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Site planning risk brief

2A Albert Avenue , Bray , Co. Wicklow

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

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Local planning pattern

18% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 1,852 decisions within 5 km, 36 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 420 structured appeals.

Matched source
25324
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

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

36 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

420 structured nearby appeal records.

420 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
1,852Nearby applications
36Site-linked candidates
18%Nearby refused
420Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity15
Design14
Traffic Sightlines14
Zoning Contravention9
Other8

Nearest planning decisions

25324

Section 254 licence - scaffolding

Granted0.0 km08 January 2026
181229

First floor addition to existing shop for change of use to provide a two storey living unit with connection to all services and all associated site works

Granted0.0 km13 March 2019
2034

Change of use for the conversion of the existing ground floor retail unit to residential unit and permission for the addition of a first floor level extension and new roof to the building, provide for 1 bedroom apartment unit on each level (2 in total), with private open space the rear of each. Works to include the demolition of existing rear sheds and construction of a new ground floor rear extension of 5.5 sqm, with a new façade to Albert Avenue, revised roof profile and associated site and landscape works

Granted0.0 km19 June 2020
21304

3 No. Apartments total, comprising of (1) Change of Use Planning Permission for the conversion of the existing ground floor retail unit spaces to residential use to comprise of 1 x 2 Bed Apartment and building entrance lobby. Works to include demolition of existing rear sheds and construction of a new rear ground floor extension of 6sqm (2) Planning Permission for the addition of a first and second floor extension to provide for 2 x 2 Bedroom apartments, one on each level, with private open spaces. All with associated site and landscape works

Granted0.0 km30 November 2021
181080

Change of use from newsagent / grocer to coffee shop with new shop front and connection to all services and associated site works

Granted0.0 km08 March 2019
18563

Change of use from newsagent/grocer to gourmet coffee shop with connection to all services and associated site works

Refused0.0 km10 July 2018

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 1,852 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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