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Site planning risk brief

Northbank House, Sheriff Street Upper and Castleforbes Road, North Docks, Dublin 1

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 12,333 decisions within 5 km, 25 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 1791 structured appeals.

Matched source
DSDZ2984/21
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

1791 structured nearby appeal records.

1,791 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
12,333Nearby applications
25Site-linked candidates
12%Nearby refused
1,791Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity3
Design1
Procedure Invalid1
Traffic Sightlines1
Visual Amenity1

Nearest planning decisions

DSDZ2984/21

Temporary permission (4 years 11 months at this site (c 0.43 Ha.)The proposed development comprises a single storey prefabricated marketing suite building (38.6 sqm gross floor area) with associated projecting canopy on the west and south façade and associated temporary site works. The prefabricated marketing suite building is located at 5th floor roof level of the existing Northbank House building (southwest corner – overlooking ‘Coopers Cross’ to south and west). This application relates to a proposed development within the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme area.

Granted0.0 km11 August 2021
DSDZ3395/23

Permission at site (c. 038 Ha) at North Bank House, Sheriff Street Upper, & Castleforbes Road, North Lotts, Dublin 1. The site is otherwise generally bounded by Sheriff Street Upper to the north, Castleforbes Road to the east and Alexandra Terrace to the south and west. The proposed development consists of façade enhancements of the existing Northbank House building including: - North & East Elevations (Ground Floor Level): Replacement of existing entrance doors windows; replacement of existing shopfronts (new shopfronts to include projecting metal frame); alteration to the finishes of existing cladding and basement access gates; and new signage zones; South & West Elevations: Replacement of existing projecting glazed balcony balustrades and recessed terrace balustrades with metal railings; and alteration to the existing façade finishes (including existing brickwork, cladding, render balcony soffits and window frames); And all associated and ancillary development works. No material change is proposed to the overall height or internal configuration of the existing permitted Northbank House as part of this planning application. This application relates to a proposed development within the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme area.

Granted0.0 km10 May 2023
DSDZ3862/22

Planning permission for development at Alexander Terrace and Castleforbes Road, Dublin 1. The application site includes 1 Alexander Terrace (D01 F762), 2 Alexander Terrace (D01 W4C0), 3 Alexander Terrace, 4 Alexander Terrace (D01 Y161), 5 Alexander Terrace (D01 YT28), 4 Castleforbes Road (D01 YP22) and a portion of the courtyard of North Bank. The subject site is located within City Block 3 of the North Lotts. The proposed development includes: 1. The demolition of the existing vacant dwellings 2. The construction of an aparthotel (2,800 sq.m. GFA), up to 10 storey in height over single basement, containing 58 no. units; 3. The development provides for a café on the ground floor, 4. A fire escape is proposed to the northern elevation; 5. All associated site development, plant, landscaping, bicycle parking and infrastructure works. The application relates to a proposed development within a strategic development zone planning scheme area.

Granted0.0 km25 August 2022
DSDZ4463/23

Permission at this site (c. 0.017 ha). The site is otherwise generally bounded by Northbank House to the north and east, and Alexandra Terrace to the south and west. The proposed development consists of landscape enhancements at the rear of the existing Northbank House building including the provision of raised planters with associated planting, new boundary treatment and adjustment of access to rear of Northbank House onto Alexandra Terrace to integrate with the permitted Coopers Cross Commercial scheme (DCC Reg. Ref. DSDZ4087/19, as amended) and Residential scheme (DCC Reg. Ref. DSDZ2186/20, as amended) and all associated and ancillary site development works. No material change is proposed to the overall height, the facades or internal configuration of the existing / permitted Northbank House as part of this planning application. This application relates to a proposed development within the North Lots & Grand Canal Dock Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme area.

Granted0.0 km07 March 2024
DSDZ3925/19

RETENTION: On foot of the previous retention permission application (DSDZ2571/18) and Further Information submission, retention permission for an extension at ground and first floors of the rear return (N-W corner of site), adjacent to the rear of Alexander Terrace; including modification of the door opening at ground floor and integration of a window, and new window at first floor level. This application relates to land within the North Lotts and Grand Canal Dock Strategic Development Zone.

Granted0.0 km25 February 2020
DSDZ2923/20

Planning Permission for part off-licence at the existing Gala retail shop at Unit 1, ground floor and part basement, Block B of Castleforbes apartments at junction of Castleforbes Road and Upper Sheriff, Dublin 1. This application relates to a proposed development within the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock SDZ Planning scheme area.

Granted0.1 km20 August 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 12,333 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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