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Site planning risk brief

On the public footpath at Merrion Road, (outside St. Vincent's Hospital), Dublin 4

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

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Local planning pattern

12% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 11,733 decisions within 5 km, 13 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 3057 structured appeals.

Matched source
4384/19
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

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

13 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

3057 structured nearby appeal records.

3,057 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
11,733Nearby applications
13Site-linked candidates
12%Nearby refused
3,057Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity16
Visual Amenity13
Design11
Traffic Sightlines6
Other4

Nearest planning decisions

4384/19

The development will consist of the replacement of the existing telephone kiosks with a new Telephone Kiosk with integral communication unit and a 1.53sq.metre digital advertising display positioned 2.1m southest of position of the existing telephone kiosks. The proposed structure has an overall height 2.43m, a depth of 0.762m and a width 1.096m.

Granted0.0 km09 January 2020
2778/20

Planning Permission for a temporary period of seven years for development at a c. 0.1065 ha site at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, D04 T6F4. The development consists of the construction of a single storey structure (c. 515 sqm) to the north east of the St. Vincent's University Hospital Campus, adjacent to the St. Rita's building, for a temporary period of 7 no. years to accommodate the relocation of the Human Resources/Medical Administration Department and all associated site development works and site services.

Granted0.0 km23 July 2020
4547/23

RETENTION PERMISSION for the following development: 1. 2 no. internally illuminated high level signs to the side (southeast & northwest) elevations, 2. 4 no. flat poles and associated holders at high level to the front (southwest) elevation.

Refused0.0 km21 November 2023
2435/21

Planning permission for a residential development on a c. 0.25 hectare site. The development will consist of demolition of existing underutilised 2 no. storey building (390 sqm) and tennis court and the construction of a residential development of 25 no. apartments with an overall height of part 4, part 5 no. storeys (over basement) comprising: 12 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 13 no. 2 bedroom apartments (including 3 no. 2 bedroom duplexes) (each with private balconies/terraces) and a ground floor gym (c. 159 sqm). Vehicular and pedestrian access will be provided from Merrion Road into a basement which will provide 25 no. car parking spaces (1 no. disabled access), 44 no. cycle spaces and all ancillary areas, with 2 no. disabled parking spaces and 12 no. visitor bicycle parking spaces at surface level; all associated site development works (including relocation of existing ESB substation), hard and soft landscaping and all other ancillary works to include provision of an area of communal landscaped open space, with pedestrian access provided to the north east. The total gross floor area proposed is c. 1,935 sqm.

Granted0.1 km14 May 2021
4461/19

The development will consist of demolition of existing underutilised 2 no. storey building (390 sqm) and tennis court and the construction of a residential development of 28 no. apartments with an overall height of part 4, part 5 no. storeys (over basement) comprising: 12 no. 1 bedroom apartments, 13 no. 2 bedroom apartment and 3 no. 3 bedroom apartments (with private balconies/terraces at each floor level) and a ground floor gym (c. 159 sqm). Vehicular and pedestrian access will be provided from Merrion Road into a basement which will provide 28 no. car parking spaces (1 no. disabled access), 44 no. cycle space and all ancillary areas, with 2 no. disabled parking spaces and 12 no. visitor bicycle parking spaces at surface level; all associated site development works, hard and soft landscaping and all other ancillary works to include provision of an area of communal landscaped open space, with pedestrian access provided to the north east. The total gross floor area proposed is c. 2,213sqm.

Granted0.1 km20 March 2020
3353/25

The development will consist of amendments to the granted planning application ref no. 3226/24, which includes the demolition of an existing red brick chimney to the rear, the widening of the permitted glazing to rear extension, the alteration of permitted door and wall openings, the construction of a new pantry extension within rear courtyard, the provision of new rooflights to the rear, the reinstatment of glazing to the roof over the first floor conservatory, the widening of the permitted garage to the rear of the house, the widening of the existing vehicular side entrance gate and all associated internal refurbishment, services and site works.

Refused0.1 km09 October 2025

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