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Site planning risk brief

26A, Merton Drive, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 D06 TX26

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 14,394 decisions within 5 km, 23 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 3373 structured appeals.

Matched source
3526/20
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

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

23 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

3373 structured nearby appeal records.

3,373 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
14,394Nearby applications
23Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
3,373Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity9
Visual Amenity7
Traffic Sightlines6
Design5
Other3

Nearest planning decisions

WEB1135/22

Permission for development at 26a Merton Drive, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 TX26. The development will consist of amendments to previously granted planning permission number 3526/20, to include; omission of first floor extension to side, omission of removal of ancillary recreation building to side, modifications to ground floor extension to side, all associated ancillary, conservation, landscaping and site development works.

Granted0.0 km12 April 2022
3526/20

The development will consist of; removal of existing single storey shed to rear, removal of ancillary recreation building to side, construction of new part single and part 2 storey extension to side, provision of a balcony to side at 1st floor level, provision of 2 no new rooflights to sides, modifications to facades including replacement of non-original fenestration, alterations to internal layout, widening of vehicular entrance, all associated ancillary, conservation, landscaping and site development works.

Granted0.0 km26 November 2020
WEB1642/21

A) Demolition of existing flat roof garage roof to side with proposed new insulated flat roof at higher level, along with new window and higher parapet to front proposed in order to convert garage to habitable area. B) Proposed combination of single story flat and pitched roof extensions to infill existing courtyard space at rear of existing building. C) Removal of entrance pier to enlarge vehicular site access. New pedestrian side gate proposed to access garden along with associated internal modifications and siteworks

Granted0.0 km03 August 2021
3682/23

RETENTION & PERMISSION: Permission for a first floor side extension to the house with a new window to front and widened window to rear, extension of the existing pitched roof to match the existing pitched roof, with new roof lights to front and rear, an extension to the dormer window structure to rear with zinc cladding (no new glazing) and a single storey front extension. Retention permission is sought for a rooflight to the front.

Granted0.0 km27 June 2023
3428/22

Permission is sought for the removal of the existing single storey extension to rear, together with the existing garage and out-buildings to the side of the existing two storey house. The construction of a part single, part two-storey, extension to side and rear with two associated roofs light to the rear. The replacement of the existing roof tiles together with all other associated works, landscaping and site works.

Granted0.0 km27 April 2022
3849/23

PERMISSION: The development will consist of a first floor extension to the side of existing house.

Granted0.0 km21 July 2023

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 14,394 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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