Applications were most often refused because the proposal did not fit its site or surroundings, created access or road-safety problems, conflicted with zoning or rural-housing policy, lacked enough technical evidence to demonstrate its impacts were acceptable or harmed the amenity of neighbouring homes.
61 of 62 records carry official reason text
131 published statements, 2.1 per analysed application
32 refused on more than one ground, up to 8
Most common pairs
21 Design + Transport/access
20 Design + Zoning/policy
17 Design + Residential amenity
All ten refusal themes
Applications · statements
01Design, scale, character or visual impact44
02Traffic, access, parking or road safety25
03Zoning, land use, settlement policy or rural housing need25
04Missing or insufficient evidence, surveys or technical detail20
05Residential amenity, privacy, light or noise20
06Surface-water drainage or flood risk14
07Unauthorised development, retention or procedural history14
08Ecology, habitats or Natura impacts14
09Wastewater, effluent, groundwater or public health10
10Built heritage or archaeology6
Refusal decisions · 10–16 Aug 2026
2 of 2 cards shown · 59 case links · 61 linked projects
Refused
Applegreen Service Station, Waterford Road Crobally Lower Tramore, Co.Waterford, Waterford
• Reconfiguration of the existing layout to accommodate a new drive-thru lane along with associated signage, height restrictor, order points and road markings • Change of use from restaurant to restaurant with take-away • Provision of new brush wash slab with splash screens and queuing lane, car wash cabinet and service bays and new landscaping. • Providing alternations to the existing internal floor area of the service building to include reducing the existing food offers from 4 to 3; reconfiguration of the net retail area which will remain at 100sq.m and reorganisation of part of the back of house area. • Minor extension to the service station building to provide drive-thru hatch use • Providing in new storage/chiller/freezers to the rear of the service station within the existing yard. • Removal of the existing planter to the east side of the service station building. • All associated drainage, signage, height restrictor, order points, and site works.
Refusal reason
Based on the details submitted with the application, it is considered that the proposed development would have a negative impact on traffic movements in the vicinity of the site and including at the R675 Waterford Tramore Road and the Waterford Road Roundabout. Furthermore, it is considered that the proposed access layout at the site would represent a danger to pedestrian movements. It is therefore considered that the proposed development would give rise to a traffic hazard, would be prejudicial to road safety and negatively impact upon traffic and pedestrian movements in the area, would set an undesirable precedent for similar proposals in the area and as such would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area. !
a Dormer style two-storey house, a separate utility/ garden store building, set back at entrance, driveway and parking, treatment system and percolation area, a well and associated siteworks at Greenan, Co. Waterford.
Refusal reason
It is the policy of the planning authority to encourage development on serviced lands in towns and villages and to restrict development in the rural areas to cases of genuine local housing need. The proposed development is located in an area identified as an 'Area Under Strong Urban Influence' in the Waterford City & County Development Plan 2022-2028. The Planning Authority is not satisfied on the basis of the information submitted with the application that the proposal constitutes a Genuine Housing Need in accordance with Section 7.11.2 of the Waterford City & County Development Plan 2022 -2028. It is considered that, in the absence of a substantiated local housing need for a house at this exact rural location, the proposed development would conflict with the policy of the planning authority, would seriously injure the amenities of the area and be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area