Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 20 Oct 2026, 05:47

Kinsale Rural, The Municipal District of Bandon-Kinsale, County Cork, Munster, Éire / Ireland

51.70994, -8.53760

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2007. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%). 32 homes approved 342 m away haven't started.

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Distance

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 2007 98%of home extensions approved nearbyn=121 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 55 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 52–103 0open for comments nearbywithin 500 m 32homes approved nearby, not startednearest 309 m · 20/6563

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 5 months after
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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2007.

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

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

2007
07/8955 · garage · approved 2007 · built? unknown
approvedstarted?signed off?

On this site

Zoning · Existing residential

Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it

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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Kinsale (802 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	1	Cappagh House
Monuments	3	Military camp; R108202

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: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 1 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 23:51

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:24	open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 23:51	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 00:29	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open

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 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open

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: 100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 80% approved.

Single-storey rear13 decided · more info asked 0%

100% · council 99%

Two-storey rear12 decided · more info asked 0%

100% · council 98%

Attic or dormer20 decided · more info asked 0%

100% · council 96%

New house in a garden or site71 decided · more info asked 0%

80% · 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 · 116 nearby, 10,454 council-wide

Figure 3

Cappagh, file by file since 2003

22 of 23 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 7 of 10.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

91 files with "Cappagh" 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 · 2003–2026

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

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

1 approved

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Single-storey rear	1	1	—

Refused within 100 m 1 in the last 12 months

26/0947 · new house · refused 8 Sept 2026 · 39 m

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 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open

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.

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

Calculated121 decided home extensions, 30 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Appeals nearby 2 in the last 12 months

501715 Pending · Glasheen and Park Laurence (Townlands), Kinsale, Co. Cork · 329 m
500420 Granted · Cappagh, Kinsale, Co. Cork. · 26 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	20 Oct 2026, 01:39	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Kinsale Rural, The Municipal District of Bandon-Kinsale, County Cork, Munster, Éire / Ireland with 6 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedRefusedEmpty land zoned for homesApproved

1Cappagh Kinsale Co.Cork 24/6120Approved, no sign building has started · 342 m
2Cappagh, Kinsale 26/0947Refused · 39 m
35.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 198 m
45, Hillcrest 25/6395Approved · 41 m
52, Harbour Heights 26/0377Approved with conditions · 284 m
6Glasheen and Park Laurence (Townlands), Kinsale 26/1103Refused · 330 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 38 permissions since 2016, 10 show a start notice and 3 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.

Measured57 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

Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

32 homes 342 m away were approved Nov 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Nov 2030.

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 2 within 500 m

Approved, not started 1

Cappagh Kinsale Co.Cork · 32 homes approved Nov 2025, not started · 342 m

Empty land zoned for homes 1

35.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 198 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 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 23:17	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 00:29	open

Figure 8

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 2 and 10 a year; busiest 2022. 88% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2016 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Every application within 500 m 5 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

6Glasheen and Park Laurence (Townlands), Kinsale, Co. Cork Refused
Permission for the construction of 7 no. residential units and all ancillary site development works at…
26/110323 Jun 2026330 m
2Cappagh, Kinsale, Co.Cork Refused
Planning permission to construct a new dwelling house.
26/09478 Sept 202639 m
52, Harbour Heights, Ballynacubby, Kinsale, Co. Cork, P17 E840 Approved with conditions
Permission for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling including 117m2 front extension linked to…
26/03777 Apr 2026284 m
2, Harbour Heights, Ballynacubby, Kinsale, Co.Cork, P17 E840 Withdrawn or not valid
Permission for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling including 117m2 front extension linked to…
26/010922 Jan 2026280 m
45, Hillcrest, Cappagh, Kinsale, Co. Cork, P17 V044. Approved
Permission to construct a single storey conservatory extension to rear of granny flat ancillary to main…
25/63958 Jan 202641 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 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open

Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months

1 not signed off1 no sign-off needed

5 Bandon Road, Kinsale, Cork · 23 Sept 2026 · 70 homes · start notice not signed off · 22/5657 · 339 m
10 Harbour Heights, Kinsale, Cork, P17 FX63 · 9 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 255468 · 393 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 20 Oct 2026, 01:45

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open

Homes coming 32 not started

Rath-Beg Abbey-Lands Commons · 95 homes · building started · 309 m
Kinsale GAA Grounds Bandon Road · 71 homes · building started · 327 m
Rath-Beg Abbeylands Kinsale Co. Cork · 51 homes · building started · 415 m
1Cappagh Kinsale Co.Cork · 32 homes · not started · runs out 25 Nov 2030 · 342 m

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Naíonra na Mara · Crèche	18 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	247 m
Kinsale Community Playschool · Crèche	26 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	624 m
Roisin's Childcare Limited · Crèche	6 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	636 m
Kinsale Kids Academy · Crèche	20 Mar 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	933 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: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 23:20

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	14 Oct 2026, 23:20	open

How busy is this area Busier than most of Cork County Council.

Homes approved

Here32

Council middle0

Homes started

Here399

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 20 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 01:45	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 9

This street block against the council

9% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 85% owner-occupied (council 73%).

Homes built before 1971

9% · council 28%

Homes built since 2001

55% · council 36%

Owner-occupied

85% · council 73%

Rented

15% · council 22%

Children under 15

22% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

13% · council 16%

Households with 2+ cars

68% · council 52%

Work mainly from home

18% · council 12%

This small area (254 people)Cork

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047221014

Bus

502 m

Kinsale Coll · 253, 253c, 254

Nearest school

246 m

Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile, 145 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile · primary · 145 pupils · 246 m
Kinsale Community School · postprimary · 1450 pupils · 844 m

Stops 6

Kinsale Coll · 253, 253c, 254, 255 · 2/hour at peak · 502 m
Kinsale Coll · 254, 255 · 0/hour at peak · 514 m
Kinsale C Sch · 253, 254 · 1/hour at peak · 788 m

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

Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile · 246 m0% pupils (145)
Kinsale Community School · 843 m-3.2% pupils (1,450)

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, 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 20 Oct 2026, 02:32

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:44	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
Council consultation portals	Public	20 Oct 2026, 01:41	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	20 Oct 2026, 02:32	open
Land Development Agency public land register	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	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Garage (07/8955) approved 2007: built as approved?
Ask for: The grant and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
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: Cappagh
Electoral division: Kinsale Rural
Electoral area: Bandon - Kinsale
Council: Cork County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

1 application on this site; latest 07/8955, approved 2007, built? unknown.
Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
2 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 1 empty zoned plot.
1 application refused within 100 m since 2025; latest a new house (2026).
32 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 32 at Cappagh Kinsale Co.Cork.
No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Kinsale Coll, 502 m away (2 an hour).
Here (2022 census): 85% owner-occupied (council 73%); 7% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 2001–2010; 63% drive to work (council 66%); population up 14% since 2016.
1 home extension within 250 m since 2025.

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 27

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	16 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	20 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	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
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	20 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	20 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	19 Oct 2026
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	20 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	20 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)	© PSRA, PSI licence	20 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	18 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
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	14 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	18 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 20 Oct 2026, 05:47 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.

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