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Site planning risk brief

The Merlin Commercial Park , Doughiske Road , 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 1,869 decisions within 5 km, 2 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 167 structured appeals.

Matched source
17351
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

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

2 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

167 structured nearby appeal records.

167 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

1,869Nearby applications
2Site-linked candidates
16%Nearby refused
167Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

17351

Permission for a commercial light industrial warehouse with ancillary offices with basement car parking and including associated site services

Granted0.0 km06 April 2018
20303

Permission for development which will consist of the following: a) the change of use of existing premises from warehouse/light manufacturing to a sports recreational facility b) to increase the mezzanine floor area in Unit No.2 c) new internal access between Unit 1 & Unit 2 d) for the erection of signage to the front elevation and all associated site services

Granted0.0 km21 January 2021
21100

Permission for development which will consist of a 3-storey,1,722sq.m extension to the north-west of the existing building comprising 6 no. treatment rooms,15 no. consultant rooms, 4 no. audiology rooms, 3 no.dental surgery rooms,11 no. offices, support/staff rooms and associated spaces and roof plant. The proposed development also includes for alterations to the existing car park and all associated enabling works and site development works

Granted0.1 km10 December 2021
2460005

Permission for development which consists of the retention of first floor level floor space and associated alterations created by the addition of a mezzanine within previously approved 2 storey warehouse

Granted0.1 km28 February 2024
18146

Permission sought for (a) Convert existing two car garage to studio apartment. (b) Convert existing three car garage to one bedroom apartment, all with revised car parking layout and all associated works and services

Granted0.1 km27 June 2018
2523

Permission for development which consists of: to modify existing roof attic area for use as bedrooms and associated elevation changes to construct rear ground floor extension to existing dwelling and associated services

Granted0.2 km15 October 2025

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 1,869 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. €29 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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