Free preview / €39 incl. VAT site brief

Site planning risk brief

Fix the brief to an Eircode, a dropped pin or a drawn site boundary. PlanIntel then checks the planning register, available spatial layers, appeals and current indexed policy evidence.
See sample PDF

Define the land to check

The report your architect will ask for — here is how it compares with a €49 pre-planning report.
PlanIntel briefPlanningCheck
Price€39 incl. VAT€49
Nearby decisionsUp to 80 detailed (40 refusals + 40 grants)Not stated
AI planning chat5 messages/day freeNone
Saved-site alertsFreeNone
A site formaly known as The Drake Inn, 59/60 Main Street, Finglas, Dublin 11 (located at the junction of Main Street and Jamestown Road, and bounded by 61 Main Street to the west, 66 Main Street to the west, and 5 Jamestown Road to the north)Opens secure checkout for the €39 incl. VAT site risk brief. Promotion codes can be entered at checkout.
€39 incl. VAT once-off PDF, no account required
Refund requests are reviewed under the published refund policy
Derived from public planning records and linked source documents
PlanIntelSite risk brief preview

Site planning risk brief

A site formaly known as The Drake Inn, 59/60 Main Street, Finglas, Dublin 11 (located at the junction of Main Street and Jamestown Road, and bounded by 61 Main Street to the west, 66 Main Street to the west, and 5 Jamestown Road to the north)

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

Preview

Local planning pattern

11% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 5,778 decisions within 5 km, 16 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 630 structured appeals.

Matched source
3594/23
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

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

16 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

630 structured nearby appeal records.

630 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
5,778Nearby applications
16Site-linked candidates
11%Nearby refused
630Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity21
Traffic Sightlines21
Visual Amenity17
Other12
Zoning Contravention12

Nearest planning decisions

3378/24

The proposed development will consist of alterations to the previously permitted mixed-use development (granted under Reg. Ref. 3594/23) including the omission of the permitted basement and filling of the existing basement to now provide for a six-storey terraced mixed-use building; reconfiguration of the permitted ground floor and change of use from permitted 1 no. gastropub/restaurant and 1 no. retail unit to now provide for 1 no. retail unit, 1 no. café unit, 4 no. staff bicycle parking spaces, 74 no. residential bicycle parking spaces, bin stores, and plant room; alterations to east and west elevations including signage at ground floor level; and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development.

Granted0.0 km05 November 2024
3594/23

The proposed development will consist of the demolition of the existing two-storey over part basement (three storey), terraced, commercial building and the construction of a six-storey over full basement (seven storey) terraced mixed-use building consisting of 1 no. retail unit and 1 no. gastropub/restaurant at ground floor level, and a total of 25 no. apartments over five floors (8 no. one beds, 11 no. two beds and 6 no. three beds) with balconies to the south, east and west elevations, and communal roof terraces, all over a basement comprising 74 no. bicycle parking spaces, bin stores, plant room, and stores and ancillary service areas for the commercial unit, 10 no. bicycle parking spaces at ground floor level for staff, and 6 no. external bicycle parking spaces for visitors (adjoining Jamestown Road), and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development.

Granted0.0 km12 June 2023
3596/22

Planning permission is sought for development at a site formerly known as The Drake Inn, 59-60 Main Street, Finglas, Dublin 11 (located at the junction of Main Street and Jamestown Road, and bounded by 61 Main Street to the west, 66 Main Street to the west, and 5 Jamestown Road to the north). The proposed development will consist of the demolition of the existing two-storey over part basement (three storey), terraced, commercial building and the construction of a six-storey over full basement (seven storey) terraced mixed-use building consisting of 1 no. retail unit and 1 no. gastropub/restaurant at ground floor level, and a total of 25 no. apartments over five floors (8 no. one beds, 11 no. two beds and 6 no. three beds) with balconies to the south, east and west elevations, and communal roof terraces, all over a basement comprising 74 no. bicycle parking spaces, bin stores, plant room, and stores and ancillary service areas for the commercial unit, and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development.

Refused0.0 km21 March 2023
4567/19

Planning permission is sought by Mulsh Sarl for development at a site formerly known as The Drake Inn, 59-60 Main Street, Finglas, Dublin 11 (located at the junction of Main Street and Jamestown Road, and bounded by 61 Main Street to the west, 66 Main Street to the west and 5 Jamestown Road to the north). The proposed development will consist of the demolition of the existing two-storey over part basement (three storey), terraced, commercial building and the construction of a six-storey over full basement (seven storey) terraced mixed-use building consisting of 1 no. retail unit and 1 no. gastropub/restaurant at ground floor level, and a total of 37 no. apartments over five floors (16 no. one beds and 21 no. two beds) with balconies to north, south, east and west elevations, and a communal roof terrace, all over a basement comprising 82 no. bicycle parking spaces, bin stores, plant room, and a kitchen, stores and ancillary service areas for commercial units, and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development.

Refused0.0 km31 January 2020
4102/21

Planning permission for the change of use from existing retail unit to Pizza Takeaway and the erection of new signage to the front elevation.

Granted0.1 km01 September 2022
3253/22

Permission for the refurbishment and extension of the existing Raven House office building to provide 37 No build to rent apartment units, consisting of 26 No. one bed units and 11 No. two bed units. The development involves conversion of the entrance to the office accommodation at ground floor level and the existing four floors of office accommodation above existing retail units at ground floor level into residential accommodation, to provide four floors of residential accommodation above the entrance lobby to the building and provide an additional floor of residential accommodation, raising of the existing stair core to access the new floor of residential accommodation and also the proposed roof terrace, resulting in a 6-storey building with all associated site development works including 13 No. car parking spaces and 84 No. bicycle parking spaces.

Granted0.1 km01 November 2022

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 5,778 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.

Exact site history and boundary checks

Site brief

Policy and mapped constraints

Site brief

Appeals and comparable decisions

Site brief

Deterministic risk prompts

Site brief
Ready to get the site risk brief?€39 incl. VAT once-off PDF, no account required