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Site planning risk brief

McDonald's Restaurant , Carton Retail Park , Dublin Road

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 1,164 decisions within 5 km, 4 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 92 structured appeals.

Matched source
221388
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

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

4 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for Kildare 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

One current citation from the Kildare County Council development plan, with section, page and source URL.

1 matched

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Partial coverage

2 of 4 layers are loaded for Kildare 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

92 structured nearby appeal records.

92 matched

Current policy citations

Confirmed coverage

Citations are current-dated and carry policy name, section, page and source URL from the Kildare County Council development plan.

1 matched
1,164Nearby applications
4Site-linked candidates
10%Nearby refused
92Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

221388

The removal of the existing external corral, freezer, dry store and bin store; and the provision of an extension to the existing restaurant along the eastern boundary by 88.9sqm, the western boundary by 20sqm and the southern boundary by 0.1sqm, increasing the overall floor area of the restaurant by 109sqm, from 302.2sqm to 411.2sqm. The development also proposes amendments to the Drive Thru land to create a 2 no. lane arrangement; the relocation of Drive Thru signage, structures and road markings; minor revisions to the car parking layout; the provision of a new external corral area along the eastern elevation; the provision of 3 no. new glazed Drive Thru booth windows along the southern elevation; elevational upgrades; the provision of PV panels at roof level; and all associated works

Granted0.0 km08 August 2023
21857

(i) Internally illuminated 7m high Main ID sign, (ii) Car wash and all associated underground water storage tanks, drainage, plant room and revisions to site layout, (iii) Two pay-to-use portable waste compactors, (iv) Solar Photovoltaic panels to forecourt canopy roof, (v) Car parking, and (vi) All associated infrastructure and site development works.

Granted0.1 km06 August 2021
19522

(1) change of use of the existing café (c. 167 sq.m GFA) at first floor level to provide for a back of house area comprising staff training rooms and other associated facilities (2) the provision of a new café (c.430 sq.m GFA ) at 1ST. floor level which will require the change of use of an area ( existing staff rooms and retail floorspace ) and the undertaking of associated works (3) minor changes to western elevation and (4) all ancillary site services and site development works.

Granted0.1 km03 July 2019
21538

Demolition of existing single storey lean-to structure. Construction of single storey rear extension with flat roof and 1 No. rooflight. Internal modifications and all ancillary works

Granted0.1 km15 June 2021
19730

Change of use of c. 70sqm of circulation space in the ground floor atrium to accommodate the provision of 4 No. retail kiosks and all ancillary site services and site development works

Granted0.1 km19 August 2019
201264

Construction of single storey side extension with flat roof. Construction of two storey rear extension with pitched roof tied in with existing main roof. Internal modifications and all ancillary works

Granted0.1 km15 December 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 1,164 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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