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Site planning risk brief

Galway Crystal Murrough Drive , Dublin 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 2,224 decisions within 5 km, 1 exact-site or onsite candidate record, and 233 structured appeals.

Matched source
2560339
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius

What this site brief can substantiate today

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Applications tied to the site

Partial coverage

1 register record is within the point-match tolerance; a parcel boundary is needed to treat this as exact.

1 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

233 structured nearby appeal records.

233 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

2,224Nearby applications
1Site-linked candidates
15%Nearby refused
233Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

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Nearest planning decisions

2560339

Permission for development which consists of: we, HeatGrid Ireland Limited, intend to apply for a 10-year planning application for development of a district heating energy centre at this site, located at Galway Crystal, Murrough Drive, Dublin Road, and a district heating network pipeline in the townlands of Doughiska, Merlin Park, Murrough, Ballybaan More, Renmore, Ballybaan Beg in Galway City, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of the following: 1. The demolition of an existing building at the Galway Crystal premises (GFA of demolition 1,290sqm). 2. The construction of buildings to accommodate a District Heating Energy Centre (GFA 1439.1sqm), with a total generated capacity of up to 45MW, comprising of thermal water tanks, a 22-metre flue, roof mounted dry air coolers, gas boiler units, heat pumps, staff welfare facilities, an electrical backup generator, a gas meter room, and associated drainage, water and utility service infrastructure. 3. The construction of a district heating network pipeline (c. 7,877m in length) from the proposed District Heating Energy Centre building within the following roads - Bothar na dTreabh, Dublin Road (R446, R921 and R338), Wellpark Road, Lurgan Park, Gleann Rua, Monivea Road, Ballyloughane Road, Loughnane Road, Glenina Heights, Tara Grove, Renmore Road, Renmore Avenue, Rowan Avenue, Michael Collins Road, Connolly Avenue, Lios An Uisce, Murrough Drive, Rosshill Road, O’Sullivan Park, Walter Macken Place, Quinn Terrace, Loughnane Terrace and Cardinal Cushing Road and the provision of pipes to connect the district heating network pipeline to sites/premises. 4. The proposed development includes all associated site development and site enabling works and ancillary infrastructure.

Granted0.0 km25 June 2026
22236

Permission for development which consists of the retention of reconstruction and extension to fully serviced dwelling house to include all associated site works

Granted0.2 km17 January 2023
2460058

Permission for a development which consists of the demolition of 3 no. buildings on lands at Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway. The proposed development comprises the following: • Demolition of the former mortuary building (GFA: 131.5m²); • Demolition of the security hut (GFA: 13.5m²); and • Demolition of the pump house (GFA: 21.45m²). The proposed development includes for all site development works and services ancillary to the proposed development

Granted0.2 km25 April 2024
2560170

Permission for development which consists of: (1) The provision of a 2-Storey extension to the side elevation of his dwelling (2) The provision of a single storey extension to the front elevation and a single storey extension to the rear elevation of his dwelling at No.37. Lurgan Park, Galway.

Granted0.4 km28 July 2025
2560288

Permission for development which consists of: 1. Planning permission for amendments to a previously permitted development granted under Pl. Ref. 21/292 & ABP Ref. 313997-22. The amendment consists of a change of use from residential units to student accommodation. The student accommodation consists of 27 no. student bedspaces comprising 6 no. apartments in 2 no. blocks. Block A consists of 2 no. 3-bed units and 2 no. 5-bed units. Block B consists of 1 no. 3-bed unit and 1 no. 5-bed units. 2. Changes to the elevation treatment of the building including changes to the external materials, additional fenestration and the omission of the balconies permitted under Pl. Ref. 21/292 and ABP Ref. 313997-22. 3. An increase in the footprint of the permitted building under Pl. Ref. 21/292 and ABP Ref. 313997-22 from the 434 sqm to 726 sqm. 4. Construction of ancillary facilities including communal room, building circulation, service rooms, bicycle storage and bin storage. 5. Provision of vehicular set down area, site boundaries upgrade, hard and soft landscaping and all associated site works. 6. Provision of all associated surface water, watermain and foul water drainage services and connections and ancillary services necessary to facilitate the proposed development. 7. The proposed scheme will be utilised for short-term visitor letting during the summer months.

Granted0.4 km11 November 2025
21292

Permission for development which will consist of the demolition of the existing single story dwelling and outbuilding. The construction of: 6 no. residential units comprising 3 no. 1 x bedroom ground floor apartments, 3 no. first floor 2 x bedroom duplex apartments, all within 2 no. three storey residential buildings, 1 x single storey bin and bike store, carparking for 8 no. cars, site boundaries upgrade, all associated site works, hard and soft landscaping

Granted0.4 km08 June 2022

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,224 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.

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