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Site planning risk brief

5, Elgin 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 13,491 decisions within 5 km, 7 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 2742 structured appeals.

Matched source
3503/19
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

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

7 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

2742 structured nearby appeal records.

2,742 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
13,491Nearby applications
7Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
2,742Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity8
Visual Amenity6
Design4
Other3
Procedure Invalid3

Nearest planning decisions

3503/19

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of the creation of two tripartite sash windows to the front elevation serving a bedroom at basement level. The property is a protected structure.

Granted0.0 km09 September 2019
4074/24

PROTECTED STRUCTURE/RETENTION: to retain indefinitely the as constructed parapet upstand detail between properties.

Granted0.1 km17 September 2024
2086/20

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Full Planning Permission for alterations to previously granted Planning Reference No. 3973/18. Proposed alterations consist of change of house type for houses No. 4, 6 & 8, Pembroke Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, from 3 no. 3 bed units to 3 no. 4 bed units and all associated site works. Within the curtilage of protected structure. All works are associated with site development works to nos. 4, 6, 8 & 10 Elgin Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 and 4, 6 & 8 Pembroke Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Granted0.1 km16 March 2020
WEB2708/24

The development will consist of the installation of an external lift to the rear of the property to run from the ground floor level to the second floor, conversion of 3 No. ground floor windows to the front to single doors to provide for garden access, provision of 2 No. small single storey extensions to the side and rear of the house to provide for a) a new toilet of 4.3m2 and b) a Utility of 3.5m2, some minor internal alterations and all necessary ancillary and site works.

Granted0.1 km14 February 2025
2632/20

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission is sought for works to 8 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, a Protected Structure. Works include single storey extensions to the side and rear. Works to basement to treat damp and dry rot issues including removal of all affected timber, construction of a new insulated concrete lab and damp proofing of walls. Refurbishment of existing sash windows. Internal alterations including widening of existing openings, construction of new partition walls and relocation of a number of existing openings. Replace existing roof finish with reclaimed Welsh slate and new natural slate and fit additional rainwater goods. Repointing works to front facade to remove cement mortar to brickwork and replace with lime mortar new mechanical and electrical installation including underfloor heating to lower ground floor.

Granted0.1 km16 July 2020
2017/19

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission is sought for: Alterations to and extension of No. 11 Clyde Road, Dublin 4, D04 FY07, a protected structure, including the construction of a two-storey rear extension and a single-storey rear and side extension together with modifications to existing ground floor fenestration, interior alterations and external works.

Granted0.1 km28 February 2019

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 13,491 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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