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Site planning risk brief

4, Ely Place Upper,, Dublin 2, D02 T188

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 13,447 decisions within 5 km, 16 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 2456 structured appeals.

Matched source
4162/22
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

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

2456 structured nearby appeal records.

2,456 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
13,447Nearby applications
16Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
2,456Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity5
Design2
Procedure Invalid2
Traffic Sightlines2
Visual Amenity2

Nearest planning decisions

4162/22

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission is sought for the continuation of office use of the basement level of 4 Ely Place Upper.

Granted0.0 km29 July 2022
WEB2139/25

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The Board of Management of Loreto College intend to apply for permission for development at the site of Loreto College, 53-55 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 02, D02 XE79 (includes Protected Structures). The proposed development relates solely to the Sports Hall located to the south-east of the overall landholding, which is within the curtilage of the Protected Structure. No works are proposed to any designated protected structures. The proposed development amends a permitted development as granted under DCC Reg. Ref.3171/24. The development will principally consist of minor changes including the removal of part of the previously granted extension, specifically the 82.6 sqm lateral extension along the south-western elevation at ground floor level; reconfiguration of the internal layout; general elevational changes; removal of an existing shed; relocation of permitted external plant; and all associated site works above and below ground.

Granted0.0 km15 July 2025
3836/23

Permission to install temporally a low tac vinyl design to the east and north facade of our premises. The design by the artist Maser would be for a period of six months from September 18th 2023 to January 14th 2024.

Granted0.0 km20 July 2023
3171/24

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: the proposed development relates solely to the sports hall located to the south-east of the overall landholding, which is within the curtilage of the protected structures. No works are proposed to any designated protected structures. The development will principally consist of a 168.8 sq m extension to the building comprising a lateral extension 82.6 sq m along the south western elevation at ground floor level and a vertical extension of 86.2 sq m along the north western elevation at first floor level (no change to maximum height of the building); reconfiguration of the internal layout; general elevational changes; replacement of roof and rooflights; plant including new heat pumps on the north-eastern elevation of the building and all associated site works above and below ground.

Granted0.1 km04 April 2024
4253/19

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for the restoration and refurbishment of the front facades of Loreto College, No's 53, 54 and 55 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2 all of which are Protected Structures. The works will consist of the following; (1) No. 53 St. Stephens Green- existing cementitious pointing to be carefully raked out of brickwork and stonework, careful steam cleaning and lime mortar repointing of the brickwork and parapet stonework to front façade and low wall to front railings, careful removal and reinstatement of front steps to main entrance, refurbishment of sash windows where required, repainting of plastered walls and all wrought iron railings, (2) No. 54 St. Stephens Green - existing cementitious pointing to be carefully raked out of brickwork and stonework, careful steam cleaning and lime mortar repointing of the brickwork and stonework to front façade and low wall to front railings, refurbishment of sash windows where required, refurbishment of feature surrounds to 6no. windows located at ground and first floor levels, repainting of plastered walls and all wrought iron railings, (3) No. 55 St. Stephens Green - careful steam cleaning of brickwork and stonework to front façade and low wall to front railings, refurbishment of sash windows where required, repainting of plastered walls and all wrought iron railings at Loreto College, No's 53, 54, and 55 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2. No's 53, 54, and 55 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2 are listed on the Dublin City Council Record of Protected Structures - Ref's 7786, 7787 and 7788 respectively.

Granted0.1 km12 December 2019
3401/24

The development will consist of: a) No.6 - change of use from office to residential use to include 2 studio apartments, including internal modifications and external terraces within the existing building envelope, along with associated façade changes.; b) No. 7 - change of use from office to residential use to include a two-bedroom + study townhouse, including internal modifications and the modification of the existing dormer roof to accommodate a new residential level and external terrace along with associated façade changes; c) - No. 8 change of use from office to residential use to include 3 one-bedroom apartments including internal modifications and external balconies within the existing building envelope, along with associated façade changes; d) all associated site works and services.

Granted0.1 km12 August 2024

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 13,447 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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