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Site planning risk brief

34, Merton Drive, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 R5R2

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 14,375 decisions within 5 km, 35 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 3370 structured appeals.

Matched source
3849/23
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

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

35 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

3370 structured nearby appeal records.

3,370 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
14,375Nearby applications
35Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
3,370Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity9
Visual Amenity7
Traffic Sightlines6
Design5
Other3

Nearest planning decisions

3849/23

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

Granted0.0 km21 July 2023
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
3030/23

1. Demolition of an existing side extension behind the existing garage;existing rear extension; existing front glazed porch. 2. The construction of a part single storey, part two storey new ground floor side and rear extension along with first floor side and rear extension. 3. The existing attic is to be extended including a new dormer window to the rear roof. 4. Construction of new roof lights to the rear and front of the main roof. The application includes for all associated internal alterations and external works at 58 Merton Drive, Ranelagh, Dublin 6.

Granted0.0 km07 March 2023
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
4645/19

The development will consist of: a) The revision of the previously granted planning application, Register Reference 3870/16, to allow for the removal of Condition 4, which states: 'The attic space hereby approved shall be used for household storage/study/playroom only'.

Refused0.0 km07 February 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 14,375 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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