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Site planning risk brief

8, Greencastle Avenue, Coolock, Dublin 17, D17 NW42

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

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Local planning pattern

8% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 6,018 decisions within 5 km, 1 exact-site or onsite candidate record, and 706 structured appeals.

Matched source
3524/23
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

1 register record is within the point-match tolerance; a parcel boundary is needed to treat this as exact.

1 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

706 structured nearby appeal records.

706 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
6,018Nearby applications
1Site-linked candidates
8%Nearby refused
706Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Zoning Contravention19
Visual Amenity17
Residential Amenity15
Design11
Traffic Sightlines11

Nearest planning decisions

3524/23

The development will consist of the construction of a single storey garden room with a mono-pitched roof to the rear garden of the existing house and all associated works to facilitate development.

Granted0.0 km31 May 2023
3810/24

RETENTION for development consisting of the change of use of an existing 2 storey flat roofed building (floor area 1,590sqm) from former light industrial/office use to family hub providing short term emergency accommodation to homeless families, new internal layout to provide accommodation units (28 family units/84 bed spaces), stairs and lift, kitchen, dining, recreation and laundry facilities and full separation from adjoining building (Bargaintown) at ground floor level. The development also includes retention of alterations to elevations and fenestration, a front entrance doorway, a single storey, flat roofed structure (60sqm) used for storage, plant and waste storage, a children's play area (118 sqm), cycle parking (10 spaces), car parking (12 spaces including one accessible) all forward of the building, new front boundary railing over brick faced plinth wall (overall height 2.1m), closure of previous vehicular access onto Greencastle Road, formation of new vehicular access (4,993m) onto Greencastle Road, removal of roof top plant room and construction of new roof top plant room (37.5sqm) adjoining existing stairs/lift shaft and site development works and services all on a site of 0.18ha at the Salvation Army Family Hub (former Shamrock Appeal factory), Greencastle Road/Greencastle Parade, Coolock, Dublin 17, D17 XD29.

Granted0.1 km22 July 2024
4497/19

Development will consist of demolishing an existing ground floor only shed to the rear of the existing site and replacing with a new ground floor only garden/gym room. Demolishing of a small boiler room to the rear garden and then building a proposed ground & first floor extension to the rear of the existing house and a new ground floor only extension to the front of the existing house. A new flat roof dormer to the rear of the existing house roof and 4 no. new windows to the side of the new & existing works and all ancillary works.

Granted0.1 km24 January 2020
3207/23

Planning permission is sought for new 2 storey extension to front, side and rear of existing house, enlargement of existing bedroom and new lounge facility on ground floor and all associated site works.

Granted0.1 km06 April 2023
WEB2101/24

The development will consist of a new two storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, new first floor level window on side elevation, modifications to internal layout and all associated site works.

Granted0.1 km04 November 2024
3522/23

PERMISSION & RETENTION: Retention planning permission will consist of a rear ground floor only building & partial building connecting to existing building at the rear of the existing site and both structures are existing and that are to be retained are detached. Retention of the vehicular access to front of the property. Planning permission will consist of extending the existing ground floor extension to the rear of the house to 6.5m and building a new first floor extension 3.5m at the rear of the existing house. A new dormer roof to the rear of the existing house roof. A new ground floor only extension to the front of the existing house and all ancillary works.

Granted0.2 km08 August 2023

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 6,018 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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