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Site planning risk brief

Francis Street , Townparks , Dundalk Co Louth

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

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Local planning pattern

10% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 1,796 decisions within 5 km, 30 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 133 structured appeals.

Matched source
211126
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

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

30 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for Louth 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 Louth 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 Louth 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

133 structured nearby appeal records.

133 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

1,796Nearby applications
30Site-linked candidates
10%Nearby refused
133Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

211126

Permission for demolition of an existing single storey office building; construction of a 5 storey mixed use building comprising of 2 no. retail/office units at ground floor level (level 0) and 18 no. apartments over 4 storeys above, 12 no. 1 beds and 6 no. 2 beds (floor levels 1-3 consist of 4 no. 1 bed and 1 no. 2 bed, floor level 4 consists of 3 no. 2 bed apartments), bin storage, cycle parking, pedestrian & vehicular entrances, car parking, site lighting, foul and surface water drainage and all associated site development works **Significant further information received on 28.07.2022 includes design statement, revised plans, sections and elevations, revised site plans, shadow projection drawings/details and associated report. Photomontages/3d images of the revised development, details relating to the legal ownership/title and rights of way, details relating to the roads and traffic/car parking management including electric vehicle charging, bicycle parking details and details relating to services including Irish water confirmation of feasibility and surface water attenuation structures.**

Granted0.0 km19 August 2022
2460702

Permission for a mixed development consisting of demolition of an existing single storey office building; construction of a 6 storey mixed use building, comprising of 2 no. commercial units (retail/office) at ground floor level (Level 0) and 24 no. apartments over 5 storeys above, 18 No. 1 beds and 6 No. 2 beds; (Upper Floors Levels 1-4 consist of 4 No. 1 beds and 1 No. 2 bed apartments, floor level 5 consists of 2 No. 1 bed & 2 No. 2 bed apartments), bin storage, cycle parking, pedestrian & vehicular entrances, car parking, site lighting, foul and surface water drainage, revised site boundary details and all associated site development works *Significant Further Information Received on 29/05/2025*

Granted0.0 km18 June 2025
19630

Retention permission for an existing external seating area and beer garden, together with awnings to the rear. This building is listed as a Protected Structure under the Dundalk and Environs Development Plan 2009-2015, Ref. No. D175.

Refused0.0 km13 September 2019
20136

Retention permission for an existing external seating area/beer garden and full planning permission to extend together with lean to roof to the rear of Toale's Bar. This building is listed as a protected structure under the Dundalk and Environs Development Plan 2009 - 2015 Ref. No. D175

Granted0.0 km24 July 2020
2460024

Planning Permission is sought by Nera Investments Ltd for development on lands at no. 23 and no. 24 Francis Street. The proposed development will consist of: i) A six-storey over basement mixed-use development comprising: a. 20 no. apart-hotel units, including 10 no. 1-bed apart-hotel rooms and 10 no. 2-bed apart-hotel rooms, a reception area (34.1 sqm), and linen closets. b. A ground floor office (112.6 sqm) and a retail unit (85.2 sqm). ii) Provision of internal community space, cycle storage, and bin storage. iii) Provision of foul and surface water drainage. iv) Demolition of the existing office and retail buildings on the site (368.9 sqm). v) All other associated and ancillary works. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

Granted0.0 km05 March 2024
2460751

Permission for proposed development to consist of a six-storey over basement mixed-use development comprising: (a) The provision of bin, bicycle and bulky goods storage along with storage and plant rooms at basement level. (b) The provision of a ground floor office and a retail unit. (c) Provision of 10no. 1bed apartments and 10no. 2bed apartments. (d) Provision for foul and surface water drainage. (e) Demolition of the existing two-storey office and retail buildings on the site. (f) All other associated and ancillary works. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

Refused0.0 km25 August 2025

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