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Site planning risk brief

The junction of Bothar Stiofain & Western Distributor Road , Galway

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

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Local planning pattern

15% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 2,563 decisions within 5 km, 4 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 307 structured appeals.

Matched source
19251
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

307 structured nearby appeal records.

307 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

2,563Nearby applications
4Site-linked candidates
15%Nearby refused
307Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

19251

Planning Permission for the development which will consists of the construction of a part single storey, part two storey mixed use development totalling 2,694sqm gross floor space, including: a Licensed Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off -licence sales measuring 2,154 sqm gross (net retail sales area of 1,377sqm), a Café/ Restaurant measuring 197sqm, a Barbers measuring 80 sqm, a Nail Bar measuring 20 sqm, a physiotherapy clinic measuring 56 sqm, and associated communal areas measuring 187 sqm; and, the provision of associated car parking, free standing and building mounted signage, free standing trolley bay and enclosure, refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment, roof mounted solar panels, public lighting, hard and soft landscaping, cycle parking, boundary treatments, vehicular and pedestrian accesses, drainage infrastructure and connections to services / utilities, and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level

Granted0.0 km10 September 2020
18224

Permission for development on a site of 0.617 hectares at the junction of Bóthar Stiofáin & Western Distributor Road, comprising the construction of a single storey (with mezzanine plant deck) licensed Discount Foodstore supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales measuring 2,185 sqm gross floor space with a net retail sales area of 1,387sqm; the construction of a single storey Coffee shop/ Café measuring 66.5sqm gross floor space; and, the provision of associated car parking, free standing and building mounted signage, free standing trolley bay and enclosure refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment, public lighting, hard and soft landscaping, cycle parking, boundary treatment, vehicular and pedestrian accesses, drainage infrastructure and connections to services/utilities and all other associated and ancillary development above and below ground level

Granted0.0 km14 November 2018
21261

EOD on 16/136: Permission for development is being sought for an extension within Millars Hall to include: a) 165.3sqm of first floor loft within Millars Hall to be used for amenity use. B) Enclosure of an entrance lobby of 35.4sqm under the existing roof canopy. C) Minor renovations to existing elevations. The works to connect to existing services & parking permitted & constructed under Pl. Ref. 362/99 for Millars Hall. All of the above works will be carried out at Millars Hall

Refused0.1 km06 October 2021
21351

Permission for development which will consist of (a) Change of use of 226.7sqm from amenity use permitted under Pl. Ref 16/136 to bulk retail use (b) Enclosure of an entrance lobby of 35.6 sqm under the exiting roof canopy, previously permitted under Pl Ref. 16/136 (c) Minor revisions to existing elevations previously permitted under Pl Ref 16/136. The works to connect to existing services and parking permitted and constructed under Pl Ref 362/99

Granted0.1 km17 December 2021
18259

Permission for part use of Millar's Hall as extension of existing veterinary clinic for treatment of small animals, which was previously granted industrial use under Planning Ref. No. 99/362. Works to include minor revision to the internal layout consisting of 233sq.m ground floor and 102sq.m first floor. All to connect to the existing services permitted and constructed under Planning Ref. No. 99/362

Granted0.1 km04 October 2018
2560116

Permission for development which consists of: the installation of a roof mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panel array, covering an area of 646SQM. The application relates to a site located within a solar safeguarding zone (SSZ) requiring the application to be made.

Granted0.1 km29 May 2025

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,563 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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