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Site planning risk brief

Unit 4 , Mount Usher Court , Ashford

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

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Local planning pattern

17% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 565 decisions within 5 km, 1 exact-site or onsite candidate record, and 59 structured appeals.

Matched source
2560989
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

1 register record is within the point-match tolerance; a parcel boundary is needed to treat this as exact.

1 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for Wicklow County Council and were intersected with the site; settlement boundary is not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for it.

1 matched

Rural-housing policy

Confirmed coverage

2 current citations from the Wicklow County Council development plan, each with section, page and source URL.

2 matched

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Partial coverage

3 of 4 layers are loaded for Wicklow County Council and were intersected with the site; flood is not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for it.

3 matched

Access, road and wastewater prompts

Register indexed

2 prompts are backed by extracted nearby decision evidence; all prompts remain checks, not predictions.

2 matched

Structured appeal history

Confirmed coverage

59 structured nearby appeal records.

59 matched

Current policy citations

Confirmed coverage

Citations are current-dated and carry policy name, section, page and source URL from the Wicklow County Council development plan.

2 matched
565Nearby applications
1Site-linked candidates
17%Nearby refused
59Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Other4
Design3
Residential Amenity3
Rural Housing Need2
Traffic Sightlines2

Nearest planning decisions

2560989

Change of use from an office to a doctor’s general practitioners practice. The development will also include minor internal alterations to the layout including moving internal walls and doors and associated works

Granted0.0 km03 February 2026
2560316

Sports and recreation hub for Ashford Village. The development is comprised of the change of use and alterations/extension to the former detached Garda Barracks building (protected structure) to accommodate a multi-purpose community indoor sports and recreation hall with ancillary facilities including reception, activity rooms, kitchen, toilets and storerooms. The development also provides for disabled carpark space/set down, bicycle parking, site development works with connection to existing local public mains services and all associated site works

Granted0.1 km02 April 2026
201

Provision of off licence (4.5 sqm) subsidiary to the main retail use (previously approved Ref No 19/76)

Granted0.1 km21 February 2020
221011

Constructed forecourt canopy (c. 169.24sq.m), freestanding totem signage (c. 28sq.m), 2 no. main shop identification signs (c. 2.72sq.m), 2 no. directional signs (c. 0.8sq.m), the provision of no. additional parking bays adjacent to the main service station building (1 no. disabled parking bay and 1 no. standard parking bay) and 1 no. additional fuel dispensing island located beneath the forecourt canopy

Refused0.1 km02 November 2022
1976

Retention and completion of demolition of original service station building (c 306 sqm) removal of redundant fuel storage tanks above and below ground, construction of replacement single storey service station building (c245 sqm) and replacement tanks below ground, upgrade works to forecourt area and rear car park to provide 23 no car parking spaces all site development, landscape and boundary treatment works

Granted0.1 km05 June 2019
19858

Service station signage incorporating 4 no internally illuminated canopy signs on existing forecourt canopy structure (c1.05m in height along canopy ), 1 no internally illuminated double sided free standing main totem entrance sign with 3 no lightbox display panels (c6.5m in height overall), 1 no main identification shop sign (c 1m in height) and 1 no Perspex dome sign (c1m in height) both on front elevation of forecourt building

Refused0.2 km24 September 2019

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