Galway County Council refuses permission for 51-home scheme at An Chéibh, Barna, Co. Galway

In context

It is one of 51 housing scheme applications Galway County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,641 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 10 April 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

for: i) Construction of 51 no. residential units comprising of: a. 10 no. dwellings (7 no. 3-bed units and 3 no. 4-bed units), b. 41 no. duplex units (4 no. 1-bed units, 21 no. 2-bed units, and 16 no. 3-bed units), ii) The construction of 2 no. commercial buildings totalling 703 sqm, comprising of: a. Retail units (99.4 sqm), b. Office space (324 sqm), and c. Café unit (90.4 sqm), iii) Provision of car and bicycle parking, iv) Provision of new vehicular and pedestrian access to the site, v) Provision of public open space, shared communal and private open space, site landscaping, public lighting, bin stores, and site services, vi) Development of a new culverted drain beneath the R336 Bearna Road, vii) Works to the R336 including, a bus set down area, and the provision of road markings, viii) All ancillary and associated site and development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been included with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 6,011.00sqm & 747 sqm