Refusal decisions · 17–23 Aug 2026

45Refusals
45Substantive reasons
0Verification only
0Document not published
0Portal unavailable
0Manual review

48 of these refusals have page-cited grounds from a checked review. Browse the decision-date inventory.

What this means

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, harmed the amenity of neighbouring homes or lacked enough technical evidence to demonstrate its impacts were acceptable.

45 of 45 records carry official reason text

82 published statements, 1.8 per analysed application

23 refused on more than one ground, up to 4

Most common pairs

  1. 16 Design + Residential amenity
  2. 15 Design + Transport/access
  3. 15 Design + Zoning/policy

All ten refusal themes

Applications · statements
  1. 01 Design, scale, character or visual impact 33
  2. 02 Traffic, access, parking or road safety 19
  3. 03 Zoning, land use, settlement policy or rural housing need 17
  4. 04 Residential amenity, privacy, light or noise 16
  5. 05 Missing or insufficient evidence, surveys or technical detail 12
  6. 06 Unauthorised development, retention or procedural history 8
  7. 07 Built heritage or archaeology 8
  8. 08 Wastewater, effluent, groundwater or public health 7
  9. 09 Ecology, habitats or Natura impacts 5
  10. 10 Surface-water drainage or flood risk 5
Themes overlap, so an application can appear under more than one theme.
How this is counted

Week of 17–23 Aug 2026. Official refusal reasons were analysed for all 45 refusals this week. Every figure comes from the official refusal reasons.

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 development40
  • Development plan cited33
  • Undesirable precedent cited18

7 published reason statements did not fit the ten substantive themes.

Refusal decisions · 17–23 Aug 2026

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Refused

Riverdale House, Laragh, Ballon, Carlow

Riverdale House, Laragh, Ballon

Carlow County Council · 2660198

What was proposed

change of use of the existing nursing home to a single dwelling house

Refusal reason

The site and proposed development is located in an area zoned Community/Education in the Ballon Small Town Plan 2022-2028 as contained within the Carlow County Development Plan 2022-2028. The zoning objective here is to protect and provide for community and educational facilities/uses. The purpose of this zoning is to provide for and safeguard community, educational and civic facilities. The proposed change of use of existing permitted nursing home to a single dwelling house use is not Permitted in Principle Use nor an Open for Consideration Use within this zoning. The proposed development would, therefore, be contrary to the zoning objective for this area/site as contained within the Ballon Small Town Plan 2022-2028 and would, therefore, materially contravene the zoning of the area/site and the Carlow County Development Plan 2022-2028 and would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.

Official decision evidence
Open official case Planning case · 2660198