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Site planning risk brief

Rathevan , Portlaoise , Co. Laois

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

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Local planning pattern

5% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 875 decisions within 5 km, 2 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 38 structured appeals.

Matched source
21496
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

38 structured nearby appeal records.

38 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

875Nearby applications
2Site-linked candidates
5%Nearby refused
38Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

21496

Develop as follows: 1. The construction of a residential development with a gross floor area of 11,066 sq.m and comprising a total of 99 no. residential units; 1 no. crèche with a gross floor area of 178.70 sq.m; private amenity space; services; landscaping and associated site works. 2. The schedule of residential accommodations is as follows: * 4 no. 2-bedroom back-to-back duplex apartments; * 10 no. 2-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; * 14 no. 3-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; 5 no. 3-bedroom detached dwellings; * 4 no. 3-bedroom staggered townhouses; * 20 no. 3-bedroom terraced townhouses and * 42 no. 4-bedroom semi-detached dwellings. 3. A total area of 0.4 hectares is provided for the purposes of public open space which equates to 12% of the net site area with a multi-use games area. 4. The construction of a new distributor road adjoining the existing Rathevan link road at the north west of the site (with potential future link provided to the Portlaoise Northern Orbital Route), internal access roads; pedestrian footpaths; pedestrian crossing points; cycle lanes; along with a future bus corridor / bus gate route. 5. New storm water connections located at the existing Rathevan link road and at the south west corner of the site. New connection to the existing public foul network located at the south west corner of the site. 6. A total of 212 no. parking spaces and 211 no. cycle parking spaces (all surface level) are provided within the proposed development. Of these spaces, 13 no. car spaces are provided for the crèche. 7. The proposal includes all site landscaping works; electricity substations; boundary treaments; planting; lighting; servicing; signage; surface water attenuation; bin storage; associated site development above and below ground and ancillary works. 8. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared and is included with the application.

Granted0.0 km16 March 2022
18717

Construct a single storey extension to the side elevation of the existing dewlling

Granted0.2 km21 January 2019
19712

Construct development consisting of (a) block 1: the addition of a Type C2 unit at 59a Lake Drive onto the terraced block of 3 no. units granted under planning ref. no 18/363 to create a terraced block of 4 no. units, (b) blocks 2 & 3:2 no. terraced blocks containing 6 no. three-bedroom, two storey houses as follows: 2 no. type C3 at 63B Lake Drive and 36 Lake Glade, 2 no. type C1 at 63a Lake Drive and 36a Lake Glade and 2 no. type C at 63 Lake Drive and 36b Lake Glade, (c) block 4: a terraced block of 3 no. three-bedroom, two-storey houses as follows; a type C5 at 23 Lake Glade, a type C2 at 23a Lake Glade and a type C4 at 23b Lake Glade. Permission is also sought to retain and complete (d) Blocks 5 & 6: 2 no. terraced blocks containing 8 no. two-bedroom, two-storey houses as follows: 2 no type A at 1 Lake Vale & 11 Lake Way, 2 no. type A1 at 1a Lake Vale & 11a Lake Way, 2 no. type A2 at 3a Lake Vale & 21a Lake Grove and 2 no. type A3 at 3 Lake Vale & 21 Lake Grove and (e) all ancillary site works to include connection to existing mains services

Granted0.3 km19 August 2020
2460295

Erect a front boundary steel fence to front of houses 54, 54A, 55, 55A, 56, 56A, 57, 57A, 58, 58A, Lake Drive.

Granted0.3 km22 July 2024
25105

Extend duration of Planning Permission Ref. 19/712

Granted0.3 km18 December 2025
2560652

Construct Ground floor extension to rear and first floor extension to side of existing dwelling house, internal alterations and changes to external elevations, ancillary site services and all associated site works

Granted0.3 km05 December 2025

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 875 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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