Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 5 Nov 2026, 08:57

L3651

51.83676, -8.20863

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2025. 14 homes approved 107 m away haven't started.

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Time

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Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 2025 54 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 53–92 0open for comments nearbywithin 500 m 14homes approved nearby, not startednearest 106 m · 26/0412

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 54 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council
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 2026.

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

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

2026
25/5958 · new house · approved 2026 · not started, runs out 2031
approvedstartedsigned off

On this site

Zoning · Existing residential

Yes

Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (CO088-119----)

Vacant land tax · not on the map

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

Heritage inventory3 within 100 m J. Walsh; post box

Monument zoneOn this site Church, Aghada

Not on this site: protected building, 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

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	5	Presbyterian Church Upper Aghada; J. Walsh
Monuments	9	Graveyard; Church

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), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record, SMR zones of notification, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 23:58

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:13	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
SMR zones of notification	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:34	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:58	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 05:03	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

A new house in a garden is harder: 83% approved.

New house in a garden or site18 decided · more info asked 0%

83% · 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 · 18 nearby, 4,519 council-wide

Figure 3

Aghada, file by file since 2021

6 of 6 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 6 of 6.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

34 files with "Aghada" 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 2 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 2 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

2 approved

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Rear	1	1	—
Two-storey rear	1	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

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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 05:03	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 05:03	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 54 days.

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

Calculated11 decided home extensions, 3 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Appeals nearby 3 in the last 12 months

501897 Invalid · Curragh Glen, Aghada, Co. Cork · 65 m
500744 Refused · Upper Aghada, Midleton, Co. Cork. · 0 m
500741 Refused · Upper Aghada, Midleton, Co. Cork. · 0 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	4 Nov 2026, 23:17	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 05:03	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around L3651 with 5 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedApprovedNo decision yet

1Curragh Glen 26/0412Approved, no sign building has started · 107 m
2Aghada, Upper Aghada 26/0912Approved with conditions · 118 m
3Aghada, Midleton 26/0995Approved with conditions · 139 m
4Townland of Aghada, along the Local Road L3658-0 at Hillside 26/1799No decision yet · 187 m
5Church Road, Upper Aghada 25/6466Approved with conditions · 451 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 20 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 0 have 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.

Measured26 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

14 homes 107 m away were approved Sept 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Sept 2031.

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 1 within 500 m

Approved, not started 1

Curragh Glen · 14 homes approved Sep 2026, not started · 107 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 23:17	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 05:03	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:58	open

Figure 8

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 7 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.

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 6 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

4Townland of Aghada, along the Local Road L3658-0 at Hillside, Aghada Upper, Co. Cork No decision yet
Traceway Limited intends to apply for permission for development to construct a residential development…
26/17993 Jul 2026187 m
3Aghada, Midleton, Co. Cork, P25K190 Approved with conditions
Permission for Retention to retain extensions to dwelling consisting of retention of a single storey entrance…
26/099521 Jul 2026139 m
2Aghada, Upper Aghada, Co. Cork, P25 T389 Approved with conditions
Permission to alter and extend derelict cottage consisting of the following: 1) Remove existing galvanized…
26/091224 Aug 2026118 m
1Curragh Glen, Aghada, Co. Cork Approved with conditions
Planning permission is sought for the construction of 14 dwelling units – 3 terrace blocks of 4 two storey…
26/041215 Jul 202665 m
Curragh Glen, Aghada, Co. Cork Withdrawn or not valid
Planning permission is sought for the construction of 14 no. Dwelling Units – 3 no. terrace blocks of 4 two…
25/66492 Dec 202565 m
5Church Road, Upper Aghada, Midleton, Co.Cork Approved with conditions
Permission for: 1) a part single storey, part two storey detached dwelling with associated single storey…
25/646618 Jan 2026451 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 05:03	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open

Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months

1 not signed off1 no sign-off needed

Church Road, Upper Aghada, Cork · 28 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/6466 · 467 m
1 Doctor Patrick O'Sullivan Terrace, Upper Aghada, Cork · 17 Aug 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · PART 8 · 261 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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open

Homes coming 14 not started

Aghada at Aghada Upper Co.Cork . · 21 homes · building started · 322 m
1Curragh Glen · 14 homes · not started · runs out 9 Sept 2031 · 107 m

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 05:03	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:02	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Aghada Community Playgroup CLG · Crèche	3 Dec 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	155 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 4 Nov 2026, 23:36

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	4 Nov 2026, 23:36	open

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

Homes approved

Here14

Council middle0

Homes started

Here29

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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 05:03	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 9

This street block against the council

84% owner-occupied (council 73%).

Homes built before 1971

27% · council 28%

Homes built since 2001

45% · council 36%

Owner-occupied

84% · council 73%

Rented

9% · council 22%

Children under 15

18% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

16% · council 16%

Households with 2+ cars

61% · council 52%

Work mainly from home

13% · council 12%

This small area (154 people)Cork

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047115009

Bus

52 m

Upr Aghada · 241 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak

Nearest school

160 m

S N Ath Fhada, 304 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

S N Ath Fhada · primary · 304 pupils · 160 m

Stops 4

Upr Aghada · 241 · 52 m
Upr Aghada · 241 · 1/hour at peak · 95 m
Lwr Aghada · 241 · 1/hour at peak · 762 m
Lwr Aghada · 241 · 0/hour at peak · 764 m

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

S N Ath Fhada · 160 m-7.6% pupils (304)

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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:05	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 05:03	open
Council consultation portals	Public	5 Nov 2026, 01:15	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	5 Nov 2026, 02:33	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

New house (25/5958) approved 2026, not started: still planned?
Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
Seller · solicitor
Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
Seller · council
14 homes approved 107 m away (Curragh Glen), not started: what is planned?
Ask for: The planning file for 26/0412.
Council
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: Aghada
Electoral division: Corkbeg
Electoral area: Midleton
Council: Cork County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

1 application on this site; latest 25/5958, approved 2026, not started, runs out 2031.
Zoned R2 (existing residential); monument zone; no vacant land tax.
1 site nearby could change: 1 approved scheme.
14 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 14 at Curragh Glen.
Upr Aghada (bus 241) 95 m away: 3 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
Here (2022 census): 84% owner-occupied (council 73%); 8% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 2001–2010; 63% drive to work (council 66%); population up 8% since 2016.
2 home extensions within 250 m since 2026.
Around here the council decides in a median 59 days (about 8 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 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	30 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 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
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR zones)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	5 Nov 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	4 Nov 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	2 Nov 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	5 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 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	5 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	4 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 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 5 Nov 2026, 08:57 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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