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Site planning risk brief

Texaco Service Station, Ballydowd, 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 4,486 decisions within 5 km, 18 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 1064 structured appeals.

Matched source
SD23A/0275
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

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

18 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
4,486Nearby applications
18Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
1,064Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Visual Amenity60
Residential Amenity48
Design27
Traffic Sightlines24
Zoning Contravention22

Nearest planning decisions

SD23A/0275

Demolition of existing service station retail building, car washes, off-loading slab, 3.0m high external blockwork wall, fuel dispenser island, plant building and removal of 2 no. log cabins, storage compound with associated steel containers, water storage tank and associated forecourt equipment. Site alterations to enlarge the overall size of the existing site (by incorporation the vacant site to the east) from 0.3389Ha to 0.4737Ha. Construction of new single storey building (504 sq.m) comprising of retail area of 100 sq.m (including an off-licence of 23sq.m), 2 no. food offers (110.5 sq.m), seating area (69 sq.m), circulation area and back of house (office, toilets, and storage). Alterations to the existing forecourt canopy. Provision of building fascia signage and forecourt canopy signage. Construction of ancillary site features including new ESB sub-station building (24 sq.m) and wash recycle building (6 sq.m), 37 no. surfaced car parking spaces with 6 no. E charging spaces. Construction of 2 no. pressure wash slabs, 1 no. brush wash slab, walled yard area (beside shop), site lighting, surfacing, landscaping, and all associated drainage works.

Refused0.0 km24 April 2024
SD23B/0441

Construction of first floor extension to the side of existing dwelling comprising of bedroom, bathroom and utility room internal changes at ground floor level, construction of tiled porch to the front of existing dwelling

Granted0.1 km05 December 2023
SD18B/0140

New ground, first floor extensions, associated works, new gates to yard, new windows and external insulation.

Granted0.1 km05 June 2018
SD24B/0386W

Conversion and extension of an existing garage into a bedroom with an ensuite and extension of the existing kitchen to the west side on the ground floor level; Construction of a new bedroom with an ensuite and extension of an existing bedroom to the north and west side on the first-floor level; Minor modifications to elevations and internal layout on all levels. All with associated site works and drainage.

Granted0.1 km15 November 2024
SD22A/0382

Construction of a) a metal clad single-storey warehouse, of 3072 sq.m, 13.58m high to parapet at front and part of the sides, and 10.4m high to eaves and 12.9m high to the ridge at part of sides and rear; b) a single storey 2.9m high ESB substation of 14sqm; c) the widening of the existing vehicular/cycle entrance to The Fox hunter Public House, and the forming of a new vehicular/cycle exit to the north west corner of the site; d) the formation of pedestrian/cycle gate to Hermitage Gardens and pedestrian gate to Lucan Road, e) internal roads and pathways and all associated hard and soft landscaping, f) foul and surface drainage, including attenuation tanks; g) 18 carparking spaces and 16 bicycle spaces.

Refused0.1 km30 November 2022
SD20A/0259

(a) Formation of a new vehicular, cycle and pedestrian entrance off Hermitage Gardens to the west of the site and two pedestrian/cycle entrances to the north of the site off the N4; (b) construction of a semi-basemen/full basement car park for 97 cars, bin and bicycle storage and plantrooms, with two-way access ramp; (c) construction of a 1.2m high (approximately) raised podium over the car park area; (d) a four-storey above podium apartment block containing 15 apartments; (e) a three-storey apartment block (A) containing 21 apartments and a 15.12sq.m substation at ground floor; (f) a three-storey apartment block (B) containing 21 apartments; (g) a twenty storey above podium apartment building containing 104 apartments, entrance lobby, communal facilities including work stations, meeting rooms, laundry and office and external podium level terrace; (h) 328 bicycle parking places dispersed throughout, underground rainwater retention tanks; hard and soft landscaping, including planted communal gardens and play areas; pedestrian and cycle access/egress only will be retained off the N4; the mix of the apartments will be as follows: 37 studio apartments, 42 1-bed apartments, 8 2-bedroom (3 person) apartments, 70 2-bedroom (4 person) apartments, 4 3-bed apartments; total number of apartments proposed is 161; 67% of the apartments will be dual aspect and all will have balconies or private open space; all buildings will have roof plantrooms, green roofs and photovoltaic panels.

Refused0.1 km09 December 2020

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