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Site planning risk brief

A site of 1.621 Ha in Galway Port at Dock Road and Lough Atalia Road Galway City , and extending to include parts of both roads , for road infrastructure works and water services infrastructure works.

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 2,802 decisions within 5 km, 4 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 325 structured appeals.

Matched source
2560296
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

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

4 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

325 structured nearby appeal records.

325 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

2,802Nearby applications
4Site-linked candidates
14%Nearby refused
325Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2560296

Permission for development which consists of: The proposed development principally consists of: the demolition of the existing office / bus depot building (370.2 sq m) and ancillary building (26.0 sq m); the partial demolition of the existing ESB sub-station and ancillary building (67.4 sq m); the demolition of existing boundary walls at the south-west and north-west; and the construction of a mixed-use development. The proposed mixed-use development primarily comprises: 356 No. residential apartments (172 No. 1-bed, 169 No. 2-bed and 15 No. 3-bed); crèche (255.9 sq m); 2 No. café/restaurant units (totalling 428.4 sq m); and 1 No. retail unit (156.0 sq m). The development has a total floor area of 32,096.0 sq m and is primarily proposed in 4 No. blocks (identified as A–D) that generally range in height from 6 No. to 13 No. storeys: Block A ranges from 6 No. to 9 No. storeys; Block B ranges from 6 No. to 11 No. storeys; Block C is 6 No. storeys; and Block D ranges from 6 No. to 13 No. storeys. The proposed development also includes: new internal street and pedestrian network, including a one-way vehicular route at the north-western side of the site and new junctions with Dock Road at the south-west and with the access road from Lough Atalia at the north-west; upgrades to Lough Atalia Road and the access road from it at the north-west of the site, including the provision of a new toucan pedestrian/cycle crossing at Lough Atalia Road; upgrades to the footpath and road interface with Dock Road to the south-west; 37 No. car parking spaces; 1 No. set-down/delivery bay; 741 No. cycle parking spaces; hard and soft landscaping, including as public open spaces and communal amenity spaces; private amenity spaces as balconies and terraces facing all directions; boundary treatments; public lighting; bin stores; double sub-station; plant rooms; green roofs; rooftop lift overruns and plant; rooftop telecommunications, plant and enclosure at Block C; recladding of the existing sub-station and pumping station; and all associated works above and below ground. This is an LRD

Refused0.0 km19 June 2026
2183

Permission for development which will consist of: Temporary planning permission for the use of an area for outdoor dining with pitches for adapted vehicles/food stalls, outdoor seating area, temporary portable toilets and all necessary associated site works at the site

Granted0.1 km06 August 2021
20295

Permission for development which will consist of revisions, extensions and enhancements to existing service station on an enlarged site: 1. Retention of the following structures/uses on site; launderette unit (9.5sqm), Parcel motel unit (3.5 sqm), Gas tank/cage (4.0sqm) as well as change of use of part of forecourt area to solid fuel storage area (5.4sqm); 2. Permission for demolition works (31.5sqm) to the existing shop building, Site demolition works to include removal of brush and jet wash slabs, service bay area, disabled access ramp, fuel dispenser island and northeast and southeast palisade fence. 3. Permission for installation of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Modules on the roof of the existing service station building and forecourt canopy. 4. Permission for construction of single storey extension (63.5sqm) to south west of existing service station building to cater for ancillary storage use. 5. Permission for construction of single storey extension (19.5sqm) to north-west of existing service station building to cater for customer seating. 6. Permission for Reconfiguration of the internal ground floor layout of the existing building to provide retail area (137sqm), off licence area (21sqm), deli area (43sqm), seating area (8sqm) with alterations to ancillary staff area (12sqm); 7. Permission for Alterations and enhancements to the building shopfront elevations with installation of associated signage; 8. Permission for site works to include the relocation of the following; * existing main entrance from Lough Atalia Road; * Offset fill point; * Service bay/ service area; * Launderette unit; * Gas tank/cage and * Parcel motel. 9. Permission for Alterations to the existing exit onto Harbour Road. Provision of footpath between entrance and exit along edge of Lough Atalia Road. Installation of additional surface car parking spaces with 2 no. E charging spaces. Construction of new pressure wash slab, steel bollards & walled yard area ( beside shop ), new bicycle shelter, revised boundary treatments to south-eastern and north-eastern site boundaries, fuel dispensers and blockwork fire wall along the southeast boundary, site lighting, precast kerbing, surfacing, landscaping and all associated drainage works.

Granted0.1 km20 January 2021
2560312

Permission for development which consists of: retention permission for an outdoor partially sheltered seating area (circa 30m2), open to the elements on 3 sides, defined with a decorative timber screen and retractable awning, located along the front facade, east of the main entrance inside the line of the existing hotel drop off area

Refused0.1 km28 November 2025
21316

Permission for development which will consist of the partial demolition of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th storey of the existing Ice House building whilst retaining and upgrading the ground floor, ground floor entrance and existing ESB substation within. A temporary substation (5.72sq.m) will remain on-site throughout the duration of the development works

Granted0.1 km12 November 2021
20253

Permission for development which will consist of the demolition of an existing single storey office building (140.7 sqm), the demolition of two ancillary buildings (17.4 sqm & 19.2 sqm) along with all associated works.

Granted0.1 km25 November 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,802 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.

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