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Site planning risk brief

BIRR CASTLE DEMESNE , BIRR , CO. OFFALY

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

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Local planning pattern

6% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 287 decisions within 5 km, 1 exact-site or onsite candidate record, and 9 structured appeals.

Matched source
2244
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

1 register record is within the point-match tolerance; a parcel boundary is needed to treat this as exact.

1 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for Offaly 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

Not yet covered

No verified rural-housing citation is loaded for Offaly County Council, so this brief makes no current policy claim and relies on decision history.

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Partial coverage

2 of 4 layers are loaded for Offaly 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

9 structured nearby appeal records.

9 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

No current-dated citation is loaded for Offaly County Council. Historic references extracted from decisions are never presented as current policy.

287Nearby applications
1Site-linked candidates
6%Nearby refused
9Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2244

4 STAND-ALONE ECO CABINS, 4 NEW CAR PARKING SPACES BY THE EXISTING CAR PARKING AREA OF THE I-LOFAR VISITOR CENTER ADJACENT TO THIS SITE, AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS WITH ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE

Granted0.0 km23 December 2022
22356

CHANGE OF USE OF THE FORMER THREE-STOREY OVER BASEMENT MILL BUILDING, FROM RESOURCE AND LEISURE USE TO 12 NO. SELF-CONTAINED APARTMENTS COMPRISED OF 5 NO. ONE BED APARTMENTS AND 7 NO. STUDIO UNITS, WITH ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND LAYOUT, ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF WORKS TO A PROTECTED STRUCTURE REF NO. 53-206

Granted0.3 km26 January 2023
22337

(1) A SINGLE STOREY, FLAT ROOF EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, (2) A SINGLE STOREY, MASONRY CONSTRUCTED, DETACHED OUTBUILDING WITH A LEAN-TO ROOF TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING

Granted0.3 km26 August 2022
1881

CHANGE OF USE OF PARTS OF AN EXISTING STORAGE BARN, TO A PRIVATE DWELLING AND THE FOLLOWING 3 COMMERCIAL ELEMENTS - AN ENSUITE BEDROOM, NEW TOILET BLOCK AND ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR DINING. ALTERATIONS TO THE NORTH WEST ELEVATION TO INCLUDE A NEW FIRE ESCAPE WITH WINDOW ABOVE AND THE OMISSION OF AN EXISTING WINDOW. THE CHANGE OF USE OF A FIRST-FLOOR PRIVATE LIVING SPACE TO COMMERCIAL USAGE PROVIDING 3 ADDITIONAL ENSUITE BEDROOMS, WITH AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING RESTAURANT ON THE GROUND FLOOR. ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING WINDOW AND DOOR OPENINGS TO THE BARN ON THE WEST ELEVATION (TOWARDS THE COURTYARD) WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF ITS EXISTING ROOF TO INCLUDE ROOFLIGHTS AND ASSOCIATED INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS AND SITEWORKS. THESE WORKS ARE PROPOSED TO AND WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE LISTED UNDER THE RECORD OF PROTECTED STRUCTURES IN THE BIRR TOWN AND ENVIRONS DEVELOPMENT PLAN (RPS REF. 53-205)

Granted0.4 km31 October 2018
2560496

The development will consist of a change of use from a commercial unit to a 6-bedroom guest house, refurbishment works to a Protected Structure (NIAH Registration No:14819128), and all associated site works.

Refused0.4 km10 April 2026
20244

THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY, ONE ROOM EXTENSION TO THE KEEP GATE TO FACILITATE ITS USE AS SHORT-TERM, SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION, MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE KEEP GATE AND SITE WORKS TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

Granted0.4 km05 November 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 287 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.

Exact site history and boundary checks

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Policy and mapped constraints

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Appeals and comparable decisions

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Deterministic risk prompts

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