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Site planning risk brief

Windgates , Maynooth , Co. Kildare

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 site check found 1,078 decisions within 5 km, 2 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 103 structured appeals.

Matched source
181268
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius

What this site brief can substantiate today

Each section reports its own coverage. “Not yet covered” means no conclusion is drawn while source datasets or policy extraction are still being loaded.

Applications tied to the site

Partial coverage

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

2 matched

Zoning and settlement

Not yet covered

Current indexed zoning and settlement layers are intersected with the selected site where coverage exists.

Rural-housing policy

Not yet covered

Current section-and-page citations have not yet been loaded for this authority.

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Not yet covered

Each layer reports its own coverage; missing coverage never appears as a clean result.

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

103 structured nearby appeal records.

103 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

Historic extracted references are not presented as current policy; verified citations are still being loaded.

1,078Nearby applications
2Site-linked candidates
15%Nearby refused
103Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

181268

Construction of a two storey dwelling house, entrance, driveway, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all ancillary site works

Granted0.0 km29 August 2019
23393

To construct a single storey domestic garage and stable block, Retention permission for as built alterations to existing planning permission 181268. These alterations include the following 1) Omit Bow window on South Elevation. 2) Omit garage on east elevation (relocate). 3) Omit plant room on west elevation and all ancillary site works

Granted0.1 km04 October 2023
191146

And completion of development. The retention consists of opening up works and removal of non-original fabric, comprising the ground bearing floor slab, and foundation excavations for the proposed rear porch and two gable end bay windows, and the completion of development will consist of alterations and extensions to the existing detached two storey house which is a Protected Structure (KCC RPS Ref: B10-20). The alterations and completion will comprise the replacement of the upvc windows with painted timber sliding sash traditional windows to match the originals; the renewal and upgrading of the plumbed and wired services; the renewal of the non-original sanitary ware, tiling and fitted kitchen, utility and bedroom units; the replacement of rotted timber ground floors with insulated concrete floors incorporating underfloor heating; structural openings between the dining and enlarged family room at ground floor, and the master bedroom and new en-suite bathroom and the reordering of the main bathroom at first floor. The extensions comprise single storey ground level extensions, being a new bay window to the living room of area c. 2.3sqm, a new rear porch of area c. 12.7sqm, and a new conservatory bay of c.6sqm to the kitchen/dining room, all together with associated siteworks and landscaping, on a site of area c. 0.73ha

Granted0.6 km09 December 2019
20795

Increasing the number of children catered for from 10 to 14 in line with Early Childhood Ireland ECCE Scheme

Granted0.7 km06 October 2020
211444

A Synchronous Compensator (Electricity Grid stabilisation) development within the townland of Windgates, Co. Kildare within a site area of approximately 1.97 hectares. Permission is sought for 1 High Intertia Synchronous Compensator (HISC) Compound (0.25 hectares) consisting of 1 No. High Intertia Synchronous Compensator (HISC) building enclosed within a steel clad framed, housed structure (12.1m max height and 481 m2) and supported by an electrical container area measuring 355m2 consisting of 8 No. electrical equipment containers with a total area of (238m2), each container measuring 29.75m2, and an external cooler area measuring 180m2 consisting of 4 No. external cooler units, each one measuring 30.5m2, 1 Auxiliary and Start up Static Frequency Converter SFC Transformer, 1 Generator circuit breaker, 1 emergency diesel generator and 1 associated diesel storage tank; A High Voltage (HV) Compound (0.11 hectares) consisting of main transformer and High Voltage (HV) equipment; A Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) Building compound and underground grid connection (0.25 hectares) consisting of 1 High Voltage Gas Insulated Switchgear Compound (0.16 Hectares), included within this compound is a HV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) housed structure (13.5m max height and 458m2) and 220kv underground cable connection (188m in length) to adjacent (existing) 220kV Eirgrid Substation; Upgrade to the existing site entrance onto the R406, internal access tracks, fencing, temporary construction compound, landscaping and drainage. Planning permission is sought for a period of 10 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application. All within the townland of

Refused0.9 km18 May 2022
22153

Sought for construction of a new garage with car port. Also elevational change to front of existing dwelling house to consist of a patio cover

Granted0.9 km04 April 2022

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 1,078 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. €29 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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