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Site planning risk brief

Unit 5 & Unit 6, Saint Margaret's Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, D11 XK06

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

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Local planning pattern

10% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 4,371 decisions within 5 km, 4 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 445 structured appeals.

Matched source
WEB1159/23
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

445 structured nearby appeal records.

445 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
4,371Nearby applications
4Site-linked candidates
10%Nearby refused
445Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity25
Traffic Sightlines24
Visual Amenity21
Other15
Zoning Contravention13

Nearest planning decisions

WEB1159/23

The proposed development consists of permission for Part off-licence use in the existing retail unit.

Granted0.0 km25 August 2023
WEB2042/22

RETENTION: The proposed development consists of the retention of the amalgamation of Unit 5 & Unit 6 into a single retail unit.

Granted0.0 km20 January 2023
3278/22

Planning permission for development on a 1.03 hectare site at the existing Aldi Store site, St. Margaret's Road, Finglas, Dublin 11. The proposed development involves: (1) the demolition of the existing Aldi store (1306 sqm gross); (2) construction of a 2 storey commercial block fronting St. Margaret's Road, incorporating a foodstore measuring 2620 sqm gross (1326 sqm net retail), with ancillary off-licence sales area at first floor level over under croft car parking, including an external service area; (3) associated signage consisting of 4 no. internally illuminated fascia signs (4 no. of 4.8 sqm each, total area 19.2 sqm) and 4 no. vinyl signs (4 no. of 1.8 sqm each, total area 7.2 sqm); (4) reconfiguration of the existing car parking to provide for a reduction of car parking spaces from 171 existing to 154 proposed; (5) 20 no. cycle spaces; (6) revised southern vehicular access off St. Margaret's Road; (7) All landscape, boundary treatment and site development works.

Refused0.0 km01 June 2022
3061/19

The development will consist of change of use for part of previously approved retail to retail and part off licence sales area (27m2).

Granted0.1 km21 August 2019
2072/19

The development will consist of the change of use (425.6m2) from Cash & Carry Food Store (class 5) to retail use (class 1) and associated minor alterations.

Granted0.1 km23 April 2019
WEB2283/24

The proposed development will consist of: I. Installation of new 1,350lt Aboveground Self Bunded Fuel Storage Tank with Integrated Dispenser, II. Associated signage, III. All associated site development works.

Granted0.1 km13 June 2025

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 4,371 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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