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Site planning risk brief

Townlands of Ardenhue & Friarstown , Co. Carlow

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 212 decisions within 5 km, 2 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 18 structured appeals.

Matched source
22149
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

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

2 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

Register indexed

2 prompts are backed by extracted nearby decision evidence; all prompts remain checks, not predictions.

2 matched

Structured appeal history

Confirmed coverage

18 structured nearby appeal records.

18 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

212Nearby applications
2Site-linked candidates
17%Nearby refused
18Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity2
Traffic Sightlines2
Design1
Ecology1
Other1

Nearest planning decisions

22149

For proposed works to include a solar and storage park on an area of approximately 68.8 hectares, comprising linear arrays of solar photovoltaic panels mounted on steel supported structures with associated cabling and ducting (including cable connection to the proposed onsite 110 kV tail fed substation), 50 inverter substations, a storage park (including 30 no. containers with battery cells, transformers and power conversion units), perimeter fencing, 8 no. palisade double security gates, 3 no. temporary construction compound/material storage areas, 6 no. steel storage containers, 17 no. turning bays, CCTV, a temporary construction stage wheel wash system and all associated ancillary development works. Elgin Energy Services Ltd. are applying for the proposed development to have planning permission that is effective for 10 years (and an operational period of 40 years). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning Authority with the Planning Application.

Granted0.0 km18 April 2023
1946

For proposed works which will include a solar farm on an area of approximately 27.0 hectares, comprising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, 1 No., onsite 38kV substation, an energy storage system (4 No. units), 10 No. single storey inverter/transformer stations, security fencing, a palisade double security gate, 2 No. storage containers, CCTV, a temporary construction stage wheelwash system and all ancillary development works. Elgin Energy Services Ltd are applying for the proposed solar farm to have planning permission that is effective for 10 years (and an operational period of 35 years). The planning application incudes a Natura Impact Statement

Granted0.3 km06 March 2020
2138

Permission for a development to include a solar farm on an area of approximately 17.6 hectares, comprising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, 1 no. onsite 38kV substation, 10 no. single storey inverter/transformer stations, security fencing, a palisade double security gate, 2 no. storage containers, CCTV, a temporary construction stage wheel wash system and all associated ancillary development works. Elgin Energy Services Ltd. are applying for the proposed solar farm to have planning permission that is effective for 10 years (an an operational period of 40 years). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application

Granted0.4 km02 March 2022
23134

To construct a part single storey, part two storey dwelling, detached single storey double garage, new entrance off existing laneway, bored well, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

Rural Housing NeedVisual AmenityTraffic Sightlines
Refused0.7 km02 October 2023
2123

10 Year permission for development consisting of the construction of a Solar PV development comprising photovoltaic panels laid out in arrays over a total development site area will be ca. 65.6 ha, the construction of a 38kV substation (ca 114.4m2 x 4.75 tall) a transformer unit (ca. 18m2 x 4m tall) and associated bund (ca. 55m2), along with ancillary development including; 24 no. Power Hubs (ca. 15.25m2 x 2.4m) which incorporate an inverter and a transformer, 1 no. single storey communications building (11.1m2 x 2.5m), 1 no. single storey client side sub-station building (15.25m2 x 2.9m), 1 no. single storey equipment storage building (7.5m2 x 2.7m), 10 no. CCTV cameras mounted on 4m high poles, perimeter security fencing, site access, site egress and all ancillary works. Permission currently exists for a PV development on part of the site (Planning Permission Ref No. 16325). An Natura Impact Statement will accompany the planning application.

Refused0.8 km25 March 2021
20360

Permission to retain conservatory as constructed to the side of existing dwelling house, all ancillary site works and services.

Granted0.9 km04 December 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 212 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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