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Site planning risk brief

72 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2, D02 TW54

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 13,328 decisions within 5 km, 19 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 2328 structured appeals.

Matched source
5110/22
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

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

19 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

2328 structured nearby appeal records.

2,328 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
13,328Nearby applications
19Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
2,328Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity5
Design2
Procedure Invalid2
Traffic Sightlines2
Visual Amenity2

Nearest planning decisions

5110/22

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission is sought for the installation of 2 nos. flagpoles at first floor level on the outside of the building which is a protected structure and the installation of a plaque at ground floor level adjacent to the front door.

Granted0.0 km13 December 2022
3124/24

PROTECTED STRUCTURE:The application consists of the repair and refurbishment of the existing mews, into a residence for accommodation requirements associated with the duties of the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) based at 73 Merrion Square and includes, 1. Provision of new entrance and ancillary accommodation on the ground floor plan including 12.5m2 of new extension to the existing, 2. New arrangement and partitions on the first floor to provide bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, dining, living and study areas including 2.8m2 first floor extension on the south elevation, 3. Amendments to the south elevation (facing Fitzwilliam Lane) to include first floor extension, amendments to existing window openings, provision of a new window opening & installation of external insulation, 4. Amendments to the north elevation including a revised vehicular and pedestrian opening, new window installation into existing window openings & installation of external insulation, 5.The addition of 4 no. new roof-lights to the existing double pitched roof including 1 no. between the front and rear hipped roofs, 1 no. to the east facing hip of the front/south hipped roof and 2 no. to the north facing pitch of the rear/north hipped roof, 6. The demolition of the existing non-historic boundary wall to Fitzwilliam Lane and the provision of new pedestrian and vehicular gates and entrances to the boundary and, 7. External landscaping associated with the above.

Granted0.0 km24 January 2025
4355/24

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: PERMISSION is sought by the Embassy of France in Ireland for refurbishment and upgrading works to existing windows and doors to four storey over basement mid terrace building at No. 66 Merrion Square, D02 WY11 Dublin 2 (protected structure reference 5164 on the record of protected structures). Proposed works to allow for like-for-like repairs to existing non-. original single glazed timber windows frames and sashes including putty, paintwork and draft sealing. 20no. one-over-one timber sash windows to front and rear of the building to be upgraded to new slim profile double glazed units. Works to include internal secondary glazing to all other windows in addition to proposed refurbishment works.

Granted0.1 km11 December 2024
3180/24

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of a change of use from 2no. apartments to 1no. apartment. The site is within the curtilage of a protected structure.

Granted0.1 km04 April 2024
WEB6006/25

The development will principally comprise: the demolition of a single-storey commercial building at No. 16 Fitzwilliam Lane (97 sq m) and a 2 No. storey commercial building at No. 80 Fitzwilliam Lane (251 sq m); and the provision of a 2 No. storey administration and storage building (498 sq m), which will be functionally linked with the adjacent Merrion Hotel. The development will also include: a balcony at first floor level facing South-West; a reconfigured vehicular entrance through No. 80 Fitzwilliam Lane (providing access to the rear of No. 80 Merrion Square South); pedestrian access; bicycle parking; plant; solar panels; gates; and all associated site and development works above and below ground.

Granted0.1 km18 February 2026
2966/21

PROTECTED STRUCURE: a) Construction of a new three storey detached dwelling with a floor area of 162.7 sq.m. The proposal includes a covered driveway, 1 No. covered carparking space for new residential unit, bin store, cycle store and entrance to dwelling at ground floor level, living accommodation at first and second floor levels with a new terrace (11.6 sq.m.) at first floor level to the rear. b) 2 No. carparking spaces will be retained for existing commercial building at 25 Baggot Street Lower and access will be provided through covered driveway and private open space to the rear of new dwelling. New sliding vehicular gate to separate private open space of proposed dwelling from carparking for existing commercial building. c) Elevational Alterations to existing boundary wall to Fitzwilliam Lane including the removal of existing brickwork (not original fabric) from on top of the existing random stone boundary wall which will be retained, protected and consolidated as necessary. Existing vehicular entrance width will be retained and fitted with new vehicular gate with pedestrian gate within. d) Other existing boundary walls will be retained, protected and consolidated as necessary. e) All associated site & landscaping works Note that there are no works proposed to 25 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, which is a Protected Structure (RPS Ref No. 349), as part of this application.

Refused0.1 km08 March 2022

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