Wolfe Tone Street, Clonakilty
Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2011. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (97%).
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 62 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 5 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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2011.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 201111/50003 · demolition · approved 2011 · built? unknownapprovedstarted?signed off?
- 200807/50042 · demolition · approved 2008 · built? unknownapprovedstarted?signed off?
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
What it says
Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres: Promote the development of town centres and neighbourhood centres as the primary locations for retail and other uses that provide goods or services principally to visiting members of the public.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
cork county development plan 2022 · 6 Jun 2022 – 5 Jun 2028
Not on this site: protected building, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.
Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Clonakilty and Environs (327 m)
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 85 | house |
| Monuments | 4 | Enclosure; Market-house |
How we work this out
Sources: zoning, constraints.niah, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:18 | open |
| constraints.niah | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
| epa_leap | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 23:31 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 00:14 | open |
| constraints | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false) | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| constraints.smr | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | open |
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: 94% 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 · 48 nearby, 8,048 council-wide
Scartagh, file by file since 2004
8 of 8 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 0 of 1.
43 files with "Scartagh" 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 · 2004–2026
Extensions and refusals right beside you 2 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m
Extensions and refusals near you 2 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months
| Kind | Applied | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rear | 2 | 1 | — |
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 62 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated69 decided home extensions, 48 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What's changing around you?
- 126/27, Rossa Street 26/0494
- 20.4 ha zoned for homes
- 31.2 ha zoned for homes
- 42.4 ha zoned for homes
- 51.5 ha zoned for homes
- 6Clonakilty Shopping Centre Facksbridge Clonakilty Co. Cork 26/1031
- 720 Wolfe Tone Street, Clonakilty 26/1915
- 8Saint Joseph's Girls National School, Scartagh 26/0256
- 9Inchydoney Road / Casement Street, Clarke Street Junction 26/1407
- 10Seymour Street, Clonakilty 26/2194
- 1161 Pearse Street, Clonakilty 26/0587
- 1210, McCurtain Hill 26/1652
- 1315 Rossa Street, Clonakilty 25/6806
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 48 permissions since 2016, 33 show a start notice and 17 have a completion certificate.
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.
Measured91 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 3 Nov 2026.
- Time to appeal ends 3 Nov 202619 days left126/0494 · Grant with Conditions — Permission for installation of new front elevation door for access to vacant residential upper…€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 444 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Sites that could change 4 within 500 m
Empty land zoned for homes 4
- 20.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 95 m
- 31.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 259 m
- 42.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 285 m
- 51.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 302 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 5 and 15 a year; busiest 2020. 91% 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 14 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 10Seymour Street, Clonakilty, Co. Cork No decision yetThe construction of a 3-storey apartment building, comprising of 10 no. apartment units (2no. studios, 2no.…
- 720 Wolfe Tone Street, Clonakilty, Co Cork, P85 DP80 Approved with conditionsRetain; a) rear extensions to dwelling, b) domestic garage, c) detached greenhouse/ shed, d) detached boiler…
- 1210, McCurtain Hill, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, P85K230 Approved with conditionsWorks on an existing dwelling consisting of: (a) removal of seven PVC windows (b) installation of seven…
- 20 Wolfe Tone Street Clonakilty, Co Cork, P85 DP80 Withdrawn or not validretain; a) rear extensions to dwelling, b) domestic garage and c) garden domestic outbuildings & all…
- 9Inchydoney Road / Casement Street, Clarke Street Junction, Clonakilty, Clonakilty, Co. Cork ApprovedConstruction of an overflow car park consisting of 28 no. car parking spaces to serve the primary care centre…
- 6Clonakilty Shopping Centre Facksbridge Clonakilty Co. Cork No decision yetConstruction of extension and alterations to existing Doctor' s surgery, construction of 5 number retail…
- 10, McCurtain Hill, Clonakilty County Cork, P85K230 Withdrawn or not valid(a) removal of seven PVC windows (b) installation of: - three timber sliding sash windows on the ground floor…
- 1161 Pearse Street, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, P85D406 Approved with conditionsPermission for change of use from retail to a pizza takeaway on the ground floor. This involves work to a…
- 126/27, Rossa Street, Clonakilty, Co. Cork Approved with conditionsPermission for installation of new front elevation door for access to vacant residential upper floors,…
- 8Saint Joseph's Girls National School, Scartagh, Clonakilty, Cork, P85AX90 Approved with conditionsUniversal Access Works within the relevant part of the existing school comprising of alterations and upgrade…
- 61 Pearse Street, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, P85D406 Withdrawn or not validPermission for change of use from retail to a pizza takeaway on the ground floor.
