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Site planning risk brief

The Brickworks, Brickfield Lane, Dublin 8. The site is located to the west of Brickfield Lane and, north of Brown Street South

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 13,506 decisions within 5 km, 13 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 2425 structured appeals.

Matched source
3344/24
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

2425 structured nearby appeal records.

2,425 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
13,506Nearby applications
13Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
2,425Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity5
Design2
Traffic Sightlines2
Visual Amenity2
Procedure Invalid1

Nearest planning decisions

3344/24

The proposed development consists of the following: • Change of use of areas at ground and first floor of 'The Brickworks' student accommodation development from educational use to student accommodation, to provide 38 no. additional student accommodation bedspaces in 6 no. clusters (1 no. 3 bed cluster, 1 no. 5 bed cluster, 1 no. 6 bed cluster, and 3 no. 8 bed clusters). This results in an overall increase of total student accommodation bedspaces from 276 no. to 314 no. spaces; • Provision of 10 no. additional cycle parking spaces at ground floor level (replacing an existing refuse store); • Associated alterations to fenestration and façade treatment to the east, west, north and south elevations at ground and first floor level; • Use of the existing and proposed student accommodation units for tourist or visitor accommodation during academic holidays (superseding the wording of Condition 18 of Reg. Ref.: 3316/16); • All associated development.

Granted0.0 km30 April 2024
2639/19

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for development at Brickfield Lane and Brown Street South, Dublin 8, abutting the curtilage boundary wall of a Protected Structure, Bru Caoimhin (RPS 2053). The development will consist of modification at 5th floor level to the permitted student accommodation/science and technology (S&T) facility granted under planning Reg. Ref. 3316/16 and as modified under Reg. Ref. 3197/18, to set back the shoulder level on the east and north roof level accommodation to the original position permitted under Reg. Ref. 3316/16 compliance drawing.

Granted0.0 km22 May 2019
4297/19

The development will consist of: 1.) change of use from permitted science and technology use to educational use at ground & first floor levels; 2.) internal modifications to layout providing reception and administration at ground floor level and classrooms at ground and first floor level; 3.) associated signage on Brickfield Lane elevation; 4.) all ancillary site development works & services.

Granted0.0 km13 December 2019
WEB2225/24

Change of use of the permitted study room on the ground floor to provide 3 no. studio bedrooms including a single storey extension (7.9 sq. m.) to the front of the block; minor alterations to the elevations associated with the internal layouts comprising windows and an entrance for each studio bedroom; and alterations to the internal courtyard landscaping

Granted0.1 km20 November 2024
WEB2475/25

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, HSE Estates Office, intend to apply for planning permission for development at this site: Bru Chaoimhin, Cork St., The Liberties, Dublin 8, a Protected Structure (RPS No. 2053). The development will consist of: (1) the restoration and repair of existing timber framed sliding sash windows, (2) the replacement of existing steel, aluminium and upvc casement windows with new timber framed sliding sash windows, and (3) and associated works to the elevations.

Granted0.1 km18 August 2025
3626/21

Protected Structure:The works comprise of a) the construction of 34 additional carparking spaces dispersed throughout the site, adjacent to existing carparking areas, with 1099m.sq. of new tarmac surface b) the widening of existing site entrance of Cork St. to facilitate 2-way traffic for enhanced access and egress c) the demolition of existing security gate house and construction of new gate house d) associated upgrades to site lighting and CCTV ) associated site development works and landscaping at Bru Chaoimhin, Cork Street, Dublin 8. The development is on the curtilage of a site that contains a Protected Structure, Reference No. 2053.

Refused0.1 km26 November 2021

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