Galway County Council has refused planning for a residential development of 49 houses on the outskirts of Athenry.
An application was made by Laurem Construction to build a housing estate in the townlands of Baunmore and Gortnahown, on the south-east edge of Athenry.
The greenfield site for the planned estate is located between the R347 and L3112 roads.
The plans comprised 18 four-bed, semi-detached houses; 10 three-bed, bed semi-detached houses; 13 three-bed, terraced houses; 3 four-bed, detached houses; and 5 two-bed, terraced houses.
The county council refused planning for the housing estate on the grounds the this site is not zoned for development, and that its eastern portion is located in the vicinity of a recorded monument.
The decision also stated that the scale and layout of the houses in the estate, lacking sufficient public and private open space, would constitute and overdevelopment of the site, and set a bad precedent for future development.