- 26/27, Rossa Street, Clonakilty, Co. Cork Withdrawn or not validInstallation of new front elevation door for access to the vacant upper floors, to alter the front roof to…
- 1315 Rossa Street, Clonakilty, Co Cork Approved with conditionsElevational alterations to the existing front elevation including the addition of a first floor window and…
- Seymour Street, Clonakilty, Co. Cork Withdrawn or not validThe construction of a 3-storey apartment building, comprising of 12 no. apartment units (8 no. 1-bed and 4…
How we work this out
Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
- Sand Quay, Clonakilty, Cork, P85 VP08 · 9 Oct 2026 · start notice not signed off · 316 m
- Sacred Heart School, Scartagh, Clonakilty, Cork, P85 KW28 · 22 Jun 2026 · start notice not signed off · 298 m
How we work this out
Source: bcms · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 00:44
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 15 Oct 2026, 00:44 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Grainne's Montessori School · Crèche | 2 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 266 m |
| Clonakilty Montessori Pre- School · Crèche | 4 Jun 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 534 m |
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
30% owner-occupied (council 73%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047096017
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- St Joseph'S Girls National School · primary · 192 pupils · 266 m
- Sacred Heart Secondary School · postprimary · 568 pupils · 299 m
- Clonakilty Community College · postprimary · 696 pupils · 338 m
- Kilgariffe NS · primary · 45 pupils · 576 m
- Scoil na mBuachailli · primary · 235 pupils · 753 m
Stops 4
- Clonakilty N71 · 230, 237, 253, 253t · 3/hour at peak · 363 m
- Clonakilty · 237 · 567 m
- Clonakilty · 253, 253t · 1/hour at peak · 597 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- St Joseph'S Girls National School · 266 m-7.2% pupils (192) · an extension 2026, approved with conditions
- Sacred Heart Secondary School · 299 m+1.8% pupils (568) · an extension 2026, approved with conditions
- Clonakilty Community College · 338 m-0.6% pupils (696)
- Kilgariffe NS · 576 m-4.3% pupils (45)
- Scoil na mBuachailli · 753 m-7.1% pupils (235)
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 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 |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 15 Oct 2026, 02:04 | open |
| consult | public | 15 Oct 2026, 01:32 | open |
| moderngov | public | 15 Oct 2026, 01:32 | 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
- Demolition (11/50003) approved 2011: built as approved?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant and an opinion of compliance.
- Demolition (07/50042) approved 2008: built as approved?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant and an opinion of compliance.
- 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
- Scartagh
- Electoral division
- Clonakilty Urban
- Electoral area
- Skibbereen-West Cork
- Council
- Cork County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 2 applications on this site; latest 11/50003, approved 2011, built? unknown.
- Zoned M2 (major town centre); no vacant land tax.
- Flood Zone A 50 m away on the Cork County Development Plan 2022-2028 flood map.
- 4 sites nearby could change: 4 empty zoned plots.
- Clonakilty N71 (bus 230, 237) 363 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak.
- Here (2022 census): 66% rent (council 22%); 19% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 1991–2000; 41% drive to work (council 66%); population up 10% since 2016.
- 2 home extensions within 250 m since 2026. Most were rear extensions.
- The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).
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 28
| 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 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC… | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Monuments Service (SMR) | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
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| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 15 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 | — |
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| data.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register) | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | — | CC-BY-4.0 | — |
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| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
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| propertypriceregister.ie | Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR) | PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use… | 15 Oct 2026 |
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| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | public (Tusla statutory register; ackn… | 14 Oct 2026 |
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