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Site planning risk brief

Oaktrees Creche, Rear of 5 Cardiffsbridge Road, Cappagh Drive, Finglas, Dublin 11

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

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Local planning pattern

11% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 5,091 decisions within 5 km, 8 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 560 structured appeals.

Matched source
3681/22
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

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

8 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

560 structured nearby appeal records.

560 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
5,091Nearby applications
8Site-linked candidates
11%Nearby refused
560Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity29
Visual Amenity27
Traffic Sightlines25
Other16
Design14

Nearest planning decisions

3681/22

RETENTION: Retention permission sought for 2 no. single storey portacabin structures for use as creche and ancillary office space together with outdoor play area.

Granted0.0 km30 September 2022
4311/24

Permission construction of a single storey flat roof kitchen/dining room extension to the rear of the house, conversion of attic space including construction of a dormer type roof window to the rear and 3No. 'Velux' type roof windows to the front roof and minor alterations to the front door arrangement including installation of a pitched roof canopy over the front door and all associated site works at 43 Mellowes Road, Finglas, Dublin 11.

Granted0.1 km21 November 2024
WEB1932/24

Planning Permission is sought for a new vehicular entrance with ancillary site works.

Granted0.1 km24 September 2024
WEB1946/20

Replace existing dormer with new flat roof dormer on rear roof slope.

Granted0.1 km18 February 2021
2313/20

Planning permission is sought for vehicular access including part removal of front garden wall and associated site works.

Granted0.1 km16 April 2020
WEB2039/25

The proposed development comprises site clearance works and the construction of a new part 4- and part 5-storey apartment building with a gross floor area of 2,657 sq.m. A total of 36 no. 1-bedroom apartments are provided and all the proposed units are intended to be used as independent living accommodation for ‘Older Persons’ only. Every apartment benefit from either an east or west facing private terrace / balcony. In addition, provision is made for the following: • 167 sq.m. of public open space and 826 sq.m. of communal open space, including a communal roof terrace of approximately 54 sq.m at 4th floor level. • Formation of a new vehicular access serving two (2 no.) proposed car parking spaces (including 1 no. disabled parking space) and provision of two new pedestrian accesses off Cappagh Road. • Two no. bicycle stores (38 no. spaces); refuse bin store; ESB sub-station and switch room – all at ground floor level. Additional provision is made for 44 no. short stay / visitor cycle parking spaces of which 8 no spaces will be under-croft and 20 no. spaces will be covered by a canopy structure. • Hard- and soft landscaping (including boundary treatments) and all other associated site works and services above and below ground.

Granted0.1 km10 December 2025

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 5,091 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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