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Site planning risk brief

Mountrath Road , Portlaoise , Co.Laois

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 849 decisions within 5 km, 1 exact-site or onsite candidate record, and 39 structured appeals.

Matched source
19389
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 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

39 structured nearby appeal records.

39 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.

849Nearby applications
1Site-linked candidates
6%Nearby refused
39Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

19389

Construct a 48 Unit Residential Development consisting of 6 no. 2 storey semi detached 4 bedroom houses, 3 no. 2 storey detached 4 bedroom houses, 1 no. two storey detached 3 bedroom house, 2 no. two storey end of terrace 3 bedroom houses, 2 no. two storey mid-terrace 3 bedroom houses and 14 no. two storey semi detached 3 bedroom houses. The proposed development also includes 2 no. two storey apartment blocks containing 8 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 1 no. three storey apartment block containing 12 no. 2 bedroom apartments, The proposed development will be accessed from the existing public roadway (R445) to the South of the site. The proposed development will also include estate roads, footpaths, public open space, foul and surface water drainage, landscaping and all associated infrastructure works and services on 1.446 ha at the Mountrath Rd (former Midland Dairies Site)

Granted0.0 km25 February 2020
21432

Retain amendments to previously approved Planning Ref: 18/2 for the proposed development of the conversion of existing domestic garage to side of dwelling into an ancillary self-contained residential unit (granny flat) to include internal alterations to the existing dwelling and associated siteworks in keeping with the provision of DM21, Laois County Development Plna at Rockview, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The amendments include for internal alterations and retention of window to side elevation

Granted0.1 km02 September 2021
182

Convert existing domestic garage to side of dwelling into an ancillary self-contained residential unit (granny flat) to include internal alterations to the existing dwelling and associated siteworks in keeping with the provisions of DM21, Laois County Development Plan.

Granted0.1 km20 April 2018
20334

Retention permission for a fuel shed and stone garden structure

Granted0.2 km11 August 2020
20635

Retain 1) existing shed and 2) existing games room/study

Granted0.2 km28 January 2021
20136

Demolish existing dwelling with garage, construct a two-storey domestic dwelling including garage together with raising of the front boundary wall, reconfiguration of existing vehicular entrance along with new pedestrian entrance and associated works

Granted0.2 km20 July 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 849 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.

Exact site history and boundary checks

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Policy and mapped constraints

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Appeals and comparable decisions

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Deterministic risk prompts

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