Galway City Council refuses permission for 148-home scheme at Letteragh, Galway city

In context

It is one of 32 housing scheme applications Galway City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,638 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 19 October 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Galway City Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

Permission for development which consists of a Large-Scale Residential Development on a site located to the South of the Letteragh Road (L1323), in the townlands of Rahoon and Letteragh, Co. Galway. The application is being made under the provisions of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large Scale Residential Development) Act 2021. The development will consist of the following: 1. Demolition of a small lean-to stone shed structure. 2. Construction of 148 no. residential units comprising: i. 93 no. houses (4 no. 2-bed units, 81 no. 3-bed units, and 8 no. 4-bed units) ii. 20 no. duplex units (10 no. 2-bed ground floor units and 10 no. 3-bed upper floor units) iii. 35 no. apartment units (19 no. 1-bed units and 16 no. 2-bed units) 3. Provision of shared communal and private open space, an Active Travel pedestrian and cycle path, car and bicycle parking, site landscaping and public lighting, site services, vehicular and pedestrian access with Letteragh Road and pedestrian and cycle access with Bóthar Dhiarmuida and all associated site development works. 4. Erection of a gabion retaining wall faced with local limestone with additional 1.2m high estate railing along parts of the western boundary of the site to be constructed in the event the subject site is developed prior to the proposed N6 Galway City Ring Road Strategic Infrastructure Development (ABP-Ref: PL07.302885-18). 5. Temporary permission for a period of 3 years for the erection of marketing signage on the site. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant development plan. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. All application documentation and information including the Natura Impact Statement (NIS) is available to view online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.RahoonLRDplanning.com