Latest refusal decisions.

Partial count · 131 records as of this provisional edition.

131Refusals
131Case links
91Lead matches
24Counties

What this means

Applications were most often refused because the proposal did not fit its site or surroundings, created access or road-safety problems, lacked enough technical evidence to demonstrate its impacts were acceptable, conflicted with zoning or rural-housing policy or harmed the amenity of neighbouring homes.

91 of 131 records carry official reason text

198 published statements, 2.2 per analysed application

52 refused on more than one ground, up to 6

Most common pairs

  1. 31 Design + Transport/access
  2. 27 Design + Residential amenity
  3. 25 Design + Zoning/policy

All ten refusal themes

Applications · statements
  1. 01 Design, scale, character or visual impact 56
  2. 02 Traffic, access, parking or road safety 41
  3. 03 Missing or insufficient evidence, surveys or technical detail 38
  4. 04 Zoning, land use, settlement policy or rural housing need 38
  5. 05 Residential amenity, privacy, light or noise 32
  6. 06 Unauthorised development, retention or procedural history 25
  7. 07 Wastewater, effluent, groundwater or public health 24
  8. 08 Surface-water drainage or flood risk 17
  9. 09 Ecology, habitats or Natura impacts 15
  10. 10 Built heritage or archaeology 12
Themes overlap, so an application can appear under more than one theme.
How this is counted

Reporting window 10–16 Aug 2026. Official refusal reasons were analysed for 91 of 131 records in this weekly snapshot. Every figure is calculated offline from official refusal reason text retained in this snapshot.

A reason can support more than one theme. Counts show affected applications and published reason statements.

Standard statutory conclusions are tracked separately and are not treated as refusal causes on their own.

  • Proper planning and sustainable development81
  • Development plan cited71
  • Undesirable precedent cited37

Every published reason statement fitted at least one of the ten substantive themes.

Refusals published 10–16 Aug 2026

2 of 2 matching records shown

Refused

Ballykilcavan, Stradbally, Co. Laois, Laois

Ballykilcavan, Stradbally, Co. Laois

Laois County Council · 2660287

What was proposed

construct an agricultural entrance (cow crossing), necessary signage and associated site work at Ballykilcavan, Stradbally, Co. Laois.

Refusal evidence

Refusal reason evidence not yet indexed.

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Refused

Cloncannon, Mountmellick, County Laois, Laois

Cloncannon, Mountmellick, County Laois

Laois County Council · 2660193

What was proposed

retain change of use of shed Nr.1 from domestic to agricultural machinery repair and welding to include for retention of a covered area for 1 Nr. vehicle (R1). Retention for the part change of use of shed Nr.2 from domestic to agricultural machinery repair and welding, (use ancillary to shed Nr.1). Retention of extension to shed Nr.2 (R2) and all associated site works.

Refusal evidence

Refusal reason evidence not yet indexed.

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