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Site planning risk brief

Mell , Drogheda , Co. Louth

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 1,347 decisions within 5 km, 1 exact-site or onsite candidate record, and 127 structured appeals.

Matched source
2460514
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius

What this site brief can substantiate today

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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

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

127 structured nearby appeal records.

127 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

1,347Nearby applications
1Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
127Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

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Nearest planning decisions

2460514

Permission for development comprising a single warehouse unit, 2 no. site entrances, internal access through road and ancillary works including surface water drainage at Mell, over a proposal application site area of 3.38 ha. The proposed development will include 1 no. warehouse unit of 3,347 m2 in area. The unit has been placed to the east of the site and the yard area at the west, parallel to the main entrance road. The proposed warehouse unit will include ancillary office area of 476 m2 located at the south-eastern corner of the proposed warehouse unit. The yard area is approximately 2,616 m2 and comprises 3no. loading docks and 1no. ground level door, services area and provision for trailer parking. Staff and Visitors' car parking comprises 33 spaces (31 standard sizes and 2 accessible spaces), also provision of a bicycle parking area for 19 bicycles. A proposed internal access road of 516m will be developed, connecting the R166 regional road with the R168. This will include the development of 2 no. accesses, one access onto each of the regional roads. The access road will also include a segregated footpath and cycleway along its length. The development will include all ancillary servicing, surface water management infrastructure, soft landscaping and lighting. Surface water management infrastructure will include permeable paving, rainwater harvesting, underground attenuation tank and detention pond in addition to surface water drainage and a proposed connection point to an existing storm sewer on the R168. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared for this application *Significant Further Information Received on 02/05/2025*

Granted0.0 km23 May 2025
20188

Permission for a new roundabout and related ancillary works on the R166 regional road (within an application area of 1.2 hectares) to access lands at Mell

Refused0.2 km25 June 2020
1978

Retention and permission for the following development: Retention permission is sought for the following: use of site for vehicle display/sales/servicing and repairs, change of use of existing permitted building from shed manufacturing to washing/valeting, alteration to existing workshop building and change of use from workshop to car service and repair and alterations to elevations of that building, hard standing areas, external hoist, and signage. Full planning permission is sought for the following: alterations to residential curtilage and new vehicular access/egress to neighbouring dwelling (in ownership of applicant), new vehicular traffic access/egress from public road (R168), new portacabin office building (to replace temporary office structure), vehicle display area, alterations to elevations of car valeting building, fencing/walls, gates and boundary treatments, signage, public footpath to front of site, and all associated site development works including alterations to site levels. *Significant Further Information received on 06/09/2019, alterations to site boundary/increase in site size and change of use of the existing dwelling house to commercial and storage use associated with the car sales business currently operating onsite.*

Granted0.2 km30 September 2019
17869

Permission for RETENTION and full planning permission for development. Retention is sought for the following: use of site for vehicle display/ sales /servicing and repairs. Change of use of existing permitted building from shed manufacturing to washing / valeting. Alteration to existing workshop building and change of use from workshop to car service and repair and alterations to elevations of that building, hard standing areas, external hoist and signage. Full planning permission is sought for the following: alterations to residential curtilage of neighbouring dwelling (in ownership of applicant), vehicular traffic access/egress, new portacabin office building (to replace temporary portacabin office structure), alterations to elevations of car valeting building, fencing/walls, gates and boundary treatments, signage, public footpath to front of site and all associated site development works including alterations to site levels.

Refused0.2 km18 January 2018
2660192

Permission for the construction of a new entrance and access road with associated services and erection of totem sign. The proposed access road is approximately 84m in length, with an overall width of 19.5m comprising carriageway, verge, cyclepath and footpath. The proposal includes all ancillary site development works including, boundary fence and gates, surface water drainage, lighting, road signage and landscaping

Granted0.3 km29 May 2026
2360315

The development will consist of the following: 1. Retention of existing use as monumental stone works. 2. Retention of existing temporary prefabricated office for the duration of the construction works. 3. Proposed refurbishment of existing dwelling and construction of new rear extension and new 2.4m high boundary wall to rear & side garden. 4. Proposed construction of new Light Industrial building, part Retail (170sqm). 5. Proposed removal and replacement of 2no Vehicular Entrances to site along with proposed car parking. 6. Proposed construction of new front boundary wall and fencing with new footpath dished at entrances and all hard & soft landscaping, ancillary site and drainage works. *Significant Further Information received on 06/06/2024 which includes 1. Revisions to fenestration of proposed elevations and floor plans of dwelling. 2. Revisions to existing and proposed vehicular entrances including boundary fences/walls, and footpaths. 3. Revised application red line boundary. 4. Revised location of hydrobrake manhole to be included within the site. 5. All associated site development and infrastructure works. *

Granted0.3 km27 June 2024

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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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