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Site planning risk brief

Westown Lodge , Westown Lane , Johnstown

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

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Local planning pattern

13% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 1,361 decisions within 5 km, 1 exact-site or onsite candidate record, and 128 structured appeals.

Matched source
18935
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

1 register record is within the point-match tolerance; a parcel boundary is needed to treat this as exact.

1 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

128 structured nearby appeal records.

128 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

1,361Nearby applications
1Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
128Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

18935

Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. No. 13/258 - the general repair and refurbishment of the existing two storey plus basement detached house (246 sqm). The construction of a new two storey extension (97 sqm) on the north east side and rear. Associated front, sides and rear elevation changes. Associated internal changes to the existing house on all levels. Replacement of fenestration where required. The essential repairs and refurbishment of the 3 No. existing out buildings. Replacement of existing septic tank with new waste water treatment system. All associated ancillary conservation, landscaping, site development works. Re-use of internal road/parking layout and re-use of the existing vehicular access

Granted0.0 km21 September 2018
2461304

For the reconfiguration, refurbishment and first floor extension of an existing two storey derelict agricultural outbuilding. The proposed building will provide 2No. holiday letting units, made up of one two bedroom two storey unit and one three bedroom two storey unit. The development will also include a new waste water treatment system, alterations to the existing entrance and all associated site works. The proposal will change the use from previously granted commercial use as per planning Ref: 211041 to holiday letting units for the building

Granted0.1 km07 February 2025
211041

The renovation of 3 No. 2 storey derelict buildings constructed from stone and brick rubble. Building A will consist of a home office, storage area and WC to ground floor open through upper floor to vaulted ceiling. Building B will consist of existing workshop with no internal changes, timber cladding to the exterior and 4 No. Arts studios to ground floor with exhibition space/kitchenette/break-out space and 2 No. WC to upper floor. The ground floor of Building C will consist of an accessible WC and shower, kitchenette with access to rear patio area, 2 No. office rental spaces, main entrance with WC, access to patio space to rear of building and stairwell to the upper floor. Upper floor will consist of a break-out space and 2 No. office rental spaces all associated site development works including new percolation and wastewater treatment system. It will also include the change of use from residential to commercial

Granted0.1 km19 April 2022
181306

An amendment to a previously permitted residential development under An Bord Pleanála Ref. PL09.248488 (Kildare County Council Ref. 16/833) comprising a change of permitted house types of Unit Nos. 11, 12, 43 and 44 from Type D - 3 bed units to Type A - 3 bed units. The proposed development also includes the construction of a services enclosure in the north-western corner of the site, the provision of a recessed ESB substation to the rear of Unit Nos. 52 and 39 and associated reconfiguration of the side boundary walls, increasing the rear garden widths, together with all associated site and development works

Granted0.2 km19 February 2019
18585

The demolition of the existing habitable dwelling on site (111sqm) and the construction of 49 no. residential dwellings comprising of 4 no. 1 bed Maisonette units (Type A); 2 no. 2 bed terraced units (Type B1); 2 no. 2 bed, end of terrace units (Type B); 20 no. 3 bed, semi-detached units (Type C); 18 no. 4 bed, semidetached units (Type D & D2); 2 no. 4 bed, detached units (Type D1 & D3) and 1 no. 3 bed bungalow unit (Type C1); together with the creation of a vehicular access and 2 no. pedestrian only entrances off the L6033; all ancillary internal access roads, parking, infrastructure, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated site and development works on a site measuring approx 1.976ha. The proposed development facilitates the upgrading of L6033 and the provision of a pedestrian footpath to integrate with improvements to the L6033/L6034 junction to the west, permitted under Kildare County Council Reg. Ref. 16/833 (An Bord Pleanála Reg. Ref. PL09.248488)

Granted0.2 km14 December 2018
181199

Of a single storey extension to the rear of a two-storey house, front porch, and all associated ancillary siteworks

Granted0.3 km22 November 2018

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 1,361 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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