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Site planning risk brief

2, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

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 13,321 decisions within 5 km, 28 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 2777 structured appeals.

Matched source
2907/20
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius

What this site brief can substantiate today

Each section reports its own coverage, per county. “Not yet covered” means the source dataset is not loaded for this local authority, so the brief draws no conclusion there and says where to check — it never reads as “no constraint found”.

Applications tied to the site

Partial coverage

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

28 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for Dublin City Council and were intersected with the site; settlement boundary is not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for it.

1 matched

Rural-housing policy

Not yet covered

No verified rural-housing citation is loaded for Dublin City Council, so this brief makes no current policy claim and relies on decision history.

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Partial coverage

2 of 4 layers are loaded for Dublin City Council and were intersected with the site; flood and built heritage are not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for them.

2 matched

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

2777 structured nearby appeal records.

2,777 matched

Current policy citations

Confirmed coverage

Citations are current-dated and carry policy name, section, page and source URL from the Dublin City Council development plan.

1 matched
13,321Nearby applications
28Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
2,777Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity8
Visual Amenity7
Design5
Traffic Sightlines4
Other3

Nearest planning decisions

2907/20

RETENTION: The development consists of retention of signage to side elevation.

Refused0.0 km17 August 2020
WEB1982/25

RETENTION: Retention permission for existing single storey covered outdoor seating and dining area that faces Beatty’s Avenue to the side of existing restaurant and all associated site works.

Refused0.0 km01 July 2025
3754/21

Retention planning permission for development at this site will consist of: retention permission for existing signage at first floor level that faces Beatty's Avenue to the side of the restaurant and all associated site works.

Refused0.0 km16 December 2021
2218/21

RETENTION: Retention permission for existing single storey covered outdoor dining area that faces Beatty’s Avenue to the side of the restaurant and all associated site works.

Granted0.0 km07 April 2021
3259/20

Permission to extend the existing property on the site. The proposed development will consist of a second floor extension over the existing roof terrace to provide new staff accommodation as well as minor amendments to the ground floor entrance along Merrion Road, all along with associated landscaping, ancillary and site works.

Granted0.0 km20 January 2021
3940/23

To carry out external works for the removal of ATM in brickwork with replacement brick to match existing. Carry out the removal of the Ulster Bank Shop Front signs, bus stop sign and the removal of all blue Ulster Bank general signage. Carry out internal works for the removal of the ATM's, as well as the removal of loose furniture and general Ulster Bank signage and on all floors.

Granted0.0 km04 August 2023

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 13,321 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. €39 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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