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Site planning risk brief

Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

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 13,332 decisions within 5 km, 3 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 2870 structured appeals.

Matched source
WEB5880/25
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

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

3 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

2870 structured nearby appeal records.

2,870 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
13,332Nearby applications
3Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
2,870Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity9
Visual Amenity8
Design5
Traffic Sightlines4
Other3

Nearest planning decisions

WEB5880/25

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Royal Dublin Society intends to apply for permission for development at this site at: Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Protected Structure: The development will consist of development and amendments to development permitted under Reg. Ref. 3937/23 as amended by Reg. Refs. 2142/24, and WEB1374/25. The proposed amendments will include: Relocation of permitted pedestrian route c. 2m south of existing location within site to accommodate sufficient space for installation of new transformer and associated screening enclosure. Relocation of permitted pedestrian access gate from existing location on Anglesea Road (R815) c. 2m south along site boundary wall on Anglesea Road to align with proposed amendments to pedestrian route. Revised landscape proposals. The proposed development will include: Installation of a new 6.25 sq.m transformer (2.5m length and width, 2.2m height atop 200mm concrete plinth for total height 2.4m) south of the ESB substation (as permitted under Reg. Ref. 3937/23 as amended by Reg. Refs. 2142/24 and WEB1374/25). Installation of 2 no. rigid metal mesh gates and fencing (c. 2.8m height) screening enclosure for transformer along south and east boundary of transformer and substation. Installation of full screen (c. 2.65m height) planters along west site boundary adjacent screening enclosure for transformer, and mid screen (c. 2m height) planters along south and east boundary of transformer screening enclosure and substation. All site works. There are no proposed works to the ESB substation.

Granted0.0 km06 February 2026
WEB1374/25

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Royal Dublin Society intends to apply for permission for development at a site within the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Protected Structure: The development will consist of amendments to an ESB substation, permitted under register reference 3937/23 and 2142/24. The proposed amendments to the permitted substation include: • Minor amendments to the substation layout, resulting in a Gross Floor Area (GFA) increase from c. 28.9sq.m to c. 36sq.m (c. 7.1sq.m GFA increase); • Relocation of permitted substation access platform and associated stairway and railings from the eastern elevation to the southern elevation of the substation; • Flipping of the permitted access to the substation from Anglesea Road on the western boundary of the site; and • Relocation and reuse of an existing gate connecting the RDS grounds to Anglesea Road along the western boundary of the site. There is no increase to the parapet height of the substation as permitted (c. 4.3m).

Granted0.0 km17 April 2025
WEB2812/24

Minoa Limited, Ambasaid Limited, & Cuan Fund Limited intend to apply for Permission for development at this site at Embassy House, Herbert Park Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 For development comprising: Change of use of 2no. existing ground floor office units (c.329 sq m and c.382 sq m respectively) each to medical use, within an existing office building.

Granted0.1 km11 June 2025
3230/20

Permission for development comprising - Design amendments to covered entrance area permitted under Reg. Ref. 4465/19, comprising further extension to the relocated entrance lobby (c.28.3 sq m) at the north-eastern ground floor elevation of the existing hotel building, to accommodate an ancillary concierge / coffee dock. Associated works include 2no. additional doors on either side of the permitted main entrance door and a new external colonnade feature (c. 4.5m high) containing an outdoor seating area (c.36.9 sq m) ancillary to the hotel use.

Granted0.1 km15 October 2020
4465/19

For development comprising: - Relocation and extension of existing hotel entrance lobby on the eastern ground floor elevation (additional floor area c80 sq m) and minor alterations comprising replacement of glazed facade and roof of the existing single storey conservatory, with similar, wrapping around the eastern and southern ground floor elevations of the existing Herbert Park Hotel building.

Granted0.1 km16 January 2020
2902/20

Permission for development at a site (c. 0.05 Ha) at 10 Pembroke Place, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. For development comprising: - Change of use from office to medical clinic use (c. 239 sqm gfa) at upper ground floor (level 0) of existing office building subject of planning permission refs. 3391/15 and 4741/18.

Granted0.2 km17 August 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 13,332 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.

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