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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 20:02

Carraig Mór

51.68632, -9.43009

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. A building site 20 m away stopped before it was finished.

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Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 47–540open 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 51 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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992).

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 1971–1980.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built

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

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

  • 23 Jul 2024 · notice that building work was starting · not signed off as finished (no completion certificate on file)
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses: The scale of new residential and mixed residential developments within the Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses within the settlement network should normally respect the pattern and grain of existing urban development in the surrounding

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

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 lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments4Standing stone; Fulacht fia
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 council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 3 on the draft 2027 map; 3 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
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 site21 decided · more info asked 0%
81% · council 87%
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 · 21 nearby, 4,519 council-wide

Extensions and refusals right beside you 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 approved
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Single-storey rear11—

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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 51 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 51 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 51 days, middle half 47–54 (n=21)51 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off0% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated21 decided home extensions, 1 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Carraig Mór with 8 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseBuilding site that stoppedEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 1Carraig Mór, Caherdaniel West 19/444Building site that stopped · 20 m
    2. 25.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 90 m
    3. 31.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 153 m
    4. 414.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 442 m
    5. 5Caherdaniel West, Bantry 26/1072Approved with conditions · 49 m
    6. 6Milleencoola, Bantry 26/2148No decision yet · 185 m
    7. 7Caherdaniel East, Bantry 26/1786Approved with conditions · 360 m
    8. 8Newtown, Bantry 26/1192Approved with conditions · 465 m
    Figure 4

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 8 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    14 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 8 approved, 3 refused. After appeals: 8 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 2 started, 5 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT8: lodged → approved3: lodged → refused3: lodged → undecided8: approved → approved3: refused → refused3: undecided → undecided5: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out2: approved → started, not signed off14 lodged14 lodged8 approved8 approved3 refused3 refused3 undecided3 undecided8 approved8 approved3 refused3 refused3 undecided3 undecided5 no start notice found5 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out2 started, not signed off2 started, not 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.

    Measured14 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 5

    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 6

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      1 building site nearby stopped before sign-off.

      Carraig Mór, Caherdaniel… · 34 homes: 34 homes, started Apr 2022, never signed off2022202320242025202620272028Carraig Mór, Caherdaniel… · 34 homes20 m · 19/44434 homes, started Apr 2022, never signed off34 homes, started Apr 2022, never signed offtoday

      Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.

      Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)

      Sites that could change 4 within 500 m

      Building site that stopped 1

      • 1Carraig Mór, Caherdaniel West · 34 homes, started Apr 2022, never signed off · 20 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 3

      • 25.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 90 m
      • 31.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 153 m
      • 414.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 442 m

      Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).

      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2025. 73% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 3, 2026: 405102021: 2 approved2’21*2022: 1 approved1’222023: 1 approved2023: 1 refused2’232024: 1 refused2024: 1 undecided2’242025: 1 approved2025: 1 refused2025: 1 undecided3’252026: 3 approved2026: 1 undecided4’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 4 in the last 12 months

      See every application on the map

      • 6Milleencoola, Bantry, Co. Cork No decision yet
        Permission for a residential development consisting of 42 no. houses, and 8 no. apartments and all associated…
        26/214814 Aug 2026185 m
      • 7Caherdaniel East, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 AF54 Approved with conditions
        Permission to install a replacement wastewater treatment system, in lieu of the old septic tank system which…
        26/178613 Aug 2026360 m
      • 8Newtown, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 H392 Approved with conditions
        Permission for the following changes to existing dwelling house: (i) construction of extension to rear, (ii)…
        26/119210 Sept 2026465 m
      • 5Caherdaniel West, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75X232 Approved with conditions
        (A) Demolition of existing single storey rear extensions and for construction of new single storey extension…
        26/107219 Jun 202649 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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 not signed off
      • Milleencoola, Bantry, Cork · 4 Jun 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/6342 · 219 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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 02:56
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Estate: Carraig Mór · 1 applications in 10 years

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Rainbow Childcare · Crèche4 Jul 2023 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate983 m
      How we work this out
      Organisations only: a person named on an application is never listed. Inspection dates and links are the publisher's; read their report for the findings.
      Sources: Housing estates, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Housing estatesODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Cork County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here99
      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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      77% owner-occupied (council 73%).

      Homes built before 1971
      25% · council 28%
      Homes built since 2001
      23% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      77% · council 73%
      Rented
      15% · council 22%
      Children under 15
      24% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      24% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      59% · council 52%
      Work mainly from home
      12% · council 12%
      This small area (429 people)Cork

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047042011

      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        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 31 Oct 2026, 02:21
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
          Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
          Council consultation portalsPublic31 Oct 2026, 01:06open
          Council meetings (ModernGov)Public31 Oct 2026, 02:21open
          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. Building work started here Jul 2024 with no planning file: what was it?
            Ask for: The notice and its completion certificate.
            Seller · council
          2. Stalled build 20 m away (Carraig Mór, Caherdaniel West): what happens next?
            Ask for: The planning file for 19/444.
            Council
          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
          Caherdaniel West
          Electoral division
          Bantry Urban
          Electoral area
          Bantry-West Cork
          Council
          Cork County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
          • Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
          • 4 sites nearby could change: 1 stalled build, 3 empty zoned plots.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 77% owner-occupied (council 73%); 14% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 1971–1980; 59% drive to work (council 66%); population up 4% since 2016.
          • 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
          • Around here the council decides in a median 53 days (about 8 weeks).
          • 4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
          • 1 building job started within 250 m in the last six months.
          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.
          • 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.
          • Building site that stopped (Commenced, no completion certificate): A housing build that told the council it was starting at least three years ago, passed its own planned finish date, and has never been signed off as finished.
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          Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
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          National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
          services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026
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          data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
          services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
          dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public31 Oct 2026
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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 31 Oct 2026, 20:02 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.