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Site planning risk brief

Whitechurch Lodge, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.

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 7,709 decisions within 5 km, 9 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 2579 structured appeals.

Matched source
SD18A/0295
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

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

9 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

2579 structured nearby appeal records.

2,579 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
7,709Nearby applications
9Site-linked candidates
11%Nearby refused
2,579Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity9
Visual Amenity6
Traffic Sightlines5
Design3
Procedure Invalid3

Nearest planning decisions

SD18A/0295

Amendments to previously permitted development located within the attendant grounds of Whitechurch Lodge (Reg. Ref. SD17A/0183, granted permission on the 18.09.17). Whitechurch Lodge is a Protected Structure (RPS No. 338). Alterations to the 2 two storey, semi-detached houses to the north of the Protected Structure numbered 3 and 4 to include: changes in materials to elevations, alterations to window and door opes, change in roof profile from flat roof to mansard style roof. Homes 5 and 6 omitted as per An Bord Pleanala Order PL06S.248229.

Granted0.0 km10 October 2018
SD20A/0057

Construction of a two storey, four bedroom detached house with 2 car parking spaces and associated site works.

Refused0.0 km17 June 2020
SD21A/0319

Amendments to previously permitted development located within the attendant grounds of Whitechurch Lodge, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham Ref SD16A/0445 granted permission on the 18/09/17, Westerly House granted permission by An Bord Pleanála PL06S.248229, further amendments Ref SD21A/0005 granted permission 26/07/21), Whitechurch Lodge is a Protected Structure; the development consists of amendments to the design of detached House No 11 Glinbury (located to the west of Whitechurch Lodge) as follows - changes in materials to elevations; minor alterations to window and door opes; the proposed changes are limited to these, there will be no change to the permitted floor area, heights etc.

Granted0.0 km24 January 2022
SD21A/0005

Amendments to the design of detached house, No. 11 Glinbury (located to the west of Whitechurch Lodge, a Protected Structure) consisting of change in floor area from 242sq.m to 350sq.m; change in overall height from 9100mm to 9800mm; changes in materials to elevations; alterations to window and door opes.

Granted0.0 km26 July 2021
SD18A/0154

Amendments to previously permitted development located within the attendant grounds of Whitechurch Lodge, a Protected Structure - RPS No. 338, (Reg. Ref. SD17A/0183, granted permission on 18/09/17): alterations to the six two storey detached houses numbered 1-6 include: changes in materials to elevations; removal of 1 chimney to each house; alterations to window and door opes; change in roof profile from mansard style roof to pitched roof (Houses 2, 3, 4 and 5 only).

Granted0.1 km02 July 2018
SD21B/0372

Construction of a two storey extension (floor area c.143sq.m) to the rear (west) of existing dwelling; construction of a single storey detached three bay carport/home office (floor area c.58.8sq.m) to the side (north) and ( c) the provision of a new 100mm diameter foul drain connecting to the existing 225mm diameter foul sewer which is located in the access laneway; demolition of part ground and first floor element (floor area c.37sq.m) to the rear (west) of the existing dwelling and demolition of the two detached single storey outhouses (shed 1 & 2) located to the north and west, associated minor internal and external alterations and all ancillary site development works.

Granted0.1 km10 January 2022

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 7,709 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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