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Site planning risk brief

Herbert Montessori School, 10, Herbert Avenue, Merrion Road, Dublin 4

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

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Local planning pattern

12% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 11,375 decisions within 5 km, 15 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 3058 structured appeals.

Matched source
2986/20
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

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

15 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

3058 structured nearby appeal records.

3,058 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
11,375Nearby applications
15Site-linked candidates
12%Nearby refused
3,058Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity16
Visual Amenity13
Design11
Traffic Sightlines6
Other5

Nearest planning decisions

2986/20

PERMISSION & RETENTION: Planning Permission for development comprising retention of unauthorised development to rear consisting of a part single, part two storey extension exceeding the permitted floor area by 29.5 sqm at ground floor level and 1.5 sqm at first floor level with modified design; and an increase in the maximum permitted number of childcare places from 38 to 64 places.

Granted0.0 km30 October 2020
WEB1576/25

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: For planning permission development at 17 Estate Avenue, Merrion, Dublin 4, D04E1T9 - a Protected Structure (RPS no. 2666). The development will consist of (i) removal of existing internal walls to rear of building (ii) removal of existing non historic dormer window to side (iii) construction of new dormer windows within existing non-historic rear extension (iv) reconfiguration of first floor layout and construction of new internal partitions (v) installation of new Velux rooflight to non-historic pitched roof on the rear elevation (vi) associated landscaping and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate development.

Granted0.0 km09 September 2025
WEB1126/21

First floor extension over ground floor level access to side with connection to all services and associated site works

Granted0.1 km09 April 2021
2675/19

Permission sought for first floor extension over ground level access to side and combined two storey and ground floor extension to rear removing existing two storey rear annex and also with dormer roof and windows to existing rear roof with connection to all services and associated site works.

Granted0.1 km06 September 2019
3541/24

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: permission for the removal of a single storey extension (gross floor area of a 21.3 sq.m) to the rear of a protected structure (RPS Reference Number 2663) (gross floor area of 37.3 sq. m); the construction of a new partly one storey and partly two storey extension (gross floor area of 81.1 sq. m) to the rear of the protected structure; minor changes to the internal layout of the protected structure; the addition of a roof light to the existing protected structure rear roof and all necessary restoration, conservation, ancillary and site development work.

Granted0.1 km21 November 2024
WEB1022/20

Permission is sought to 1. Construct single storey dwelling (with part basement). 2. Widen existing pedestrian gateway to side lane. 3. Drainage services on lane to connect to existing public drain. 4. Surface water soakaway and landscaping at Site to rear of 155-157 Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

Refused0.1 km10 March 2020

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