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Site planning risk brief

Firecastle Lane , Kildare Town , Co. Kildare

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

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Local planning pattern

17% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 646 decisions within 5 km, 33 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 48 structured appeals.

Matched source
2561357
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

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

33 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

48 structured nearby appeal records.

48 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
646Nearby applications
33Site-linked candidates
17%Nearby refused
48Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2561357

The construction of a detached two storey apartment block consistent of 3 no. one bedroom apartments, bicycle, bin, open space areas, connection to public four sewer and all associated site works

Refused0.0 km02 March 2026
2460281

For the construction of a detached two storey apartment block consisting of 3no. one bedroom apartments, detached bike/bin store, connection to public foul sewer and all associated site works

Refused0.0 km28 May 2024
2360507

For new painted art mural to commemorate St. Brigid, to the external facade of Firecastle facing Firecastle Lane and Market Square, Kildare Town and all associated works. The building is located within Kildare Town Architectural Conservation Area

Granted0.0 km06 February 2024
23129

The construction of a detached three storey apartment development (second floor in attic roof space), consisting of 4 No. one bedroom apartments (1 No. at ground floor, 1 No. at first floor and 2 No. duplex apartments at first and second floor), detached bike/bin store, connection to public foul sewer and all associated site works

Refused0.0 km08 January 2024
17430

Retention permission for No. 1 Single storey commercial extension to the rear, comprising of preparation area, wc, office and store. No. 2 Slated pitched roof to the rear at first floor level, which has replaced a flat roof. No. 3 Hardwood shop front to fasade, with all facilitating and associated site works

Granted0.0 km16 January 2018
2360326

For 1. Demolition of existing out buildings and partial demolition of existing building to accommodate proposed development. 2. The construction of a 2 storey apartment building comprising 8 no. apartments, including 4no. 2 bedroom apartment units and 4 no. 1 bedroom apartments, 3. Connection to existing services, 4. Access via existing entrance from laneway connecting Firecastle Lane and Claregate Street, 5. Associated hard & soft landscaping design 6. Provision of new boundaries and alteration to existing boundaries 7. All ancillary site works

Refused0.0 km15 December 2023

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 646 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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Deterministic risk prompts

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