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Homes here mostly date from the 2000s.
How planning works, with this area's numbers
steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 55 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 3 months after
- 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
What's the planning story of this house?
When it was built, and the rules since
Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
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.
How we work this out
How we work this out
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
A new house in a garden is harder: 93% approved.
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 · 15 nearby, 8,048 council-wide
Ballyduvane, file by file since 2001
2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.
14 files with "Ballyduvane" 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 · 2001–2026
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
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 55 days. Building starts about 3 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated22 decided home extensions, 10 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What's changing around you?
- 1Ballyvackey, Clonakilty 26/0998
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 8 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-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.
Measured12 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
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
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2020. 100% of decisions were approvals.
2016 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Every application within 500 m 3 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 1Ballyvackey, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, P85 TX40 Approved with conditionsPermission for a domestic garage / utility ancillary to the existing dwellinghouse
- Ballyduvane, Clonakilty, Co. Cork Withdrawn or not validPermission for construction of three indoor paddle courts within an aluminum framed building covered with…
- Ballyduvane, Clonakilty, Co. Cork Withdrawn or not validConstruction of 3 indoor paddle courts, within an aluminum framed building covered with white PVC fabric…
How we work this out
How busy is this area Busier than most of Cork County Council.
How we work this out
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
80% owner-occupied (council 73%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047199002
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
None nearby.
Stops 0
Sources: gtfs, schools, 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 11 Oct 2026, 23:43
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtfs | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| consult | public | 12 Oct 2026, 01:26 | open |
| moderngov | public | 12 Oct 2026, 01:27 | open |
| lda_lands | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 16:43 | open |
| cso_saps_2022 | CC BY 4.0 | — | open |
| National Transport Authority | CC 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 maps | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| Fingal County Council | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- Inside Flood Zone A on the council's development plan map: can you insure it?InsurerAsk for: A home insurance quote before you bid, and any flood risk assessment in the site's planning file.
- Planning here goes back to 2006: is the house built as approved?SolicitorAsk for: The original planning grant and an opinion of compliance.
- Zoned G3 (high amenity), not for homes: could you extend?Solicitor · plannerAsk for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Townland
- Ballyduvane
- Electoral division
- Kilkerranmore
- Electoral area
- Skibbereen-West Cork
- Council
- Cork County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned G3 (high amenity); no vacant land tax.
- Inside Flood Zone A on the Cork County Development Plan 2022-2028 flood map.
- Nothing nearby looks set to change.
- No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
- Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
- Here (2022 census): 80% owner-occupied (council 73%); 8% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 2001–2010; 71% drive to work (council 66%); population up 4% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).
- 3 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
What the terms mean 4 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.
- Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
- Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
- 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 24
| Source | Publisher | Licence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.com | An Coimisiún Pleanála | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC… | 27 Sept 2026 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 12 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 12 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.com | Local authorities (derelict sites registers) | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | — | CC-BY-4.0 | — |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | public | 12 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Tailte Éireann | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| propertypriceregister.ie | Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR) | PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use… | 12 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |