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Site planning risk brief

Cappagh Road , Barna , Galway

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

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Local planning pattern

16% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 1,811 decisions within 5 km, 5 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 205 structured appeals.

Matched source
17342
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

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

5 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

205 structured nearby appeal records.

205 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.

1,811Nearby applications
5Site-linked candidates
16%Nearby refused
205Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

17342

Permission for the construction of a domestic entrance including walls & piers and associated site works & services. A concurrent application for the dwelling, garage and associated services is being made to Galway County Council as the relevant lands are within their remit

Granted0.0 km23 May 2018
22180

Of 1) Minor changes of elevations & floor plans on previously granted ref: 17-1776, 2) change of use of existing garage/store to granny flat, 3) construct link corridor to proposed granny flat, 4) all associated site works, 5) all to retained of revised boundaries. Gross floor space of proposed works: 11.16 (link). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 284.72 sqm (h+g)

Granted0.0 km08 April 2022
171776

For the construction of a one and half storey dwelling (257sqm), effluent treatment plant, percolation area, domestic garage (25sqm) and all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 257sqm, Garage 25sqm.

Granted0.0 km04 May 2018
19677

To construct a new dwellinghouse and a new effluent treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 162.4 sqm.

Refused0.0 km27 June 2019
191202

For the construction of a two storey dwelling house, vehicle garage, effluent treatment plant with percolation area and all associated siteworks and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 251 sqm (House - 200.8 sqm, Garage - 50.2 sqm)

Refused0.1 km24 September 2019
2560525

Of existing dwelling house, existing effluent treatment system, proposed domestic garage & associated site works on previously granted planning ref 22/61018. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 178.44 sqm

Granted0.2 km08 August 2025

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 1,811 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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