Refusal decisions · 21–27 Sep 2026

48Refusals
30Substantive reasons
1Verification only
1Document not published
5Portal unavailable
11Manual review

What this means

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

30 of 48 records carry official reason text

57 published statements, 1.9 per analysed application

15 refused on more than one ground, up to 5

Most common pairs

  1. 12 Design + Zoning/policy
  2. 11 Design + Residential amenity
  3. 8 Design + Transport/access

All ten refusal themes

Applications · statements
  1. 01 Design, scale, character or visual impact 22
  2. 02 Zoning, land use, settlement policy or rural housing need 16
  3. 03 Residential amenity, privacy, light or noise 12
  4. 04 Missing or insufficient evidence, surveys or technical detail 10
  5. 05 Traffic, access, parking or road safety 8
  6. 06 Unauthorised development, retention or procedural history 5
  7. 07 Built heritage or archaeology 5
  8. 08 Wastewater, effluent, groundwater or public health 4
  9. 09 Ecology, habitats or Natura impacts 3
  10. 10 Surface-water drainage or flood risk 2
Themes overlap, so an application can appear under more than one theme.
How this is counted

Reporting window 21–27 Sep 2026. Official refusal reasons were analysed for 30 of 48 refusal decisions; theme percentages use those 30 substantive-reason decisions as the denominator. 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 development25
  • Development plan cited26
  • Undesirable precedent cited17

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

Refusal decisions · 21–27 Sep 2026

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Refused

The Village, Friars Hill, Grange, Carlow, Carlow

The Village, Friars Hill, Grange, Carlow

Carlow County Council · 2660240

What was proposed

the construction, of a new private dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary sewage treatment system and percolation area, site entrance and connection to services and associated site works

Refusal reasons

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