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Site planning risk brief

Rath Geal 4A Carragh Grove , Knocknacarra , 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 2,417 decisions within 5 km, 6 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 286 structured appeals.

Matched source
19109
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

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

6 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

286 structured nearby appeal records.

286 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.

2,417Nearby applications
6Site-linked candidates
15%Nearby refused
286Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

19109

Permission to retain the alterations/ amendments made to the dwelling on amended boundaries. Previous planning relating to the property was Planning Reg. Reference 432/01

Granted0.0 km16 September 2019
18135

Permission to retain dwelling house and associated services on revised boundaries

Granted0.0 km12 September 2018
21380

Permission for retention and development which will consist of: (a) To retain first floor decking to rear of dwelling and for permission to incorporate proposed raised side screens (b) Permission is sought to amend existing first floor, unauthorised opening to window and replace same with a window measuring 770mm in width by 1750mm in depth; this window is proposed to have no opening and be glazed in obscure glass (c) Permission is also sought to open double doors from rear of dwelling onto first floor decking area and all associated works

Granted0.1 km21 January 2022
2460121

Permission for a development which consists of planning permission for a single-storey front porch extension (12m²), an extension to existing balcony at 1st floor level and a front facing gable with glazing to the attic level and associated site works

Granted0.1 km05 June 2024
2660125

Permission for development which consists of: Retention permission for existing single storey rear garden structure (23m2), containing w.c., and its use as an additional bedroom to the main house, for the temporary period of 5 years, and all site works and services

Refused0.1 km05 June 2026
2560111

Permission for development which consists of: coffee shop/business unit and two number retail shops/business units at previously unused area

Granted0.1 km09 September 2025

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,417 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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Deterministic risk prompts

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