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The Estuary, Townparks, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 E840

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

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Local planning pattern

15% of nearby decided applications were refused. The preview found 2,112 nearby planning records within 5 km where a location match is available.

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F25A/1120E
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius
2,112Nearby applications
15%Refused
1,786Conditional grants
22Refusal reasons

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity5
Design4
Visual Amenity4
Zoning Contravention3
Traffic Sightlines2

Nearest similar decisions

F25A/1120E

Planning permission is sought for: i) Demolition of the existing two-storey public house known as 'The Estuary'; ii) The construction of a part four-, part five-storey flat-roofed mixed-use building, comprising 39 no. apartments (25 no. 1-bed and 14 no. 2-bed units) arranged over ground to fourth floor levels, with the fourth floor set back from Balheary Road and North Street; iii) Provision of 1 no. ground-floor commercial/retail unit fronting Balheary Road; iv) All apartments will have direct access to an area of private amenity space in the form of a balcony/terrace and will have shared access to communal amenity space including a landscaped ground-level courtyard and a roof-level communal amenity garden; v) Provision of 94 no. secure bicycle spaces and 8 no. cargo bike spaces within an internal store, and 20 no. visitor bicycle spaces proposed within the courtyard at ground floor level; (vi) Provision of refuse storage, plant rooms and ESB substation at ground floor level; (vii) All ancillary works including landscaping, boundary treatments, SuDS drainage (including blue green roofs), and all associated site services, site infrastructure and associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development.

Refused0.0 km04 February 2026
F18A/0118

Single storey extensions to the side and rear

Granted0.1 km03 May 2018
F25A/1031E

Planning Permission is sought for: a) Demolition of existing single storey detached garage/store to rear of existing house, b) Removal of main roof of existing house and construction of a new first floor extension with pitched roof on existing house footprint, Internal layout changes and construction of new single storey extensions to side and rear, part open/part covered canopies to front, sides and rear and new part open/part covered carport to side. Elevational alterations and external insulation works. The proposal results in an overall increase of the total habitable floor area from 119 sq.m to 266 sq.m, (excluding voids), c) Construction of a new single storey garden room to rear, d) Widening of existing vehicular entrance from 2875 mm to 3600 mm, and, e) All associated site and landscaping works.

Granted0.1 km06 January 2026
F19A/0457

Convert existing retail unit to yoga studio with changing rooms and to

Granted0.1 km05 December 2019
F23B/0107

Planning Permission is sought for construction of new single storey storeroom to rear garden area of existing facility, and associated site works at: The Down Syndrome Centre, Willowbrook House, Balheary Road, Castlefarm, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 R8C6. AI received 01/03/24 CAI/SAI received 02/05/24

Granted0.1 km29 May 2024
F22A/0200

Permission is now being sought for revisions to approved development consisting of internal alterations for the provision of 35 no. bedrooms (Planning F15A/0584) revised revisions will include internal alterations and modifications to the existing ground floor only of hotel premises of Carnegie Court Hotel, North Street, Swords, Co Dublin. The proposed reduced works will include: (1) the conversion of part of the existing ground floor which includes the residents' lounge, meeting rooms, offices, toilets and store to provide 8 no. additional bedrooms only in total (ii) no further works as previously approved to remainder of Ground Floor (iii) no alterations are sought to the First Floor Plan. The revised total number of additional guest rooms to the proposed conversion is to be reduced from 35 no. to 8 no. in total. Planning permission is also sought as in previously approved for minor external elevational changes to the northern elevation southern courtyard elevation to premises.

Granted0.1 km08 June 2022

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