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Site planning risk brief

Emoclew Road , Arklow , Co. Wicklow

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

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Local planning pattern

13% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 601 decisions within 5 km, 7 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 88 structured appeals.

Matched source
21710
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

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

7 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

Partial coverage

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

Structured appeal history

Confirmed coverage

88 structured nearby appeal records.

88 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
601Nearby applications
7Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
88Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Design4
Other2
Residential Amenity2
Procedure Invalid1
Zoning Contravention1

Nearest planning decisions

21710

25 dwellings of 2 and 3 storey terrace units with ancillary site development and services

Granted0.0 km02 March 2022
2560199

Construct 38 dwellings consisting of 8-one-bed and 8-two-bed ground floor apartments, 8-two-bed and 8-three-bed duplexes and 6-two-bed bungalows with ancillary site development and connection to existing services

Granted0.0 km04 September 2025
2460760

Extension to the side and rear of the existing house, replacement of door with window to front elevation and widening of existing entrance to 3.6 meters and all ancillary site works

Granted0.1 km29 January 2025
171234

Development will consist of 47 residential units comprising (a) 20 no. 1 bed units, (b) 21 no. 2 bed units, (c) 4 no. 3 bed units and (d) 2 no. 4 bed units

Granted0.1 km05 February 2018
18292

Detached single storey domestic garage with a total floor area of 39.2 sqm to the rear of the existing private dwelling house

Granted0.1 km03 May 2018
20902

Change of use from an existing single storey detached shed to commercial business use, namely dog grooming facility to the rear west side of the existing detached dormer dwelling house, together with the retention of the existing dog grooming advertisement signage erected on the existing south west side-access pedestrian gate

Granted0.1 km02 November 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 601 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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