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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 10 Oct 2026, 23:23

Colla Road, Schull

51.51549, -9.54536

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (97%).

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2planning files on this houselatest 202297%of home extensions approved nearbyn=61 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs55 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–1080open for comments nearbywithin 500 m

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 55 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 5 months after
  8. 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 1981–90, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022.

Timeline from 1955: planning permission needed from October 1964, building regulations from June 1992, building records online from March 2014, sign-off opt-out from September 2015. Most homes here were built 1981–1990. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of SkullBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1981–1990 (census estimate)most built2022: 22/775 · construct two detached, withdrawn or invalid2001: 00/7885 · dwellinghouse, refused1998: 3 files on Skull1999: 1 file on Skull2000: 7 files on Skull2001: 5 files on Skull2002: 6 files on Skull2003: 1 file on Skull2004: 6 files on Skull2005: 4 files on Skull2006: 2 files on Skull2007: 4 files on Skull2008: 5 files on Skull2009: 5 files on Skull2010: 7 files on Skull2011: 1 file on Skull2013: 1 file on Skull2016: 2 files on Skull2017: 2 files on Skull2018: 3 files on Skull2019: 1 file on Skull2020: 2 files on Skull2021: 1 file on Skull2022: 3 files on Skull2023: 1 file on Skull2024: 1 file on Skull2025: 2 files on Skull76 files

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

  1. 2022
    22/775 · construct two detached · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  2. 2001
    00/7885 · dwellinghouse · refused 2001
    approvedstarted?signed off?
On this site
G3
Zoning · High amenity
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningG3 · High amenity
What it says

Greenbelt1: Discourage strongly new individual housing from being located within the greenbelts around the Main Towns.

Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.

cork county development plan 2022 · 6 Jun 2022 – 5 Jun 2028

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1Fastnet House
Monuments7Cross-slab; Graveyard
How we work this out
'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only.
Sources: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah, constraints.smr · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
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zoningCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:11open
rzltCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:59open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
constraints.niahCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
constraints.smrCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
How we work this out
Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
Sources: bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:23
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bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

Extensions are almost always approved here: 91% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 86% approved.

Attic or dormer11 decided · more info asked 0%
91% · council 96%
New house in a garden or site21 decided · more info asked 0%
86% · council 86%
Approved nearbyCork overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 32 nearby, 9,057 council-wide

Figure 3

Skull, file by file since 1998

24 of 27 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 6 of 7.

76 planning files on Skull since 1998, by kind and decision.199820002002200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Extensions, atticsNo number · 1999 · garage conversion · approved · 99/6392No number · 2000 · garden room · approved · 00/1530No number · 2000 · other extension · approved · 00/1715No number · 2000 · other extension · approved · 00/6026No number · 2001 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 01/2193No number · 2001 · other extension · approved · 01/5639No. 10 · 2001 · other extension · approved · 01/736No number · 2002 · other extension · refused · 02/1497No number · 2004 · other extension · approved · 04/2509No number · 2004 · rear · approved · 04/8702No number · 2005 · other extension · approved · 05/8180No number · 2007 · other extension · refused · 07/1934No number · 2007 · first-floor · approved · 07/2377No number · 2007 · other extension · undecided · 07/3092No number · 2008 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 08/1575No number · 2008 · other extension · undecided · 08/44No number · 2008 · other extension · approved · 08/654No number · 2009 · other extension · approved · 09/915No number · 2010 · other extension · undecided · 10/172No number · 2010 · other extension · approved · 10/302No. 6 · 2013 · other extension · undecided · 13/671No number · 2017 · other extension · approved · 17/84No number · 2018 · other extension · undecided · 18/660No number · 2018 · other extension · approved · 18/693No number · 2019 · single-storey side · approved · 19/260No number · 2020 · porch / front · approved · 20/560No number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 22/690No number · 2022 · other extension · refused · 22/706No number · 2023 · other extension · approved · 23/746No number · 2024 · other extension · approved · 24/390No number · 2025 · other extension · approved · 25/5995No number · 2025 · other extension · approved · 25/6433Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 1998 · other work · approved · 98/1333No number · 1998 · other work · approved · 98/359No number · 1998 · other work · approved · 98/977No number · 2000 · other work · approved · 00/3185No number · 2000 · other work · refused · 00/651No number · 2000 · other work · approved · 00/7224No number · 2000 · other work · refused · 00/7885No number · 2001 · other work · approved · 01/1080No number · 2001 · other work · refused · 01/5635No number · 2002 · other work · approved · 02/1749No number · 2002 · other work · refused · 02/1798No number · 2002 · other work · refused · 02/1856No number · 2002 · other work · refused · 02/2863No number · 2002 · other work · refused · 02/5910No number · 2003 · other work · refused · 03/5578No number · 2004 · other work · refused · 04/229No number · 2004 · other work · approved · 04/9735No number · 2005 · other work · refused · 05/312No number · 2005 · other work · approved · 05/4485No number · 2005 · other work · undecided · 05/5335No number · 2006 · other work · undecided · 06/2719No number · 2006 · other work · approved · 06/808No number · 2007 · other work · approved · 07/126No number · 2008 · other work · approved · 08/1665No number · 2008 · other work · approved · 08/1666No number · 2009 · other work · refused · 09/589No number · 2009 · other work · approved · 09/590No number · 2009 · other work · approved · 09/916No number · 2010 · other work · undecided · 10/380No number · 2010 · other work · approved · 10/400No number · 2011 · other work · approved · 11/286No number · 2016 · other work · refused · 16/104No number · 2016 · other work · undecided · 16/88No number · 2022 · other work · undecided · 22/775New house in a side gardenNo number · 2004 · new house · approved · 04/1480No number · 2004 · new house · refused · 04/2954No number · 2009 · new house · undecided · 09/459No number · 2010 · new house · undecided · 10/128No number · 2010 · new house · approved · 10/221No number · 2010 · new house · undecided · 10/55No number · 2017 · new house · approved · 17/720No number · 2018 · new house · approved · 18/691No number · 2020 · new house · approved · 20/544No number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21/853
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

