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Site planning risk brief

Finnstown Castle Hotel, Newcastle Road, Lucan, Co. Dublin

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

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Local planning pattern

12% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 2,528 decisions within 5 km, 4 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 779 structured appeals.

Matched source
SD21A/0027
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

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

4 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

779 structured nearby appeal records.

779 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
2,528Nearby applications
4Site-linked candidates
12%Nearby refused
779Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Visual Amenity6
Flood Risk2
Residential Amenity2
Rural Housing Need2
Zoning Contravention2

Nearest planning decisions

SD21A/0027

Construction of a detached single storey bungalow to be used as a hotel manager's house; connection to existing foul sewer; access off existing access road to Finnstown Castle Hotel and all associated site works located within the curtilage of a protected structure, RPS Ref. 112.

Refused0.0 km06 April 2021
SD19A/0284

Detached two storey gate lodge style house to be used as a security managers house, construction of a detached two storey house with integrated garage to be used as a hotel managers house, connection to existing foul sewer, access off existing access road to Finnstown Castle Hotel and all associated site works. The proposed development is located within the curtilage of Protected Structure - Finnstown House, PRS Ref 112.

Refused0.0 km01 November 2019
SD18B/0011

Retention of 2m high front garden wall, detached garden shed, ground floor dining room extension and first floor master bedroom suite all to the west side of the house including bedroom with new dormer window to the south, en-suite with 'Velux' window to the west side of the house and all associated site works.

Granted0.2 km09 March 2018
SD21B/0635

Construction of a single storey extension and dormer window to the rear of dormer.

Granted0.2 km22 February 2022
SD21B/0131

Attic conversion for storage; alterations to hipped roof; dormer window to rear.

Granted0.2 km05 May 2021
SD22B/0462

Dormer window to the rear at roof level.

Granted0.2 km02 December 2022

The brief summarizes the pattern across all 2,528 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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