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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 26 Oct 2026, 10:10

R612

51.77331, -8.31382

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s.

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Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

62 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–1230open 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 62 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 houseAll of FountainstownBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2021: 3 files on Fountainstown2022: 4 files on Fountainstown2023: 3 files on Fountainstown2024: 1 file on Fountainstown2025: 8 files on Fountainstown2026: 1 file on Fountainstown20 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
R3
Zoning · Rural cluster
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
ZoningR3 · Rural cluster
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

A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.

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 not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
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) · 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
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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
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: 80% approved.

New house in a garden or site15 decided · more info asked 0%
80% · 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 · 15 nearby, 4,502 council-wide

Figure 3

Fountainstown, file by file since 2021

8 of 8 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.

20 planning files on Fountainstown since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · side · undecided · 21/4507No number · 2021 · side · undecided · 21/4788No number · 2021 · side · approved · 21/5303No number · 2022 · side · approved · 22/4185No number · 2022 · first-floor · approved · 22/4596No number · 2022 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 22/6667No. 2 · 2023 · single-storey side · approved · 23/6244No number · 2025 · single-storey rear · approved · 25/4242No number · 2025 · side · undecided · 25/4777No number · 2025 · side · approved · 25/5101No. 3 · 2025 · first-floor · undecided · 25/6697No. 3 · 2026 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 26/0107Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22/6567No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23/4475No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23/5711New house in a side gardenNo number · 2024 · new house · undecided · 24/4758No number · 2025 · new house · undecided · 25/4788No number · 2025 · new house · undecided · 25/4793No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 25/4960No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 25/5055
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

20 files with "Fountainstown" 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 · 2021–2026

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 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 62 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 62 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 62 days, middle half 50–123 (n=22)62 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.

    Calculated22 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 R612 with 2 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseBuilding startedApproved
    1. 1Ferry Road, Fountainstown 22/06667Building started · 144 m
    2. 23, The Point 26/0107Approved with conditions · 379 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 11 permissions since 2016, 2 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    16 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 11 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 11 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 9 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT11: lodged → approved5: lodged → undecided11: approved → approved5: undecided → undecided9: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out16 lodged16 lodged11 approved11 approved5 undecided5 undecided11 approved11 approved5 undecided5 undecided9 no start notice found9 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out

    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.

    Measured16 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

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 7 a year; busiest 2025. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 3, 2022: 2, 2023: 3, 2025: 7, 2026: 105102021: 1 approved2021: 2 undecided3’21*2022: 2 approved2’222023: 3 approved3’232025: 4 approved2025: 3 undecided7’252026: 1 approved1’26*
      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 2 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
      2 no sign-off needed
      • 1Ferry Road, Fountainstown, Cork, P43 P838 · 8 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 22/06667 · 144 m
      • Sand Road, Fountainstown, Cork, p43yx30 · 10 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2305711 · 74 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      0
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Cork County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here5
      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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      51% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 80% owner-occupied (council 73%).

      Homes built before 1971
      51% · council 28%
      Homes built since 2001
      13% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      80% · council 73%
      Rented
      13% · council 22%
      Children under 15
      20% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      24% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      51% · council 52%
      Work mainly from home
      17% · council 12%
      This small area (178 people)Cork

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047071007

      Bus
      309 m
      Fountainstown · 220A, 220X · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 2

        • Fountainstown · 220A, 220X · 1/hour at peak · 309 m
        • Fountainstown · 220A, 220X · 1/hour at peak · 332 m
        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 26 Oct 2026, 01:54
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        Council consultation portalsPublic26 Oct 2026, 00:55open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public26 Oct 2026, 01:54open
        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
        Fountainstown
        Electoral division
        Carrigaline
        Electoral area
        Carrigaline
        Council
        Cork County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • Zoned R3 (rural cluster); no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • Fountainstown (bus 220A, 220X) 309 m away: 15 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
        • Here (2022 census): 80% owner-occupied (council 73%); 19% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 1971–1980; 59% drive to work (council 66%); population up 30% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).
        • 2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        • 1 building job started within 250 m in the last six months.
        • 5 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
        What the terms mean 5 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.
        Sources and licences 23
        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 4.023 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public26 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher25 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 4.019 Oct 2026
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public26 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
        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 licence26 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 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 26 Oct 2026, 10:10 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.