76 files with "Skull" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 1998–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

    How we work this out
    Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.
    Sources: npad, acp · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 01:42
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    npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
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    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
    npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 55 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 55 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 166 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 55 days, middle half 48–108 (n=61)55 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 166 days after permission (n=36)166 days after permissionSigned off840 days after the start, for the few who file. 85% of owners opt out of sign-off

    Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

    Calculated61 decided home extensions, 47 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Colla Road, Schull with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseNo decision yet
    1. 1Colla Road, Schull 26/0269No decision yet · 282 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 17 permissions since 2016, 14 show a start notice and 4 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    25 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 17 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 17 approved. Of those: 4 signed off, 10 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 3 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT17: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused7: lodged → undecided17: approved → approved1: refused → refused7: undecided → undecided3: approved → no start notice found10: approved → built, owner opted out4: approved → signed off25 lodged25 lodged17 approved17 approved1 refused1 refused7 undecided7 undecided17 approved17 approved1 refused1 refused7 undecided7 undecided3 no start notice found3 no start notice found10 built, owner opted out10 built, owner opted out4 signed off4 signed off

    Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

    Measured25 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

      Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 5 a year; busiest 2021. 94% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 2, 2018: 4, 2020: 1, 2021: 5, 2022: 5, 2023: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 3, 2026: 105102017: 2 approved2’17*2018: 3 approved2018: 1 undecided4’182020: 1 approved1’202021: 3 approved2021: 2 undecided5’212022: 3 approved2022: 2 undecided5’222023: 2 approved2’232024: 2 approved2’242025: 1 approved2025: 1 refused2025: 1 undecided3’252026: 1 undecided1’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 1 in the last 12 months

      See every application on the map

      • 1Colla Road, Schull, Co. Cork No decision yet
        Construction of a proposed new detached dwelling house, wastewater treatment system with percolation area and…
        26/02697 Feb 2026282 m
      How we work this out
      Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.
      Sources: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 01:42
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      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 no sign-off needed
      • The Anchorage, Colla Road,, Schull, Cork, P81DT86 · 15 Jul 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 23/754 · 330 m
      How we work this out
      Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.
      Source: bcms · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:23
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      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Cork County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here4
      Council middle1
      How we work this out
      Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.
      Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      78% owner-occupied (council 73%).

      Homes built before 1971
      25% · council 28%
      Homes built since 2001
      26% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      78% · council 73%
      Rented
      11% · council 22%
      Children under 15
      15% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      24% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      60% · council 52%
      Work mainly from home
      20% · council 12%
      This small area (263 people)Cork

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047295007/047295008

      Nearest school
      766 m
      Schull Community College, 359 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Schull Community College · postprimary · 359 pupils · 766 m

      Stops 0

        Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year

        • Schull Community College · 766 m0% pupils (359)
        Sources: gtfs, schools, npad, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:41
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        consultpublic10 Oct 2026, 01:23open
        moderngovpublic10 Oct 2026, 01:24open
        lda_landsCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
        cso_saps_2022CC BY 4.0—open
        National Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.0——
        Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
        dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
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        Question 6

        What to ask, and who

        1. Planning here goes back to 2001: is the house built as approved?
          Ask for: The original planning grant and an opinion of compliance.
          Solicitor
        2. Zoned G3 (high amenity), not for homes: could you extend?
          Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
          Solicitor · planner
        3. Any work done without planning permission?
          Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
          Seller · solicitor
        Reference

        Where this is, the terms, the sources

        Townland
        Skull
        Electoral division
        Skull
        Electoral area
        Bantry-West Cork
        Council
        Cork County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 2 applications on this site; latest 22/775, withdrawn.
        • Zoned G3 (high amenity); no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
        • Here (2022 census): 78% owner-occupied (council 73%); 47% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 1981–1990; 58% drive to work (council 66%); population up 6% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).
        • 1 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        • 4 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
        What the terms mean 5 terms
        • Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
        • Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
        • Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
        • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
        • What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
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        Measured
        counted from a public register
        Calculated
        a rate or median we worked out from those counts
        Our classification
        we sorted it by reading each description
        Estimate
        inferred from another source (census, map data)
        Rule summary
        the law, simplified: check before relying on it
        How we work this out
        Generated 10 Oct 2026, 23:23 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.