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Site planning risk brief

Unit 20 Ashbourne Retail Park , Cookstown Ashbourne , Co. Meath

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

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Local planning pattern

20% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 929 decisions within 5 km, 13 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 86 structured appeals.

Matched source
AA180452
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

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

13 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

86 structured nearby appeal records.

86 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

929Nearby applications
13Site-linked candidates
20%Nearby refused
86Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Rural Housing Need8
Visual Amenity6
Residential Amenity5
Traffic Sightlines5
Wastewater Percolation5

Nearest planning decisions

AA180452

For a change of use to Gym

Granted0.0 km26 June 2018
21227

Development at a site of c. 0.22 ha at Unit 21, known as “Fun Galaxy” Ashbourne Retail Park, Ashbourne, Co. Meath, which comprises of an indoor recreational facility, including children’s play area, bowling and crazy golf. The site is bound by agricultural fields to the west and south, car parking to the north associated with the Ashbourne Retail Park and by Unit 20 to the east. Retention permission is sought for: • Existing mezzanine floor with a gross floor area of c. 504 sqm. Permission is sought for: • Extension of the mezzanine floor area to provide additional indoor recreational facilities of c. 310.6 sq.m. including “Quasar” Game Area and an “Escape Room”; • Reconfiguration of internal layout of mezzanine floor to provide for reception area and ancillary services; • Provision of an additional covered escape stairs on the southern elevation of the building • The proposed development also includes all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. The proposed development will increase the floor area of the unit by c. 814.6 sqm, increasing the total area from c. 2,200 sqm to c. 3,014.6 sqm.

Granted0.0 km01 April 2021
22251

Change of use from vacant retail warehouse to motor showroom, on a site area of 696.6 s q m. The proposed development includes for internal alterations to existing floor layout to provide for car showroom, customer reception, offices, pre-delivery inspection / valeting, toilets and staff canteen. No increase in gross floor area arises and there are no changes to the elevations as part of the proposed development for the subject unit. The development includes all ancillary works to facilitate the development

Refused0.0 km19 April 2022
2360504

Pargo Properties One Ltd. intend to apply for planning permission for a change of use from vacant café/restaurant to retail warehouse at Unit 17 and from storage area to retail warehouse in the Ashbourne Retail Park, Ashbourne, Co. Meath. It is also proposed to amalgamate Unit 17 and the storage area with Unit 18 to form one larger retail warehouse unit. The proposed development includes for a new fire exit door to the rear of the unit and internal alterations to the existing floor layout to provide for the proposed amalgamated retail warehouse unit. The proposed development will result in a total gross floor area of c. 850.5 sq.m. There are no changes to the front elevation as part of the proposed development for the subject unit. The development includes all ancillary works to facilitate the development.

Granted0.0 km21 February 2024
AA190646

Change of use of a 1328 sq.m. existing vacant retail warehousing unit to a frozen food convenience retail unit. The development includes internal alterations to provide a staffroom, staff toilets and cloak-room, manager's office, chillroom/coldroom, and plantroom. The development also includes all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development

Refused0.1 km12 July 2019
AA181480

To combine and change the use of Units 2 & 3 to a bowling alley and ancillary facilities

Granted0.1 km12 February 2019

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 929 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.

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