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Site planning risk brief

Hilltown , Castlepollard , Co.Westmeath

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

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Local planning pattern

13% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 122 decisions within 5 km, 4 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 4 structured appeals.

Matched source
2545
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

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

4 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for Westmeath 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 Westmeath 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 Westmeath 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

4 structured nearby appeal records.

4 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

122Nearby applications
4Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
4Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2545

Development which will consist of a single storey, 2 bedroom dwelling, septic tank with percolation area and all associated works

Refused0.0 km24 February 2026
2523

Development which will consist of a barn style, single storey, 2 bedroom dwelling, septic tank with percolation area and all associated works

Refused0.0 km29 October 2025
196339

Restoration and extension of existing house and outbuildings, provision of ancillary residential accommodation, percolation area and associated site works

Granted1.2 km21 August 2020
186305

To construct a storey and a half dwelling and upgrade agricultural gate to facilitate a domestic entrance onto the public road. Permission is also sought for the installation of a packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works

Granted1.5 km03 December 2018
2660258

To construct a new bungalow type dwelling, new site entrance, and domestic garage. Permission is also sought to install a new secondary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with permission to erect new site boundaries and for all associated ancillary site works

Granted1.5 km14 July 2026
196126

Construction of a single and storey and a half type extension to rear of existing single storey dwelling to include internal modifications to existing dwelling, decommission existing septic tank and construct new sewerage treatment unit and percolation area and complete all ancillary site works

Granted1.5 km21 August 2019

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 122 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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