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Site planning risk brief

18 Forest Hills/ Buckhouse Lane , Drogheda , County Louth

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

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Local planning pattern

11% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 1,371 decisions within 5 km, 9 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 121 structured appeals.

Matched source
2560022
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

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

9 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

121 structured nearby appeal records.

121 matched

Current policy citations

Not yet covered

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

1,371Nearby applications
9Site-linked candidates
11%Nearby refused
121Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

2560022

The development will consist of the following: 1. The change of use a childcare facility to a dwelling house, 2. Single storey extensions to the south and west of the existing building 3. Alterations to all the facades of the building, which includes new external blockwork with a plaster render finish and all associated site development works *Significant Further Information Received on 09/12/2025*

Granted0.0 km09 January 2026
21839

Permission for development that will consist of the construction of new tiled pitched roofs to 2no existing front porches and associated site works

Granted0.1 km20 August 2021
1971

Permission for proposed replacement of 2 no. roof lights with 2 no. dormer design windows on front elevation (west) of existing semi detached dormer dwelling house.

Granted0.1 km28 March 2019
20138

Permission for proposed dormer window to front elevation (west) of existing semi-detached dormer dwelling house

Granted0.1 km04 June 2020
19474

Permission for alterations to existing dwelling to include (i) Modification and conversion of existing garage (21.0sq/m), to provide 1 no. bedroom, en-suite and utility room (25.0sq/m), (ii) Replacement of flat roof with pitched roof with 1 no. velux rooflight, (iii) Associated elevational, fenestration changes along with associated site works.

Granted0.1 km01 August 2019
18658

Further Extension of Duration of Parent Ref 08/03 (EOD Ref 13/510028) which consists of (a) Demolition of conservatory attached to the rear of No.14 Forest Hills; (b) Demolition of a 2-storey dwelling/retail unit (Glen Stores) located on Flaxmill Lane and (c) Erection of a 3-storey development comprising 3 no. Retail Units at gnd flr level & 10 no. residential units on upper gnd flr & 1st flr levels on a site c. 0.2 hectares. Retail Unit No.1 comprises: 87.9sq.m.gross flr space, Retail Unit No.2 106.9sq.m.gross flr space & Retail Unit No.3 -103sq.m.gross flr space. The residential element comprises:-6 No.2-bed Apts & 4 No.3-Bed Apts. Development will also include a total of 24 no. car-parking spaces & 18 no. cycle parking spaces located at the lower gnd flr level, vehicular access off Flaxmill Lane, roof terrace, balconies, landscaping & all associated site infrastructural & utility works. Granted by ABP ref PL54.230259.

Refused0.1 km28 September 2018

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