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Site planning risk brief

407, Howth Road, Clontarf East, Dublin 5

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

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Local planning pattern

8% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 5,351 decisions within 5 km, 6 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 637 structured appeals.

Matched source
5128/22
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

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

6 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

637 structured nearby appeal records.

637 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
5,351Nearby applications
6Site-linked candidates
8%Nearby refused
637Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity19
Visual Amenity19
Design15
Zoning Contravention13
Traffic Sightlines11

Nearest planning decisions

5128/22

Planning permission is sought for proposed subdivision of existing ground floor retail unit into two self-contained units and change of use comprising of a new coffee shop and existing butchers. Works will also include the formation of a new entrance to the front of the property to serve the new coffee shop including all associated signage, awnings and site development works.

Granted0.0 km21 March 2023
4236/23

Permission is sought for alterations to existing ground floor bar area, by opening up of part front wall (4.42m wide x 2.40m high) and replacing with new timber frame glazing & exit doors, recessed 1.2m back from face of building line to allow for new external seating (area 5.10sq.m), to be only accessed from inside the bar area. New first floor kitchen extension to rear (area 12.5sq.m) complete with new frosted windows to north / rear elevation. New mansard pitched roof to create non-habitable attic storage space / plant room extension over existing first floor flat roof & new kitchen extension at rear, complete with new ventilation louvers & velux roof windows to side & rear elevations, together with internal alterations & all associated site works.

Granted0.0 km21 September 2023
5066/23

Permission is sought for change of use from bank (financial institution) to use as veterinary clinic, alterations to internal layout, new external signage with trough lighting and ancillary works.

Granted0.1 km23 February 2024
3873/23

The development will consist of (i) change of use of the existing lower ground floor service delivery area to the rear of the retail premises to a new retail kitchen; (ii) minor alterations to the existing rear (north-west) elevation for the provision of a new louvered mechanical extract duct; (iii) all associated site development works.

Granted0.1 km11 September 2023
3711/22

Permission for change of use from residential to class 1 retail (shop); new widened glazed entrance door; painted signage to front elevation and to neighbouring building in same ownership; and all associated site works including 2no. car parking spaces and 3no. bike stands.

Granted0.1 km02 June 2022
WEB2678/25

Planning permission is sought for a new vehicular entrance with inward opening gates and ancillary site works.

Refused0.1 km09 September 2025

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 5,351 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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