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Site planning risk brief

Oldcourt Road, Firhouse, Dublin 24.

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 3,637 decisions within 5 km, 5 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 1499 structured appeals.

Matched source
SD22A/0356
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

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

5 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

1499 structured nearby appeal records.

1,499 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
3,637Nearby applications
5Site-linked candidates
11%Nearby refused
1,499Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Density1
Procedure Invalid1
Traffic Sightlines1

Nearest planning decisions

SD22A/0356

Development on a site located south of Oldcourt Road, which forms part of all overall permitted residential development granted under Ref. SD17A/0468 & has the approved name of Ballycullen Gate; The proposed development consists of changes of dwelling type and increase in unit number from 17 permitted houses to 24 proposed houses; The proposed dwellings are comprised of the following: 5 three bed detached bungalows; 1 two bed detached bungalow; 2 two bed semi-detached bungalows; 1 two storey, 4 bed, detached house; 1 two storey, 3 bed, detached house; 2 two storey, 2 bed, semi-detached houses & 12 two storey, 3 bed, semi-detached houses; The proposed development also includes for all associated site development works, car parking, open spaces, and landscaping, on a site area of c. 0.88 ha. The proposed development will have the effect of modifying extant permission Ref. SD17A/0468 which has an overall site area of 3.8 hectares.

Granted0.0 km27 January 2023
SD22A/0157

On site which forms part of an overall permitted residential development under Ref. SD17A/0468 & has the approved name of 'Ballycullen Gate'; The proposed development consists of a change of dwelling type and increase in number from 17 permitted houses to 26 proposed houses; The proposed dwellings are comprised of 12 three bed semi-detached 2 storey houses, 6 two bed semi­detached dormer houses, 6 two & three bed detached & semi-detached bungalows, 1 three bed detached 2 storey house and 1 four bed split level detached house; The proposed development also includes for all associated site development works, car parking, open spaces and landscaping, on a site area of 0.82ha; The effect of the proposed development will be a modification to an extant permission under Ref. SD17A/0468.

Refused0.0 km25 July 2022
SD23A/0285

Retention permission & permission for development on a site of c. 0.044 hectares (c. 444 sq.m) which has the approved name of No. 10 The View, Ballycullen Gate, Firhouse, Dublin 24 (i.e., the proposed development is located within the permitted Ballycullen Gate development granted permission under Ref.'s SD17A/0468 and SD22A/0356, which is located south of Oldcourt Road, Firhouse, Dublin 24, and is currently under construction). The proposed development seeks retention permission for existing foundations in place at the site and permission for an extension of 19 sq.m to the permitted 83 sq.m "C1-A" house type granted permission under Ref. SD22A/0356, increasing the unit size from a permitted 2 bed 4-person bungalow (83 sq.m) to a proposed 3 bed 5-person bungalow (102 sq.m). The proposed development includes all associated site development works and will have the effect of modifying extant permission Ref.s SD17A/0468 and SD22A/0356.

Granted0.0 km15 December 2023
SD17A/0468

Residential development comprising 64 dwellings on a site area of 3.8ha located south of Oldcourt Road. Access the development will be via a proposed new vehicular entrance from Oldcourt Road consisting of: 48 houses and 16 apartments comprising one 2 storey, 3-bed detached house, 24 2 storey, 3-bed semi -detached houses, 10 dormer, 2-bed semi-detached houses, 13 2-bed bungalows and 16 2-bed apartments in three 2 storey buildings. The proposed development also includes all associated site development works, car parking, open spaces and landscaping.

Granted0.1 km13 September 2018
SD18A/0376

Importation of inert topsoil and subsoil from nearby residential lands at Dodderbrook and Ballycullen Green on Oldcourt Road and the spreading of the same material on agricultural lands measuring 2.6ha for the purposes of improving the quality of land for agricultural activity and all ancillary site works. (The applicant intends to apply for a Waste Licence to carry out the development.)

Refused0.1 km18 February 2019
SD23B/0280

The construction of a new dormer window to the front elevation roof and conversion of the attic into a new bedroom and ensuite.

Granted0.1 km11 August 2023

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