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Site planning risk brief

4 Newpark , Mountmellick Road , Portlaoise

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

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Local planning pattern

6% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 874 decisions within 5 km, 9 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 41 structured appeals.

Matched source
18631
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

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

9 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for Laois 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

Not yet covered

No verified rural-housing citation is loaded for Laois County 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 Laois County 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

41 structured nearby appeal records.

41 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

No current-dated citation is loaded for Laois County Council. Historic references extracted from decisions are never presented as current policy.

874Nearby applications
9Site-linked candidates
6%Nearby refused
41Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

18631

Construct an extension to existing dwelling

Granted0.0 km01 March 2019
2560212

Carry out development which will consist of permission to extend and renovate St. Michael’s and St. Helena’s apartment blocks. The amendments will include removal of roof on both blocks, additional storey with flat roof, amendments to elevations, amendments to internal layouts to provide 12 no. x 1-bed apartments, new bin and bike store and all associated site works. Note both blocks contain a mixture of 10 no. x 1 & 2 bed apartments. (These works are in the vicinity of RPS No. 462.)

Granted0.1 km10 December 2025
20272

Demolish existing domestic garage incorporating boiler room (22m2) and the construction of a domestic extension consisting of extended kitchen and en suite bathroom, new entrance porch and living room and a standalone garden structure (replacement boiler room and store) in the combined floor area of 45m2to the north side of our dwelling

Granted0.1 km23 July 2020
2360276

A)Redevelop Newpark House (record of protected structure RPS 462) from 7 Bedsits into 6no. Apartments which consist of- 1no. studio apartment, 4no. one-bedroom apartments, & 1no. three bedroom apartment, with the addition of three private terrace areas on grade. B)Repair external façade and roof where required. C)Remove existing fire escape stairs from the 1st floor of Newpark House on side elevation. D)Remove a chimney from extension at rear. E)Bay window to the side of the house to be reinstated. F)Additional new window/door opes to be provided on the side & rear elevations. G)Removal of window opes from side and rear elevations. H)New vehicle & pedestrian entrance with electronic gates, & winged walls to match the existing stone wall, to be provided at Harper’s Lane. I)New estate signage to be located on winged walls on Harper's Lane. J)New raised pedestrian crossing to be constructed on Harper's Lane. K)Provision of an internal road & footpath network, turning head and all ancillary site works including maintenance of the existing public water supply connection & new connections to the public drainage services where required. L)Reconfigure the existing site layout, to provide a turning head and No.8 car parking spaces at the end of the existing Newpark Est. Road. M)New cast iron railing on a rendered plinth wall with two pedestrian access gates to be placed on the boundary between Newpark Est and Newpark Hse, to encompass the existing house & two other apartment blocks owned by the applicant. N)Amendments to the existing garden wall including the removal of part of the wall to allow for a pedestrian path and the removal of part of the wall to allow for vehicle access. O)Demolition of an existing shed. P) Works on an existing stone archway to be made safe. Q)New pedestrian accesses No.2 in the existing wall along the North Boundary to link the existing green area within applicants’ ownership. R)All ancillary landscape works incl. public lighting, playground, planting, and boundary treatment. S)The provision of 18 car parking spaces inclusive of 1no. disabled car parking space at grade, & 4no. car parking spaces will be electric charging stations with provisions for future electric charging stations. T)Provision of No.2 bin shelters with bin drop zone U)Provision of No.1 bin/bike shelter catering for 24 bicycles with bin drop zone. V)Provisions for covered visitor bike racks catering for 16 bike spaces

Granted0.1 km17 April 2024
22382

Retain (1) extension and alterations to dwelling house. (2) garage/shed and all associated site works

Granted0.1 km08 August 2022
2460480

Construct 7 no. houses and all associated site works

Refused0.1 km09 July 2025

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 874 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.

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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