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Site planning risk brief

Library Square, Main Street, Rathcoole, Dublin

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

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Local planning pattern

22% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 1,011 decisions within 5 km, 41 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 479 structured appeals.

Matched source
SD16A/0061/EP
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

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

41 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for South Dublin 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 South Dublin County Council, so this brief makes no current policy claim and relies on decision history.

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Partial coverage

3 of 4 layers are loaded for South Dublin County Council and were intersected with the site; flood is not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for it.

3 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

479 structured nearby appeal records.

479 matched

Current policy citations

Confirmed coverage

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

1 matched
1,011Nearby applications
41Site-linked candidates
22%Nearby refused
479Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

SD16A/0061/EP

Building 'A' fronting Main Street (as per previously granted planning permission, Reg. Ref. S00A/0732) - change of use of first floor 124sq.m of office to 2 x 1 bed apartments of 51sq.m & 55sq.m plus circulation with minimal alterations to the rear elevation only. Also Building 'B' to rear (as previously granted planning permission, Reg. Ref. SD02A/0474) - change of use of part ground floor from office 47.8sq.m to 1 x 1 bed apartment with the addition of one window to the east elevation. The subject site adjoins Protected Structures RPS Ref. 2-203 & 2-204. Car parking (as per Reg. Ref. SD02A/0474) within the development to the rear to remain with 1 space and 1 visitors space to be allotted to each proposed apartment. All site boundaries, landscaping, ramps, steps and access including right of way to be retained. Revisions now made at this Additional Information stage are - Building 'A' is identified and highlighted as as protected structure RPS Ref. 318 - Adjoining protected structures references revised from RPS Ref. 2-203 & 2-204 to RPS Ref. 319 & 326.

Refused0.0 km08 July 2021
SD21A/0166

Change of use of 3 office units in the building to the rear of site (Block B) into 3 one-bed apartments; minor elevational changes to install additional windows to side elevations; the site is shared with a second building (Block A) which fronts onto the main street, Block A is a Protected Structure (no works proposed to Block A).

Refused0.0 km19 August 2021
SD24A/0070W

The proposed development will consist of a Change of use of 4 No. office units in the building to the rear of the site (Block B) into 4 No. one-bed apartments as well as minor elevational changes to install additional windows to side elevations to facilitate this new use. This change will convert the building fully to residential. Works will include construction of a secure bicycle enclosure on the site, as well as all associated and ancillary site and landscaping works. The Site is located at the rear of a second building and site, also in their ownership (Block A) which fronts onto the main street. Block A is a protected structure. Note there are no works proposed to Block A as part of this application.

Granted0.0 km20 August 2024
SD23A/0200

Change of use of ground floor of property from retail (butchers) to commercial (combining hot food, restaurant and take away). Part demolition of existing rear external wall (ground floor). Proposed new signage. All associated site, internal alterations, drainage and landscaping works.

Granted0.0 km09 October 2023
SD20A/0194

Change of use of existing acupuncture clinic to a single dwelling house.

Granted0.0 km24 September 2020
SD19A/0361

Retention of change of use from retail use to use as a créche/childcare facility.

Granted0.1 km21 January 2020

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 1,011 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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