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Site planning risk brief

Site at Citywest, Dublin 24 bounded by Citywest Avenue to the North, N82 Citywest Rd to the West, Fortunestown Lane to the South, Ardmore Residential Est to the East

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

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Local planning pattern

16% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 2,309 decisions within 5 km, 10 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 1064 structured appeals.

Matched source
SD16A/0266/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

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

10 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

1064 structured nearby appeal records.

1,064 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
2,309Nearby applications
10Site-linked candidates
16%Nearby refused
1,064Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

No reasons on record yet

More refusal reasons are being processed from public planning records.

Nearest planning decisions

SD16A/0266/EP

Revisions to permitted house types under Reg.Ref. SD15A/0127 and relates to three house types i.e. house types E1, E3 and E4. It is proposed to modify the ground floor extensions to the rear of 156 of the aforementioned house types.

Granted0.0 km06 July 2020
SD15A/0127/FEP2

A residential/mixed use development on a site area of 12.45ha consisting of 400 dwellings comprised of 340 no. 2 storey detached, semi-detached and terraced houses, i.e. 3 no. 2 bed houses, 323 no. 3 bed houses & 14 no. 4 bed houses along with 60 no. 1 and 2 bed apartments in 4 no. 3 & 4/5 storey buildings. The development also provides for a creche (615sq.m), kiosk (56.6sq.m) and retail unit (237sq.m). The proposed development includes all associated site development and infrastructural works, car parking, open spaces and landscaping, ESB substation and 4 associated kiosks. Access to the development will by via two proposed new vehicular entrances from Citywest Avenue and Fortunestown Lane respectively and will also provide for two new vehicular crossing points over the Luas line. The development also includes for the demolition of an existing dwelling in the southwest corner of the site at the junction of Citywest Road and Fortunestown Lane. The site is bounded to the north by Citywest Avenue, to the west by the N82 Citywest Road, to the south by Fortunestown Lane, to the east by Ard Mor residential estate and is adjacent to the Luas Red Line.

Refused0.0 km12 March 2024
SD15A/0127/FEP

A residential/mixed use development on a site area of 12.45ha consisting of 400 dwellings comprised of 340 no. 2 storey detached, semi-detached and terraced houses, i.e. 3 no. 2 bed houses, 323 no. 3 bed houses & 14 no. 4 bed houses along with 60 no. 1 and 2 bed apartments in 4 no. 3 & 4/5 storey buildings. The development also provides for a creche (615sq.m), kiosk (56.6sq.m) and retail unit (237sq.m). The proposed development includes all associated site development and infrastructural works, car parking, open spaces and landscaping, ESB substation and 4 associated kiosks. Access to the development will by via two proposed new vehicular entrances from Citywest Avenue and Fortunestown Lane respectively and will also provide for two new vehicular crossing points over the Luas line. The development also includes for the demolition of an existing dwelling in the southwest corner of the site at the junction of Citywest Road and Fortunestown Lane. The site is bounded to the north by Citywest Avenue, to the west by the N82 Citywest Road, to the south by Fortunestown Lane, to the east by Ard Mor residential estate and is adjacent to the Luas Red Line.

Granted0.0 km28 November 2023
SD15A/0127/EP

A residential/mixed use development on a site area of 12.45ha consisting of 400 dwellings comprised of 340 no. 2 storey detached, semi-detached and terraced houses, i.e. 3 no. 2 bed houses, 323 no. 3 bed houses & 14 no. 4 bed houses along with 60 no. 1 and 2 bed apartments in 4 no. 3 & 4/5 storey buildings. The development also provides for a creche (615sq.m), kiosk (56.6sq.m) and retail unit (237sq.m). The proposed development includes all associated site development and infrastructural works, car parking, open spaces and landscaping, ESB substation and 4 associated kiosks. Access to the development will by via two proposed new vehicular entrances from Citywest Avenue and Fortunestown Lane respectively and will also provide for two new vehicular crossing points over the Luas line. The development also includes for the demolition of an existing dwelling in the southwest corner of the site at the junction of Citywest Road and Fortunestown Lane. The site is bounded to the north by Citywest Avenue, to the west by the N82 Citywest Road, to the south by Fortunestown Lane, to the east by Ard Mor residential estate and is adjacent to the Luas Red Line.

Granted0.0 km01 July 2020
SD25A/0051W

Permission for development at this site of c. 0.22 hectares at lands. This application site consists of: Parcel A, measuring c. 0.13 hectares, which is principally bounded by the red line rail LUAS tracks associated with the Citywest Campus Luas stop to the north/northwest, existing dwelling No. 19 Citywest Village Avenue to the south, The Mews, Citywest Village residential development and existing dwellings No. 1 The Court and No. 4 The Place to the east and Citywest Village Avenue (road) to the west; Parcel B, measuring c. 0.08 hectares, is principally bounded by The Court (road) to the north, existing dwellings Nos. 10, 12 and 14 The Place to the south, residential development known as Árd Mor Dale to the east and existing dwelling No. 4 The Court to the west; and Two existing parking spaces north of The Court road will be allocated to the proposed childcare facility. The development will consist of the construction of a mixed-use development comprising 12 no. residential units (4 no. apartments and 8 no. houses), coffee kiosk and childcare facility. The apartments, coffee kiosk and childcare facility will be located in a single building arranged across three storeys. The residential units will comprise of 4 no. 1 bedroom apartments (ranging from c.50-52sqm GFA each) with northeast and southwest facing balconies, 4 no. 2 bedroom mid-terrace two-storey houses (c.74sqm GFA each) and 4 no. 3 bedroom end terrace two-storey houses (ranging from c.93-103sqm GFA each) with associated rear private gardens. The apartment building will contain residential bin and bike storage (c.10sqm GFA combined), a coffee kiosk (c.13sqm GFA) with separate bin storage (c.1.5sqm GFA) and outdoor seating area, a three classroom childcare facility with associated office, staff, toilet and laundry facilities (c.135sqm GFA), an external play area (c.67sqm GFA) and external bin and bike store (c.6sqm) serving the childcare facility, all located at ground floor level. The development will also consist of 17 no. proposed car parking spaces, 2 no. existing spaces allocated to the proposed childcare facility, vehicular drop-off zone serving the childcare facility, dedicated bicycle stores in front gardens serving houses, secure visitor bicycle parking throughout, bin storage, open space, public realm areas serving the mixed-use apartment building, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment works, photovoltaic panels to houses, pedestrian access, road works consisting of a proposed raised platform/pedestrian crossing over The Court road, provision of Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SUDS) and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply including minor diversion to the existing watermain).

Granted0.1 km21 July 2025
SD24B/0176

The Construction of new dormer attic structure in mid terrace dwelling consisting of bedroom and ensuite and all associated site works

Granted0.1 km17 June 2024

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