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Site planning risk brief

'Porfin', Irishtown, Old Lucan Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20.

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 4,473 decisions within 5 km, 12 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 1154 structured appeals.

Matched source
SD14B/0053/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

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

12 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

1154 structured nearby appeal records.

1,154 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
4,473Nearby applications
12Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
1,154Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Visual Amenity55
Residential Amenity48
Design27
Traffic Sightlines23
Zoning Contravention22

Nearest planning decisions

SD14B/0053/EP

Construction of a 37sq.m. ground floor kitchen to the rear of existing house with a lean-to roof to exceed height of existing roofline; 75sq.m. bedroom extension at the front and side at first floor level over the existing flat roofed house; new tiled pitched roof over first floor extension and a new lean to roof onto existing garage.

Granted0.0 km22 May 2019
SD21B/0602

Single storey ground floor extension to existing dwelling house at front rear and side comprising new roofs; new roof lights; decorative stone treatment; new window and front door locations; new wastewater treatment system and percolation area; part removal of existing front boundary stonewall to allow for better visibility and site access to shared driveway; part conversion of existing attic for non-habitable use.

Granted0.0 km04 April 2022
SD18A/0322

Alterations to the existing vehicular entrance to the Yellow Car Park at Liffey Valley including a roundabout, the realignment of the existing roadway and cycleway/footpath and all ancillary site development works.

Granted0.2 km06 November 2018
SD23A/0228

Application for a 10 year permission for development within the grounds of the King's Hospital School, Old Lucan Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20, D20 V256. The proposed development will alter a Protected Structure (RPS Ref: 066 Avondale) and is located within the curtilage of another Protected Structure (RPS Ref: 017 Brooklawn). The proposed development will also result in the removal of some protected trees and the planting of new soft landscaping (Tree Preservation Order (Quarryvale, Brooklawn) (Liffey Valley No.1) Order 1990). The development will consist of amendments to existing sports pitches to create: a) 1 no. synthetic all weather rugby pitch (120m x 70m) with team dugouts, 1.2m high boundary fencing, and floodlighting (18 no. 1200 watt LED luminaires mounted on 6 no. 15 metre high columns); 1 no. synthetic all weather rugby training area (70m x 38m) (Training Area 1) with floodlighting (8 no. 800 watt luminaires mounted on 4 no. 12 metre high columns); 1 no. synthetic all weather rugby training area (60m x 20m (Training Area 2)) with floodlighting (12 no. 300 watt luminaires mounted on 6 no. 8 metre high columns); and 1 no. synthetic all weather hockey pitch (91.5m x 55m) with fencing and ballstop netting enclosures (7.5m high), team dugouts, and floodlighting (16 no. 1200 watt luminaires mounted on 4 no. 18 metre high columns). The development will also consist of b) the construction of a new 2 storey clubhouse (1,247 sq m gross internal area) on a raised podium with changing rooms, toilets, office and plant rooms, multi-use space (gym & function area) and first floor external spectator terrace (310 sq m); c) removal of some existing protected trees and the planting of new soft landscaping; d) new one-way vehicle and cycle route with drop off areas and lighting; e) new illuminated 109 no. space car park with five no. additional bus parking spaces; f) widening of vehicular egress point on Old Lucan Road by relocating existing gate piers and part-demolition of boundary wall on Old Lucan Road to create new cycle and pedestrian path (these works would alter Protected Structure Ref: 066 Avondale); g) new one-storey ESB substation switchroom; and h) earthworks, drainage infrastructure and attenuation, hard and soft landscaping, and all other associated site development works.

Refused0.2 km09 November 2023
SD24A/0049

The proposed development will take place within the Green, Red and Purple car parks with an overall site area of c. 0.19 ha and will include, 1 no. additional exit lane and barrier at the existing exit point at the northwestern boundary of the Green car park and 1 no. additional exit lane and barrier at the existing exit point at the northern boundary of the Red car park. This will result in 3 no. exit lanes and barriers in total at each point in both the Green and Red car park. Proposed new landscaping works at the northwestern boundary of the Purple car park (c. 172 sq.m) including the relocation of trees. All associated engineering services and site development works above and below ground.

Granted0.2 km08 July 2024
SD18A/0086

Internally lit, external sign on the north elevation.

Granted0.2 km10 May 2018

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