Name: Planning applications within 500 m of 7 Ardfrail Close, Oldcastle, Kells, Co. Meath
Creator: Planning Register
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

100%get approved 182homes started

All clear: nothing open for comments · no new homes coming · no flood risk

Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
4 home extensions within 250 m since 2024.
The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 38% are asked for more information.

More about the area

Oldcastle (bus 187) 202 m away: 11 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
Here (2022 census): 56% owner-occupied (council 75%); 15% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 2001–2010; 73% drive to work (council 64%).
Homes started within 1 km: 40 in the last year, 4 three years before.

On this site

R2

Zoning · Existing residential

No

Protected or listed · on our maps

No

Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it

Around it

0

Open for comments · none today

100%

Approved, when decided · 15 approved · 0 refused

55 days

Time to a decision · median; 38% asked for more information

5

Sites that could change · see the list

No

Flood risk area nearby (OPW map) · none within 500 m

0

Protected buildings nearby · not this site

56%

Owner-occupied (2022) · council 75%

15%

Homes empty (2022) · council 6%

1/h

Public transport, morning peak · services from stops within 500 m

Questions to ask before you buy 1

Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.

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About this home

7 Ardfrail Close, Oldcastle, Kells, Co. Meath is a home in Oldcastle, Meath. It was advertised as sold on daft.ie in February 2026. Within 500 m, Planning Register tracks 42 planning applications: 3 open for observation, 19 granted, 2 decided on appeal, 9 commenced.

More about this address

The site is zoned R2 — existing residential. It is in the Ardfrail estate, where 1 planning application was made in 10 years. The nearest EPA-licensed facility is Oldcastle, 445 m away.

Sold: 17 Feb 2026
Type: —
Bedrooms / bathrooms: — / —
Floor area: —
BER: —
Local authority: Meath County Council
Location precision: Rooftop
Estate: Ardfrail
EPA licence within 1.0 km: Oldcastle (445 m) +1 more
Schools within 1.0 km: GILSON NATIONAL SCHOOL (primary school · 222 pupils, 446 m) +1 more
Crèche inspected nearby: The Caterpillar Academy of Montessori · inspected 9 Oct 2024 (approx. 384 m)

Sources: cara_listings, daft_gateway, ppr · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 20:14

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
cara_listings	Third-party advertisement data captured by Cara from daft.ie. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (licensed PSP name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers and all vendor/buyer identities are dropped.	11 Sept 2026, 20:14	open
daft_gateway	Third-party advertisement data read from daft.ie's own JSON gateway. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (the licensed PSP's name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers, profile images and all media URLs are dropped at fetch time and never written down. Vendor and buyer identities are not in this data.	8 Oct 2026, 05:49	open
ppr	PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use-of-public-sector-information). Free re-use in any format provided the source and PSRA copyright are acknowledged, the data is reproduced accurately and not used misleadingly, and it is NOT used 'for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service'. Attribution: 'Contains PSRA Residential Property Price Register data, © Property Services Regulatory Authority.'	8 Oct 2026, 01:13	open

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7 Ardfrail Close, Oldcastle, Kells, Co. Meath