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Site planning risk brief

Townlands of Dernacart Forest Upper & Forest Lower , 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 233 decisions within 5 km, 1 exact-site or onsite candidate record, and 17 structured appeals.

Matched source
2078
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

17 structured nearby appeal records.

17 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.

233Nearby applications
1Site-linked candidates
6%Nearby refused
17Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2078

Construct up to 8 no. wind turbines with a tip height of up to 185 metres and all associated foundations and hardstanding areas; 1 no. on-site electrical substation; 1 no. temporary construction compound; all associated underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines to the proposed on-site electrical substation; provision of new site access tracks and upgrading of existing access tracks and associated drainage; erection of 1 no. permanent meteorological mast of up to 110m in heights; works to facilitate the delivery of turbines adjacent to the N80 within the townlands of Dernacart and Forest Upper to include the laying of temporary surfacing; tree felling; and all associated site development works, ancillary works and equipment. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years and an operational life of 30 years from the date of commissioning of the entire wind farm. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

Refused0.0 km30 April 2021
2460274

(A) construct a dwelling house, detached garage/shed, wastewater treatment system, new entrance and all associsted site works, (B) the relocation of an existing field entrance gate.

Granted1.2 km11 December 2024
2560627

Construct log cabin with new septic tank and percolation area and for retention of existing mobile home on site for the duration of the project

Granted1.6 km12 March 2026
23173

To revise the site boundaries previously granted under planning ref no 07/1116 and 21/886

Granted1.6 km03 August 2023
20467

(1)construct dwelling house, detached domestic garage/shed, waste water treatment system and all associated site works; (2) remove existing foundations/substructure

Granted1.6 km09 November 2020
2360127

Construct new agricultural entrance and all associated site works

Granted1.7 km25 May 2023

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 233 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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