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Site planning risk brief

Unit 42 Athlone Town Centre , Athlone , Co. Westmeath

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 834 decisions within 5 km, 16 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 53 structured appeals.

Matched source
2560586
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

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

16 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

53 structured nearby appeal records.

53 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

834Nearby applications
16Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
53Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2560586

The change of use of unit 42, existing retail butcher to food & beverages and licensed restaurant with a total gross floor area of 108m2. Permission is also sought for associated changes to the external shop front elevation, signage and all associated site development works

Granted0.0 km03 March 2026
2360083

Retention permission for the change of use of a Portion (i.e ground floor and entire basement) of a former bank building to a medical clinic and offices; material alterations including elevational changes to the building; retention for new external signage; refurbishment and upgrade of ancillary facilities at basement level; provision of secure medical waste storage area; and all ancillary site works

Granted0.0 km30 May 2023
2560094

Development which will consist of Planning Permission for (i) New roof mounted automatic opening vent over stairwell. (ii) New internal fire protected escape lobby with minor alterations to fire escape door at basement level. Retention Planning Permission for (iii) Change of use of the existing financial service building (formerly Ulster Bank) to a retail pharmacy at ground floor level (234 sq. m) and doctor’s clinic at first floor level (234 sq. m). (iv) Revised retail signage to the ground floor front elevation consisting of high-level surface mounted signage. (v) New pharmacy shopfront to the ground floor front elevation consisting of a glazed facade including entrance door and removal of ATM and wall section

Granted0.0 km25 November 2025
21354

Change use of partial ground floor residential unit to commercial use. The new 34sqm commercial unit will consist of two offices, reception area with toilets and associated storage. The application will also include minor changes to the front elevation at ground floor level

Granted0.1 km22 December 2021
2460082

Proposed development which will consist of the amalgamation of existing retail unit no. 16 (over 2 levels), unit no. 17 (ground floor level) and unit no. 48 (first floor level) within the shopping centre to accommodate a single, retail store. No additional retail floor area is proposed as part of this application. All associated signage, ancillary works and services provision

Granted0.1 km14 May 2024
22556

Development consisting of shopfront alteration, shopfront sign replacement, front elevation refurbishment and all associated site works. Development relates to Protected Structure RPS No.213 and NIAH No. 15009327

Granted0.1 km09 May 2023

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 834 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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Deterministic risk prompts

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