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Site planning risk brief

Dock Road & Saint Alphonsus Street , Limerick

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

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Local planning pattern

8% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 2,582 decisions within 5 km, 5 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 236 structured appeals.

Matched source
267038
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

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

5 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

236 structured nearby appeal records.

236 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

2,582Nearby applications
5Site-linked candidates
8%Nearby refused
236Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

267038

Extension of Duration for Planning Ref. No. 20/457: the demolition of 3 no. warehousing/industrial/office buildings and associated structures (totalling 4,145 sqm Gross Floor Area and ranging in height between one and three storey), the change of use of an existing single storey office building (Protected Structure No. 260) to café/coffee shop with associated internal alterations (109 sqm Gross Floor Area) site development works and outdoor plaza seating area, and the construction of a Licenced Discount Foodstore of 3 storey equivalent height (2,715.9 sqm Gross Floor Area) with undercroft and surface vehicular parking at ground floor, sales and checkout area with ancillary off-licence at first floor, and internal plant room at mezzanine second floor. The construction of the proposed Licenced Discount Foodstore will also include rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array (907.5 sqm), corporate signage consisting of 3 no. building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 2 no. free standing internally illuminated flagpole signs, 2 no. wall mounted externally illuminated poster panel display boards and 1 no. externally illuminated poster display board, undercroft parking providing 53 no. car parking spaces, surface car park providing a total of 100 no. car parking spaces, (consisting of 8 no. disabled, 5 no. parent and child, 2 no. EV charging spaces and 85 no. regular) and 16 no. bicycle parking spaces, boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, services (including 1 no. below ground attenuation tank) and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level. Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be provided via a new site entrance from Dock Road. Secondary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be via the existing access off Saint Alphonsus Street, upgraded and enhanced as part of the proposed development. Pedestrian access to the proposed development will be further enhanced via a new plaza/public realm area along the north western boundary of the site with Dock Road, linking to the north eastern boundary of the site with Saint Alphonsus Street at the proposed café/coffee shop (Protected Structure No. 260) all on a site of approximately 0.76 hectares. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

Granted0.0 km12 June 2026
20457

The demolition of 3 no. warehousing/industrial/office buildings and associated structures (totalling 4,145 sqm Gross Floor Area and ranging in height between one and three storey), the change of use of an existing single storey office building (Protected Structure No. 260) to café/coffee shop with associated internal alterations (109 sqm Gross Floor Area) site development works and outdoor plaza seating area, and the construction of a Licenced Discount Foodstore of 3 storey equivalent height (2,715.9 sqm Gross Floor Area) with undercroft and surface vehicular parking at ground floor, sales and checkout area with ancillary off-licence at first floor, and internal plant room at mezzanine second floor. The construction of the proposed Licenced Discount Foodstore will also include rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array (907.5 sqm), corporate signage consisting of 3 no. building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 2 no. free standing internally illuminated flagpole signs, 2 no. wall mounted externally illuminated poster panel display boards and 1 no. externally illuminated poster display board, undercroft parking providing 53 no. car parking spaces, surface car park providing a total of 100 no. car parking spaces, (consisting of 8 no. disabled, 5 no. parent and child, 2 no. EV charging spaces and 85 no. regular) and 16 no. bicycle parking spaces, boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, services (including 1 no. below ground attenuation tank) and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level. Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be provided via a new site entrance from Dock Road. Secondary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be via the existing access off Saint Alphonsus Street, upgraded and enhanced as part of the proposed development. Pedestrian access to the proposed development will be further enhanced via a new plaza/public realm area along the north western boundary of the site with Dock Road, linking to the north eastern boundary of the site with Saint Alphonsus Street at the proposed café/coffee shop (Protected Structure No. 260) all on a site of approximately 0.76 hectares. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

Granted0.0 km28 April 2021
2460991

The proposed development that consists of: (a) The sub-division of the existing Lidl store to create a separate unit (37 m²) and the use of this unit as a café; (b) Provision of an independent entrance to the café unit on the western elevation of the existing premises; (c) provision of 1 no. wall-mounted sign on the western elevation of the existing premises (2.25 m²); and (d) All ancillary site development works required to facilitate the proposed development

Granted0.0 km23 January 2025
2360246

Development at a site of approximately 0.026 hectares located internally within the new Lidl Licenced Discount Foodstore at Dock Road and Saint Alphonsus Street, Limerick City. The development consists of: The as constructed new internal retail unit (65 sq m) with new dedicated entrances at ground floor and the change of use from Licenced Discount Foodstore (stairwell/circulation space) to Hair/Beautician Salon; and The as constructed internal reconfiguration (264 sq m) of permitted licensed discount foodstore at first floor, to accommodate public lobby and toilets, staff welfare facilities (incl. operations office, meeting and welfare rooms, shower and toilets), IT room, and increased storage area

Granted0.0 km13 June 2023
2144

Placement of a pay-to-use portable waste compactor for residual waste and food waste and a pay-to-use portable waste compactor for dry recyclables

Granted0.1 km10 March 2021
191009

Construction of a two storey side extension and all associated site works

Granted0.1 km08 January 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,582 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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