for development which consists of the following: demolition of the existing warehouse, restaurant and associated buildings on site (c.798 sq.m total floor area) construction of a new 10-11 storey, over basement, extension to the existing Victoria Hotel providing the following: 109 no. additional bedrooms. Reception, lobby, seating area, bars, kitchen, bathrooms, service/back of house areas, and events area at ground and first floor/mezzanine. Bar/lounge and terrace at 10th floor level. Utilities, storage areas, plantroom and staff areas at basement level. Also plant at roof level. Total floor area of new extension c. 7,106 sq.m Minor alterations to the existing hotel building to provide openings on the western elevations to connect with the proposed extension. Alterations to and change of use (from offices) of Victoria House (RPS: 10401) (c.328 sq.m) to now form part of the extended hotel providing seating area, conference/meeting room and hotel office/admin rooms. existing internal room layouts maintained with existing east elevation window at 1st floor omitted to facilitate glazed link to new hotel extension. Replacement of glazing on front elevation with new painted timber sliding sash window. All associated site development works, services provisions and landscaping.

Refused0.0 km09 January 2024
18137

Permission for the construction of a hotel development to include 1) Basement to provide service and storage areas. 2) Ground Floor to include lobby, Kitchen, dining hall, café and associated service areas. 3) Six levels of hotel accommodation to include eighty four en-suite bedrooms providing 215 bed spaces. 4) Plant and lift room at roof level. 5) Associated services and site works. 6) Demolition of existing snooker hall premises. 7) The removal and storage of existing front stone wall of site during construction with the reinstatement of same to proposed new façade

Refused0.0 km21 June 2018
19320

Planning permission is being sought as follows: 1) New signage to canopy over main entrance. 2) Retention of new finishes to existing canopy. 3) Retention of non- slip tiles and alteration of door position

Refused0.0 km15 January 2020
20298

Permission for development which will consist of 1 Retention of alterations & new finishes to the existing canopy. 2 New signage to canopy over main entrance. 3 Retention of minor alterations to entrance doors.

Refused0.0 km21 January 2021
19175

E.O.D on 14/18: Permission for development at (a protected structure). Northern Elevation: The construction of a new 95 square metres single storey fully accessible glazed entrance building, the extension of the existing North Eastern bay platform, new 2m high boundary treatment to enclose this platform extension. Demolition of the existing lean too single storey building at the North eastern end of station, internal alterations and removal of walls within the train station to provide additional ticket purchase facilities, enlarged concourse areas, new toilet facilities, new ticket inspector accommodation North Eastern side of the station. The removal of the existing steel ramped access to the main station entrance after completion of the level access pedestrian entrances to the southern elevation. The reinstatement of the original step arrangement to the station building. Southern Elevation; CIE Stores and Maintenance Area (a protected structure). The refurbishment of the existing stores and maintenance area to provide 2336 square metres of extended train concourse and platform, new pedestrian entrances, new curved partially glazed roof single span structure to replace existing roof, new openings within the existing South Western facade of the building to create new glazed entrances and fenestration. The proposed construction of new sloped approach routes, entrance plazas, street lighting and furniture, new glazed canopies to entrance plazas. New glazed entrances and fenestration to existing openings to South West, South East and North West elevations. The construction of new glazed retail pods and new toilet block within the station. New glazed doors and screens to be created to existing arches to both North Western and South eastern elevations of building. The removal of the existing internal mezzanine floor, removal of the existing ramped access, demolition of the existing lean to buildings at the North Western side of the building, demolition of the shed to the South Eastern gable of the building. Site works to include, inter alia, demolition of existing single storey industrial storage building and associated fuel silos to existing car park, reinstatement of car park paving, provision of 5no. disabled car parking spaces, new footpaths to both South Western elevations of station, removal of existing footpath to South Western gable of Meyrick Hotel and the construction of a new pedestrian walkway from the South East corner of Eyre Square to the etc....

Granted0.1 km07 August 2019
23190

Permission for development which consists of the retention of existing signage

Granted0.1 km26 September 2023

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