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Site planning risk brief

7, Esker Lane, Lucan, Co. Dublin

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 4,162 decisions within 5 km, 19 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 999 structured appeals.

Matched source
SD19B/0165
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

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

19 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

999 structured nearby appeal records.

999 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
4,162Nearby applications
19Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
999Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Visual Amenity59
Residential Amenity43
Design24
Zoning Contravention20
Traffic Sightlines15

Nearest planning decisions

SD19B/0165

Construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear; dormer window in the main roof to the rear; rooflight in the main roof to the front; remove existing chimneys; widening of vehicular entrance to 3.5m, increasing the amount of car parking in the front garden; all associated site works.

Granted0.0 km18 June 2019
SD21B/0289

Demolition of dining room (6.6 sqm) to the side and rear of the existing dwelling; construction of a 54.10 sqm single storey ground floor rear and side extension; internal alterations to the existing layout, to include 1 extra bedroom; new roof covering over the existing front utility store room; 4 roof mounted roof windows; new water harvesting system with associated ancillary site works.

Granted0.0 km12 July 2021
SD20A/0217

Sub-division of existing site to rear, for 2-bed, detached dormer bungalow fronting onto Esker Lane; site works include new vehicular access gate to public boundary on Esker Lane with reduced height stone boundary wall and piers plus installation of a rain water harvesting unit and solar panels; south corner of site at Esker Lane to be ceded to South Dublin County Council.

Granted0.1 km19 October 2020
SD18B/0465

Conversion, extension and new pitched roof over single storey garage to side of dwelling; single storey extension to rear of dwelling to provide accommodation for a fourth bedroom and living spaces; provision of 4 'Velux' roof lights to existing and proposed south and east facing roof planes; widening of vehicular entrance and all associated site works and landscaping.

Granted0.1 km27 March 2019
SD18B/0276

Demolition of the existing single storey garage to the side to allow for new single storey extension to side and a two-storey extension to rear of existing dwelling. Works also to include the provision of five rooflights to side south facing roof planes, two rooflights to side north facing roof planes to serve master bedroom and study at attic level and three bedrooms at ground floor level. Widening of the existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works and landscaping.

Refused0.1 km15 August 2018
SD24B/0355W

Alterations to Front Boundary to relocate existing Vehicular Access Gate and to form new Pedestrian Gate, Garage Conversion with Flat Roof Ground Floor Extension to Front of existing Bungalow, 2 No. Flat Roof Box Dormer Extensions to South and North Elevations set behind the Front Building Line, Two Storey Rear Extension with Concealed Balcony. External Alterations to Replace Existing Window on North Elevation with a Single Door to New Bootroom/Laundry Room and new High Level Window facing North all with new Rooflights generally. Works include a Front Sun Patio and a Garden Structure at Rear for Home Gym, Study and Tool Shed.

Granted0.1 km03 March 2025

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