53.34981, -6.26031
Coverage across all 31 local authorities using source-linked planning, flood, environmental and property context.
What does a CanIBuildHere Report include?
See the main context, source links and questions that deserve further investigation.
Site screening report
One-off house
- Project
- One-off house
- Location
- Rural Galway · illustrative
- 53.22xxx, -8.84xxx
Overview
Site summary
Looks possible: no flood-zone hit, local-needs test to satisfy, possible ribbon-development question and flood context nearby.
Applicant eligibility
Local need to checkPlanning context
28 granted · 6 refusedMapped flood zone
No hit at pinSource coverage
Galway County adopted plan and current public datasets
Anonymised example modelled on the live sample report
Select a section in the report sidebar. This anonymised preview uses the same structure and sample-report response shapes as the live product.
31 local authorities
Council plans and planning records
Source-linked context
Planning, flood, environment and heritage
Project-aware reports
Sites, extensions, conversions and access
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about early-stage screening.
How do the paid reports work?
Drop a pin, choose the project you are considering and review the free initial screening. Paid reports start at €29 and progressively add detail, source context, sharing and project-specific preparation tools. The same three tiers are available across paid project types, but their wording and checklists adapt to the project.
What is "Local Housing Need" and does CanIBuildHere screen for it?
In many rural parts of Ireland, local authorities restrict single-house developments to people who meet specific local residence or employment criteria. CanIBuildHere screens your coordinates against available local-needs, rural-housing, enurement, and ribbon-development rules, and shows source text where the development-plan corpus supports it.
Is a CanIBuildHere report a final planning decision?
No. CanIBuildHere is a self-service early-stage screening tool. It cannot confirm planning permission, legal title, access rights or project viability, and it does not replace advice from a qualified planner, architect, engineer or solicitor.
Verified Public & Government Datasets Checked
Planning, boundary, flood, ecology, geology, heritage, and monument datasets are processed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0), Irish Public Sector Information open-data terms, or source-specific open licences. OpenStreetMap data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Source attribution is retained in reports and API responses.