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Site planning risk brief

South west corner of Balheary Park, Swords, Co. Dublin, and on the wes

One-off house / within 5 km where a location match is available

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Local planning pattern

15% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 2,111 decisions within 5 km, 6 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 418 structured appeals.

Matched source
F25A/0776E
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius

What this site brief can substantiate today

Each section reports its own coverage. “Not yet covered” means no conclusion is drawn while source datasets or policy extraction are still being loaded.

Applications tied to the site

Partial coverage

6 register records are within the point-match tolerance; a parcel boundary is needed to treat this as exact.

6 matched

Zoning and settlement

Not yet covered

Current indexed zoning and settlement layers are intersected with the selected site where coverage exists.

Rural-housing policy

Not yet covered

Current section-and-page citations have not yet been loaded for this authority.

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Not yet covered

Each layer reports its own coverage; missing coverage never appears as a clean result.

Access, road and wastewater prompts

Partial coverage

0 prompts are backed by extracted nearby decision evidence; all prompts remain checks, not predictions.

Structured appeal history

Confirmed coverage

418 structured nearby appeal records.

418 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

Historic extracted references are not presented as current policy; verified citations are still being loaded.

2,111Nearby applications
6Site-linked candidates
15%Nearby refused
418Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Visual Amenity35
Residential Amenity33
Design23
Zoning Contravention18
Traffic Sightlines15

Nearest planning decisions

F25A/0776E

The development will consist of amendments to the grid connection infrastructure between the approved solar photovoltaic (“PV”) energy development on lands at Mainscourt, Ballyboghill, Co. Dublin and the ESB Mountgory 38kV Substation, Swords Business Park, Swords, Co. Dublin permitted under Register Reference F22A/0365 comprising the laying of underground electricity cables in ducts and associated infrastructure within the margin of the R132 road and also beneath a portion of Balheary Park including under the Ward River by means of horizontal directional drilling. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Additional Information Received 29/10/2025 Clarification of Additional Information Received 13/02/2026

Granted0.0 km02 April 2026
F20A/0421

Change of use of existing domestic dwelling house to office/commercial use and associated site works. AI received 26/05/21 AI deemed significant 02/06 *Awaiting revised public notices* Revised Notices received 24/06/21.

Granted0.1 km16 July 2021
F23B/0107

Planning Permission is sought for construction of new single storey storeroom to rear garden area of existing facility, and associated site works at: The Down Syndrome Centre, Willowbrook House, Balheary Road, Castlefarm, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 R8C6. AI received 01/03/24 CAI/SAI received 02/05/24

Granted0.1 km29 May 2024
F19A/0457

Convert existing retail unit to yoga studio with changing rooms and to

Granted0.1 km05 December 2019
F23A/0536

Retention permission for development at

Granted0.2 km01 November 2023
F18A/0118

Single storey extensions to the side and rear

Granted0.2 km03 May 2018

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,111 matched decisions within 5 km and includes up to 80 detailed comparables (40 nearest refusals and 40 nearest grants), with extracted reasons, quotes, and available source links. €29 incl. VAT.

The site brief adds up to 80 nearest detailed grants and refusals, extracted source evidence, document links, and a shareable risk summary.

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Appeals and comparable decisions

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Deterministic risk prompts

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