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Site planning risk brief

The Ground Floor Commercial Unit, 98-99 Francis Street, Dublin 8

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 13,249 decisions within 5 km, 25 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 2228 structured appeals.

Matched source
4866/22
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

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

25 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

2228 structured nearby appeal records.

2,228 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
13,249Nearby applications
25Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
2,228Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity3
Design1
Procedure Invalid1
Traffic Sightlines1
Visual Amenity1

Nearest planning decisions

4866/22

The development will consist of change of use of the existing ground floor commercial unit from cafe/retail use (granted under planning reg. ref. 2896/13) to office use.

Granted0.0 km10 November 2022
4082/19

The proposed development will consist of: 1 no. additional set back floor to an existing 5-storey mixed-use development (permitted under Dublin City Council Register Reference 2896/13, modified by Dublin City Council Register Reference 2473/16 and Dublin City Council Register Reference 3541/17 (An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL29S.249430)) to provide an additional 2 no. apartments (1 no. studio apartment approximately 38sqm and 1 no. one bed apartment approximately 47sqm, both with external balconies), a green roof and associated plant at roof level and all associated ancillary site development works. The proposed development will result in a total of 9 no. apartments overall. The site is located within an Architectural Conservation Area.

Refused0.0 km18 November 2019
3154/21

The development will consist of: Demolitions and Construction of 3No. additional apartments (1No. 2-Bedroom apartment & 2No. 1-Bedroom apartments) along with alterations to 2No. existing apartments and all ancillary works in new upward extensions and alterations to the existing building consisting of: (1) Demolition of part of the Existing Set-Back Third Floor Level; (2) Demolition of the Existing Roof Level; (3) Demolition of parts of External Facades/ Fenestration at existing Second Floor Level and Set-Back Third Floor/ Roof Level; (4)Construction of Extensions and Alterations to Third Floor Level incorporating 1No. new additional 1 Bedroom Apartment along with alterations to 2No. existing Apartments & Associated Circulation and Ancillary Areas; (5) Construction of new set-back Fourth Floor Level incorporating 2No. new additional apartments (1 No. 1-Bedroom apartment & 1 No. 2-Bedroom apartment) along with Associated Circulation and Ancillary Areas; (6) Construction of Alterations to Facades/ Fenestration at Second Floor, Third Floor and Fourth Floor Levels; (7) Construction of all Consequent Internal, External and Facade Alterations; & (8) All Ancillary Site Development and Services Works.

Granted0.0 km22 October 2021
3704/22

RETENTION: Permission is sought for change of use from retail unit to dog grooming use and Retention Permission for signage to front facade.

Granted0.0 km23 August 2022
WEB1109/20

The development will consist of the installation of an ATM machine to the existing shop front to the east elevation.

Granted0.0 km10 June 2020
WEB1526/23

The development will consist of removing the existing pitched roof of the two existing dwellings and the construction of a new extension/roof atop both original dwellings.

Refused0.0 km15 August 2023

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 13,249 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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Deterministic risk prompts

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