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Site planning risk brief

The Paddocks , Knockaulin , Leixlip

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 2,090 decisions within 5 km, 17 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 367 structured appeals.

Matched source
2461378
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

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

17 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for Kildare 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

Confirmed coverage

One current citation from the Kildare County Council development plan, with section, page and source URL.

1 matched

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Partial coverage

2 of 4 layers are loaded for Kildare 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

367 structured nearby appeal records.

367 matched

Current policy citations

Confirmed coverage

Citations are current-dated and carry policy name, section, page and source URL from the Kildare County Council development plan.

1 matched
2,090Nearby applications
17Site-linked candidates
11%Nearby refused
367Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Visual Amenity4
Density2
Design2
Flood Risk2
Other2

Nearest planning decisions

2461378

For amendments to previously approved Planning Permissions, Reg. Refs. 21655, & 221483. The development consists of 1no. additional storey to Apartment Block B, increasing its height from 4-storey to 5-storey. This will provide 5no. additional apartments, consisting of 2no. additional 1-bed units and 3no. additional 2-bed units. Also to include alterations to existing floor levels & heights, the relocation of previously approved Bike Store to location adjoining the existing Apartment Block Bin Store, 4no additional bike parking spaces and related alterations to paths & landscaping

Refused0.0 km18 February 2025
201300

A residential development of 63 dwellings as follows: 12 no. 3-storey, 4-bedroom semi-detached houses; 4 no. 3-storey, 3-bedroom semi-detached houses; 6 no. 3-storey, 3-bedroom terraced houses; 2 no. 2 storey, 3-bedroom end of terrace houses; Renovation and conversion of existing stone barns to 3 no. 1-bedroom, 2 storey units; a 5-storey apartment block containing 36 apartments comprising 26 no. 2-bedroom apartments and 10 no. 1-bedroom apartments with bicycle and refuse stores; site and infrastructural works including foul and surface water drainage, water services, landscaping, planting, boundary walls, roads, carparking, bicycle stands and pathways; new road access to Station Road including associated road markings

Refused0.0 km16 December 2020
21655

A residential development of 57 dwellings, as follows;- 12 no. 3-storey, 4-bedroom semidetached houses; 9 no. 3-storey 3-bedroom terraced houses; 6 no. 3-storey, 3-bedroom end of terrace houses; 3 no. 1-bedroom 2-Storey units in converted stone barn, 15 no. 2-Bed apartments and 12 no. 1-Bed Apartments in 2 no. 3-storey apartment blocks; with bicycle and refuse stores; site and infrastructural works including foul and surface water drainage, water services, landscaping, planting, boundary walls, roads, carparking, bicycle stands and pathways; new pedestrian access from Station Road and new road access from Knockaulin Estate. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of revised design of houses, apartments and ancillary buildings, revised layout including removal of one house and revised car parking and public open space and relocation of pedestrian entrance on Station Road.

Granted0.0 km08 December 2021
2660197

For a) demolition of single storey extension, store and yard wall; b) external wall insulation to dwelling; c) associated rainwater goods and siteworks

Refused0.0 km21 April 2026
2660129

For a) the driveway positioning/layout as constructed; b)south eastern boundary wall; c) amendments to landscaping and associated siteworks

Granted0.1 km08 April 2026
22494

Sought for 2 no. 3 bedroomed, detached dwellings, storey and a half in height on the existing vacant site currently in use as a play area for the adjoining creche facilities. Works to include reduction in the level of the site by c.500mm, 2 new vehicular entrance gates for off street parking for 2 cars for each house, removal of the existing ramp to the front and palisade fence around the site & the erection of new block boundary walls & pillars, connections to all services and all associated site development works

Granted0.1 km19 July 2022

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,090 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.

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