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Site planning risk brief

Verville Retreat , Block C, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3

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

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Local planning pattern

10% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 8,237 decisions within 5 km, 13 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 979 structured appeals.

Matched source
3081/20
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

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

13 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

979 structured nearby appeal records.

979 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
8,237Nearby applications
13Site-linked candidates
10%Nearby refused
979Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Zoning Contravention5
Visual Amenity4
Residential Amenity2
Other1
Protected Structure1

Nearest planning decisions

3081/20

PROTECTED STRUCTURE & RETENTION: Retention Permission for development at Block C, Verville Retreat, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, which was initially granted permission under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. No. 2038/18 & An Bord Pleanala Reg. Ref. No. 302344-18. The development consists of retaining the changes made to the previously granted units numbered 28 and 68. Permission is sought to retain the amendment of granted apartment number 28 (now numbered 33), from a studio apartment to a 1 bedroom apartment and to retain the amendment of unit number 68 (now numbered 47), from a 1-bedroom apartment to a 2 bedroom apartment. The changes, including all associated site development works, are on a site area measuring circa 1,254m2 (0.1254 hectares), The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure.

Granted0.0 km15 September 2020
3768/19

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Development which will consist of a modification to part of a previously permitted residential development located at Verville Retreat (a Protected Structure), Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3. Permission is sought to modify Block C, as permitted under Dublin City Council Ref. 2038/18 & An Bord Pleanala Ref. 302344-18, from a permitted four storey building (i.e. 3 storeys with a fourth storey setback) to a proposed five storey building (with the proposed fifth storey further setback from the permitted fourth storey below it), the effect of which will be the addition of 5 no. apartments units consisting of 1 no. 1 bed apartment, 1 no. 2 bed apartment & 3 no. 3 bed apartments, bringing the total number of apartment units in Block C from 44 no. permitted apartments to 49 no. proposed apartments consisting of 18 no. 1 bed apartments, 22 no. 2 bed apartments & 9 no. 3 bed apartments. Balconies are also proposed at the fifth floor setback on the northern, southern, western & eastern elevations. The proposed development also includes for all associated site development works on a site area measuring circa 787m2 (0.078ha). The effect of the proposed development will result in a modification to an extant permission Ref. 2038/18 (An Bord Pleanala Ref. 302344-18). The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure.

Refused0.0 km10 October 2019
2235/20

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Development within a permitted residential development, currently under construction, located at Verville Retreat, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, as granted under Dublin City Council Ref. 2038/18 & An Bord Pleanala Ref. 302344-18. Permission is sought for the construction of an ESB substation (circa 15.42m2) & associated switchroom (circa 5.62m2) which directly abuts the permitted Block D, and all associated site development works. The area subject to the current proposed development measures circa 30m2 (0.003 hectares) within the overall permitted development site area of circa 0.53 hectares. The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure.

Granted0.0 km01 July 2020
WEB1614/22

Replace existing gabled pitched roof at attic floor level on rear of house with new flat roofed zinc clad dormer

Refused0.1 km25 August 2022
WEB1145/22

Permission to replace existing gabled pitched roof at attic floor level on rear of house with new flat roofed and canted walled zinc clad dormer.

Refused0.1 km14 April 2022
WEB5011/21

Replace existing gabled pitched roof at attic floor level on rear of house with new flat roofed zinc clad dormer.

Refused0.1 km06 December 2021

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 8,237 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.

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