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Site planning risk brief

160, Merrion Road, Dublin 4

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 12,215 decisions within 5 km, 4 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 3051 structured appeals.

Matched source
4420/23
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

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

4 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

3051 structured nearby appeal records.

3,051 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
12,215Nearby applications
4Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
3,051Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity12
Visual Amenity11
Design7
Traffic Sightlines6
Other4

Nearest planning decisions

4420/23

The development will consist of the following: • demolition of the existing single storey rear extension with double height atrium (130sqm), • construction of a new single storey rear extension (265sqm), • external alterations including alterations to be first-floor window openings, alterations to the first-floor balustrade, replacement of the existing fire escape, addition of PV panels, formation of rooflights, • internal alterations including reconfiguration of the internal layout and a new staircase, • general repair and refurbishment of the original building (372sqm) including thermal upgrades, replacement of windows and doors and repointing the front façade, • site works including widening of existing vehicular gates, the provision of a new pedestrian entrance gate to the front, the addition of 10 cycle spaces and 2 no. electric car charging points, • landscaping, SuDS drainage and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

Granted0.0 km27 October 2023
WEB1396/24

Permission is sought for an extension to a semi-detached dwelling. The development will consist of an amendment to previously Granted Permission with Reg. Ref. No. WEB2123/23. The proposed amendments will consist of - part single storey rear extension reconfigured due to planning condition 3a, and associated internal layout modifications.

Granted0.0 km31 May 2024
WEB2123/23

Permission is sought for an extension to a semi-detached dwelling. The development will consist of demolition of an existing detached single storey front garage and rear conservatory structures, and construction of - part two storey pitch roof extension and part single storey flat roof extension to side of the house, part two storey and part single storey flat sedum roof extension to rear of the house, attic conversion with a dormer window to rear, internal modifications, velux rooflight to front and flat rooflight to rear, widening of existing vehicular gate, and associated site works.

Granted0.0 km22 February 2024
2375/19

Planning permission is sought for (1) formation of bedroom & bathroom within existing roof space including dormer window to rear and roof window to front of main roof and internal alterations (2) formation of detached single storey garden room to rear garden & associated site works.

Granted0.1 km23 April 2019
WEB5715/25

A) removal of existing pitched roof, b) a new flat roof of varying heights to entire dwelling, with rooflights, c) single-storey extension to front and rear of dwelling, d) change of material finish from existing brick to render and stone cladding, e) alterations to fenestration throughout, f) new 2m high front boundary wall in stone, with adjusted pedestrian entrance and vehicular entrance widened to 3.5m, with remaining boundary walls also increased to 2.0m, g) new 1.8m high utilities shed and bin store to corner of front patio area, and all associated site works.

Granted0.1 km22 January 2026
WEB2496/24

Removal of an existing single storey extension to the rear, removal of an existing single storey garden shed to the side, removal of 2 no terrace canopies to the rear and side, construction of a new single storey extension to the rear, construction of 2 no new single storey detached ancillary recreational buildings to the rear and side, conversion of the attic of the main house to storage space, provision of a new dormer window to the rear, minor modifications to the rear façade and internal layout and all associated ancillary, landscaping and site development works.

Granted0.1 km17 January 2025

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 12,215 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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Policy and mapped constraints

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Deterministic risk prompts

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