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Planning report · Cork County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 16 Oct 2026, 02:37

Bóthar an Bhreathnaigh

51.54407, -9.14541

Homes here mostly date from before 1919.

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Time
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Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

58 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 49–1540open for comments nearbywithin 2 km

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 58 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed.

Timeline from 1896: 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 1900–1918.1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of CahergalBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1900–1918 (census estimate)most built1999: 3 files on Cahergal2000: 6 files on Cahergal2001: 1 file on Cahergal2003: 2 files on Cahergal2004: 3 files on Cahergal2005: 1 file on Cahergal2006: 6 files on Cahergal2007: 3 files on Cahergal2008: 1 file on Cahergal2009: 6 files on Cahergal2010: 2 files on Cahergal2018: 1 file on Cahergal2023: 1 file on Cahergal2024: 1 file on Cahergal2025: 1 file on Cahergal38 files

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

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

On this site
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

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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 2.0 km
Within 2.0 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings20Myross Cottage; Myross Church
Monuments61Burial ground; Kiln - lime
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: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC 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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
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

A new house in a garden is harder: 81% approved.

New house in a garden or site16 decided · more info asked 0%
81% · 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 · 16 nearby, 8,048 council-wide

Figure 3

Cahergal, file by file since 1999

7 of 7 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 3 of 3.

38 planning files on Cahergal since 1999, by kind and decision.19992001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120232025Extensions, atticsNo number · 2000 · other extension · approved · 00/5744No number · 2006 · other extension · approved · 06/1648No number · 2006 · other extension · approved · 06/922No number · 2007 · other extension · approved · 07/2113No number · 2009 · other extension · undecided · 09/234No number · 2009 · other extension · approved · 09/409No number · 2018 · rear · approved · 18/460No number · 2024 · other extension · undecided · 24/645No number · 2025 · other extension · approved · 25/107Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 1999 · other work · approved · 99/1929No number · 1999 · other work · approved · 99/3433No number · 1999 · other work · approved · 99/5866No number · 2000 · other work · refused · 00/366No number · 2000 · other work · refused · 00/367No number · 2000 · other work · approved · 00/4125No number · 2000 · other work · refused · 00/5188No number · 2000 · other work · approved · 00/898No number · 2001 · other work · approved · 01/6493No number · 2003 · other work · refused · 03/2289No number · 2003 · other work · approved · 03/6033No number · 2004 · other work · undecided · 04/1730No number · 2004 · other work · approved · 04/514No number · 2004 · other work · approved · 04/7443No number · 2005 · other work · approved · 05/6872No number · 2006 · other work · approved · 06/1431No number · 2006 · other work · approved · 06/2238No number · 2006 · other work · approved · 06/2646No number · 2006 · other work · approved · 06/327No number · 2007 · other work · undecided · 07/3064No number · 2007 · other work · approved · 07/564No number · 2008 · other work · approved · 08/74No number · 2009 · other work · undecided · 09/908No number · 2009 · other work · approved · 09/948No number · 2009 · other work · undecided · 09/999No number · 2010 · other work · approved · 10/748New house in a side gardenNo number · 2009 · new house · approved · 09/1075No number · 2010 · new house · approved · 10/407No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23/25
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

38 files with "Cahergal" 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 · 1999–2026

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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 58 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 58 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 58 days, middle half 49–154 (n=18)58 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off100% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated18 decided home extensions, 3 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Appeals nearby 2 in the last 12 months
    • 500564 Split · Carrigillihy, Union Hall, Co Cork, · 1.7 km
    • 500729 Granted · Ardagh, Union Hall, Cork, P81AD05 · 1.7 km
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher16 Oct 2026, 01:34open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Bóthar an Bhreathnaigh with 6 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved
    1. 1Cooldurragha, Union Hall 26/0397Approved with conditions · 557 m
    2. 2Skahanagh, Union Hall 26/0581Approved with conditions · 1.1 km
    3. 3Raheen, Union Hall 25/6953Approved with conditions · 1.3 km
    4. 4Tir Na Nog, Listarkin 26/1357Approved with conditions · 1.5 km
    5. 5Cooscroneen, Union Hall 25/6410Approved with conditions · 1.5 km
    6. 6Maulicarrane, Union Hall 26/1715Approved with conditions · 1.9 km
    Figure 5

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 2.0 km in the next 30 days.

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

      Figure 6

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2020. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2018: 1, 2020: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 105102018: 1 approved1’18*2020: 1 approved2020: 1 undecided2’202023: 1 approved1’232024: 1 undecided1’242025: 1 approved1’25
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2018 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 2.0 km 9 in the last 12 months

      See every application on the map

      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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
      Building work nearby 5 in the last 12 months
      3 not signed off2 no sign-off needed
      • Ardagh TD, Union Hall, Cork, P81 X274 · 24 Aug 2026 · start notice not signed off · 23/670 · 1.8 km
      • The Dock Wall, Listarkin, Union Hall, Skibbereen, Cork, P81 V650 · 6 Aug 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/464 · 1.6 km
      • Cooldurragh, Unionhall, Cork, P81 C580 · 17 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 24-718 · 1.3 km
      • 'Carraig Mhór', Listarkin, Union Hall, Cork · 9 Mar 2026 · 8 homes · start notice not signed off · 22/00381 & 23/00641 · 1.4 km
      • Cooldurragha, Union Hall, Cork · 17 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 24/674 · 1.1 km
      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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 00:56
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
      0
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Cork County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here1
      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: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 7

      This street block against the council

      43% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 84% owner-occupied (council 73%).

      Homes built before 1971
      43% · council 28%
      Homes built since 2001
      20% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      84% · council 73%
      Rented
      4% · council 22%
      Children under 15
      18% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      24% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      55% · council 52%
      Work mainly from home
      9% · council 12%
      This small area (136 people)Cork

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047265003

      Nearest school
      1.0 km
      Union Hall Mixed NS, 67 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Union Hall Mixed NS · primary · 67 pupils · 1.0 km

      Stops 1

        Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, 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 16 Oct 2026, 01:42
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        Council consultation portalsPublic16 Oct 2026, 01:34open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public16 Oct 2026, 01:42open
        Land Development Agency public land registerCC 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——
        EPA strategic noise mapsCC BY 4.0——
        Fingal County CouncilCC BY 4.0——
        Question 6

        What to ask, and who

        1. 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
        Cahergal
        Electoral division
        Myross
        Electoral area
        Skibbereen-West Cork
        Council
        Cork County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
        • No vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
        • Here (2022 census): 84% owner-occupied (council 73%); 30% of homes empty (council 13%); most built before 1919; 81% drive to work (council 66%); population up 10% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).
        • 9 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 92%).
        • 1 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
        What the terms mean 6 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.
        • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
        • 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.
        Sources and licences 25
        SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
        EPA strategic noise maps—CC BY 4.0—
        Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
        Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
        National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
        services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.09 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.015 Oct 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public16 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher16 Oct 2026
        cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
        dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
        services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.012 Oct 2026
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.011 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public16 Oct 2026
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        services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
        propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence16 Oct 2026
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        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026
        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 16 Oct 2026, 02:37 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.