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Site planning risk brief

Western Distributor Road , Knocknacarra , 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 2,345 decisions within 5 km, 13 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 276 structured appeals.

Matched source
20358
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

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

13 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

276 structured nearby appeal records.

276 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.

2,345Nearby applications
13Site-linked candidates
16%Nearby refused
276Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

20358

Permission for development which will consist of amendments to previously granted planning permission ref. no. 19/366, the development consists of; (1) Reconfiguration of the permitted 3 storey block to comprise; 19 no. duplex units in the following mix 1 no. 3 bed apartments, 2 no. 2 bed apartments and 16 no. 1 bed apartments; (2) Creche with a total floor area of 223.36sqm and external play area of 135.19sqm. (3) Proposed 2 storey block containing office space at ground floor level (184.91 sqm) and 2 no. 2 bed apartments at first floor level. (4) Reconfiguration of communal open space, car parking, cycle parking and bin stores. (5) Associated site development and servicing works. At Gleann na Moná, on lands west of Ballymoneen Road, at the junction with the

Refused0.0 km24 February 2021
22160

Retention for development that consist of retention to amendments to existing elevational finishes to duplex apartments, previously granted under planning permission (Ref. 19/366 & 21/207)

Refused0.0 km26 July 2022
2273

Permission for development which will consist of alteration of existing private space to duplex apartments previously granted under planning permission Ref. 17/30 (ABP-300032-17), 21/207 and 19/366. The proposed amendments include the introduction of communal space to the rear of the duplex building in lieu of previously granted individual private gardens

Granted0.0 km10 August 2022
21207

Permission for retention which will consist of the retention of amendments to previously granted Duplex building consisting of 16 no. units under previously granted planning permissions ref: 17/30 (ABP-300032-17) and 19/366. The proposed amendments to be retained are as follows: 1.Retention of the building footprint and building elevations. 2. Alterations to site layout to include the reconfiguration of bin and bicycle stores, grouped parking and the introduction of turning head.

Granted0.0 km11 August 2021
21259

Permission for development which will consist of change of crèche plans, elevations and revised roof type from the crèche plans previously granted under planning applications reference numbers: 19/366, 19/68. 19/208 and 17/30 and all ancillary site works

Granted0.0 km29 September 2021
19366

Permission is sought for amendments to previously granted planning permission Ref. No. 17/30, 19/68 & 19/208 for development which will consist of (1) 2 no. 4 storey blocks of apartments over one level of under croft parking containing 32 no. of units per block in the following mix: 12 no. 1 bed, 42 no. 2 bed and 10 no. 3 bed apartments, amounting to 64 no. units in total along with a pedestrian access for each block from the footpath along the Western distributor Road; (2) Proposed 3 storey block containing 16 no. duplex units in the following mix: 8 no. 3 bed duplex over two storeys and 8 no. 1 bed single storey with two dedicated bin stores; (3) Creche with a total floor area of 473.53sqm and external play area of 263.99 sqm (4) A total of 114 car parking spaces and 22 bicycles secure parking for each apartment block; (5) Public realm and landscaping works; (6) Associated site development and servicing works

Granted0.0 km27 August 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,345 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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Policy and mapped constraints

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Appeals and comparable decisions

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