Free preview / €29 incl. VAT site brief

Site planning risk brief

Fix the brief to an Eircode, a dropped pin or a drawn site boundary. PlanIntel then checks the planning register, available spatial layers, appeals and current indexed policy evidence.
See sample PDF

Define the land to check

Ashbourne Retail Park , Cookstown , Ashbourne Co. MeathOpens secure checkout for the €29 incl. VAT site risk brief. Promotion codes can be entered at checkout.
€29 incl. VAT once-off PDF, no account required
Refund requests are reviewed under the published refund policy
Derived from public planning records and linked source documents
PlanIntelSite risk brief preview

Site planning risk brief

Ashbourne Retail Park , Cookstown , Ashbourne Co. Meath

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

Preview

Local planning pattern

20% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 927 decisions within 5 km, 10 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 86 structured appeals.

Matched source
AA181480
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

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

10 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.

927Nearby applications
10Site-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

AA181480

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

Granted0.0 km12 February 2019
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

Refused0.0 km12 July 2019
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.

Granted0.1 km01 April 2021
2560734

Amendments to the development permitted under Reg Ref: 2460086. The development will consist of the removal of the mezzanine floor in its entirety, together with associated ground floor alterations including the removal of the internal staircases and the re-configuration of the internal layout to provide a single-level, open-plan retail warehouse unit. No changes to the external elevations or the permitted retail warehouse use of the unit are proposed

Granted0.1 km04 September 2025
2460086

A change of use from vacant Argos catalogue store and storage area to retail warehouse use at Unit 7 in the Ashbourne Retail Park, Ashbourne, Co. Meath. It is also proposed to remove part of the mezzanine floor to provide a new stairs connecting the ground floor with the mezzanine floor. The proposed development will result in a total gross floor area of 1,538.5 sq.m., a reduction of 67.5 sq.m. 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

Granted0.1 km27 March 2024
221155

Permission for placement of a pay-to-use portable waste compactor for the acceptance of residual and food waste and a pay-to-use portable compactor for mixed dry recyclables. This activity requires the developers to possess a waste certificate of registration

Granted0.1 km10 February 2023

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 927 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.

Exact site history and boundary checks

Site brief

Policy and mapped constraints

Site brief

Appeals and comparable decisions

Site brief

Deterministic risk prompts

Site brief
Ready to get the site risk brief?€29 incl. VAT once-off PDF, no account required