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Site planning risk brief

Newtownsmith , 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 2,860 decisions within 5 km, 13 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 329 structured appeals.

Matched source
1832
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

329 structured nearby appeal records.

329 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.

2,860Nearby applications
13Site-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

1832

Permission at the rear of Abhainn na mBradan Building for (1) The retention and completion of an external covered escape stairwell to the rear (West Elevation) from existing first floor mezzanine level granted under Pl. Ref. No. 16/241 with all associated site works. There is a Protected Structure on site in the form of an inscribed stone RPS Ref. No. 7202

Granted0.0 km23 October 2018
19330

Planning permission for the change of use of the existing retail area at first and second floor levels to office use. There is a protected structure on site in the form of an inscribed stone (RPS Ref No.7202)

Granted0.0 km30 January 2020
20290

Permission for development which will consist of the subdivision of the existing ground floor retail area into two separate retail units of approximately 863sqm and 217sqm to include an approximate 17sqm rear extension, and alteration to western façade. There is a protected structure on site in the form of an enscribed stone ( RPS Ref No. 7202 )

Granted0.0 km08 April 2021
21305

Permission for development which will consist of (1) Permission to demolish existing 2 storey building (2) Permission to construct a new 3 storey dwelling house with private open space to include roof garden and (3) All associated site works and services

Granted0.1 km15 December 2021
23226

Permission for development which consists of Retention and Completion of (1) change of use of dwellinghouse granted under PI. Ref No. 21/305 to guesthouse accommodation and amalgamation into existing mixed-use guesthouse and restaurant building granted under PI. Ref 19/157 (2) Internal layout changes including communal living area, reception/storage, caretaker's room and guesthouse bedrooms (3) Additional extensions on the first and second floor to rear over permitted Kitchen area to be used as part of Guesthouse permitted under PI.Ref No. 19/157 (4) Alterations to elevations permitted under PI. Ref No. 19/157 & PI. Ref. No. 21/305 and (5) Permission to demolish existing single storey building at No. 7 Newstownsmith and (6) all associated site works and services

Refused0.1 km01 December 2023
22297

Permission for development which consists of (1) Retention & Completion of change of use of dwelling house granted under Pl Ref 21/305 to Guesthouse bedrooms amalgamated into existing building granted under Pl Ref 19/157. (2) Minor alterations to elevations (3) Retention and completion of additional extensions on the first and second floor to rear over permitted kitchen area to be used as part of Guesthouse permitted under Pl Ref 19/157 (4) Retention and completion of alterations to elevations permitted under 19/157 and (5) All associated site works and services

Refused0.1 km25 January 2023

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