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Site planning risk brief

82, Merton Drive, Ranelagh, Dublin 6

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 14,290 decisions within 5 km, 19 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 3335 structured appeals.

Matched source
WEB2009/23
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

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

3335 structured nearby appeal records.

3,335 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
14,290Nearby applications
19Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
3,335Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity9
Visual Amenity7
Traffic Sightlines6
Design5
Other3

Nearest planning decisions

WEB2009/23

The proposed development will consist of: • The demolition of the existing 4.5msq single storey kitchen extension to the rear of the property. • The refurbishment of the existing house, including the conversion of the existing garage to habitable accommodation, the application of new externally rendered insulation to all existing facades and • The addition of a 58msq residential extension over ground floor and first floor, separated from the existing house with courtyard. • The total development area of the combined existing retained house and proposed house extension is 185msq on a site area of 300msq.

Granted0.0 km16 January 2024
WEB1129/21

Planning permission is sought by Jenny Casey for the demolition of existing single storey extension and garden shed to the rear of the existing house and the construction of a single and two storey extension, including rooflight, to the rear and part side of the existing house, the conversion of the existing garage space to the front and the construction of 1no. dormer window to the rear slope of the existing house, and one new rooflight to the front slope and one new rooflight to the rear slope of the existing house and the widening of existing vehicular entrance/access, associated elevational changes and all associated siteworks, all at no. 39 Merton Drive, Ranelagh, Dublin 6.

Granted0.0 km09 April 2021
WEB1724/24

The development will consist of the removal of one rooflight and the construction of a dormer window extension to the rear of the main roof of the existing house, a new rooflight to front of the main roof of the existing house, and all ancillary works.

Granted0.0 km02 August 2024
4212/24

PLANNING PERMISSION For development on this site: 25 Merton Drive, Ranelagh Dublin 6. The development will consist of: An attic dormer extension to rear roof elevation, new gable window to side elevation and a velux roof light to front roof elevation. Dormer extension is for habitable bedroom accommodation.

Granted0.1 km22 October 2024
4943/23

PERMISSION The development will consist of: A single storey extension to rear and first floor extension to side of existing 2 storey semi detached dwelling.

Granted0.1 km09 February 2024
WEB5947/25

New widened vehicular entrance and vehicular gate to the front, external wall insulation with render and brick finishes to the front side and rear, new windows and doors throughout, removal of chimney to the rear, extension to the rear, garage conversion into utility and pantry, bin/bike storage to front and all associated landscaping and drainage works.

Granted0.1 km13 February 2026

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 14,290 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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