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Site planning risk brief

ST. Mary's Place , Irishtown , Athlone

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 828 decisions within 5 km, 10 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 52 structured appeals.

Matched source
23152
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius

What this site brief can substantiate today

Each section reports its own coverage. “Not yet covered” means no conclusion is drawn while source datasets or policy extraction are still being loaded.

Applications tied to the site

Partial coverage

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

10 matched

Zoning and settlement

Not yet covered

Current indexed zoning and settlement layers are intersected with the selected site where coverage exists.

Rural-housing policy

Not yet covered

Current section-and-page citations have not yet been loaded for this authority.

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Not yet covered

Each layer reports its own coverage; missing coverage never appears as a clean result.

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

52 structured nearby appeal records.

52 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

Historic extracted references are not presented as current policy; verified citations are still being loaded.

828Nearby applications
10Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
52Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

23152

EXTENSION OF DURATION for the following development (a) retention and completion of 3 no. partially constructed retail units and (b) provision of 9 no. maisonette dwellings together with associated bin storage and bike stand

Granted0.0 km08 February 2024
187117

Permission is sought on behalf of ERS Developments Ltd for the following development (a) retention and completion of 3 no. partially constructed retail units and (b) provision of 9 no. maisonette dwellings together with associated bin storage and bike stand all on their lands at St. Mary's Place, Irishtown, Athlone

Granted0.0 km12 December 2018
22578

Planning Permission to construct 2 townhouses together with associated site development works, site landscaping, new boundary treatments and drainage/services connections at the Link Road from St. Mary's Place to the R446, Athlone, Co. Westmeath.

Refused0.1 km31 July 2023
2560464

To alter existing house on St. Mary’s Square including the removal of its existing link garage and the part of the kitchen behind same and associated changes to elevations, to form an archway and pedestrian laneway to serve a comprehensively revised proposed development of 2 no duplex two bedroom units with 2 no studio apartments below same plus 3 no studio apartments in separate block, all in the area to the south of the existing adjoining buildings on St. Mary’s Square. The proposed development combines 1-storey, 2-storey and 3-storey parts organised around a large landscaped courtyard linked directly to St. Mary’s Square via the proposed archway and laneway and via access for emergency vehicles and waste trucks etc to the link road at east end of site. The development includes boundary modifications, demolition of small rear shed, drainage and underground services connections to St. Mary’s Square services, associated new small sheds/bike stores, plus associated landscaping and siteworks

Refused0.1 km14 November 2025
2560099

Alteration to existing house on St. Mary’s Square including the removal of its existing link garage and the part of the kitchen behind same and associated changes to elevations, to form an archway and pedestrian laneway to serve a proposed development of 7 no residential units in the area to the south of the existing adjoining buildings on St. Mary’s Square. The proposed development combines 1-storey, 2-storey and 3-storey parts organised around a landscaped pedestrian courtyard linked directly to St. Mary’s Square via the proposed archway and laneway. The development includes boundary modifications, demolition of small rear shed, drainage and underground services connections to St. Mary’s Square services, associated new small storage sheds, associated landscaping and siteworks, and is in the Athlone Architectural Conservation Area

Refused0.1 km30 April 2025
2360198

1: Retention planning permission for the following: 1A: Retention of Change of use from Commercial Unit to Apartments No. 01 & 02 at First Floor Level, 1B: Retention of Change of use from Commercial Unit to Apartment No. 03 at rear of Ground Floor Level, 1D: Retention of Windows at First Floor Level to Front Elevation, Side Elevation & Rear Elevation, 2: Planning permission for the following: 2A: Proposed change of use from existing commercial premises to proposed apartment No. 04 to front of ground floor level, including: 2B: Proposed front elevation alterations to reduce existing shopfront glazing to residential fenestration & entrance door, 2C: Proposed amenity spaces to all proposed apartments, 2D: Proposed refuse storage to all proposed apartments, 2E: Proposed bicycle storage areas to all proposed apartments, and all associated works

Granted0.1 km10 October 2023

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 828 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. €29 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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Policy and mapped constraints

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Appeals and comparable decisions

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Deterministic risk prompts

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