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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 19:00

Hillside

51.84253, -8.20699

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025. 31 homes approved 475 m away haven't started.

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Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

3planning files on this houselatest 202556 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 53–940open for comments nearbywithin 500 m31homes approved nearby, not startednearest 475 m · 21/6873

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 56 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

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 2001–2010. 3 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of AghadaBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2025: 25/4003 · new house, approved2024: 24/6193 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2024: 24/6006 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2021: 5 files on Aghada2022: 4 files on Aghada2023: 4 files on Aghada2024: 9 files on Aghada2025: 6 files on Aghada2026: 1 file on Aghada29 files

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

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

  1. 2025
    25/4003 · new house · approved 2025 · not started, runs out 2030
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2024
    24/6193 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  3. 2024
    24/6006 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
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
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 not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings3Aghada Pier; house
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), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · 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
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
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: 88% approved.

New house in a garden or site16 decided · more info asked 0%
88% · 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 · 16 nearby, 4,519 council-wide

Figure 3

Aghada, file by file since 2021

4 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 6 of 6.

29 planning files on Aghada since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · first-floor · approved · 21/4250No number · 2022 · first-floor · undecided · 22/4215No number · 2022 · side · approved · 22/4328No number · 2023 · attic conversion / dormer · undecided · 23/6107No number · 2023 · attic conversion / dormer · undecided · 23/6331No number · 2024 · porch / front · undecided · 24/4385No number · 2024 · attic conversion / dormer · undecided · 24/4405No number · 2024 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 24/4575No number · 2024 · porch / front · approved · 24/4577Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21/5729No number · 2021 · other work · undecided · 21/6731No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21/6873No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23/5772No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 24/5099No number · 2024 · other work · undecided · 24/6409No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 25/4208No. 1A · 2025 · other work · undecided · 25/5157No. 1A · 2025 · other work · approved · 25/5369No. 2 · 2025 · other work · approved · 25/6462No number · 2026 · other work · undecided · 26/1799New house in a side gardenNo. 1A · 2021 · new house · approved · 21/57561ANo. 2B · 2022 · new house · undecided · 22/59342BNo. 2B · 2022 · new house · approved · 22/6086No. 5A · 2023 · new house · approved · 23/57275ANo number · 2024 · new house · undecided · 24/6006No number · 2024 · new house · undecided · 24/6193No. 1A · 2024 · new house · approved · 24/6399No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 25/4003No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 25/4170
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

29 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 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 56 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 56 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 56 days, middle half 53–94 (n=11)56 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off50% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated11 decided home extensions, 2 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Hillside with 3 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedNo decision yetApproved
    1. 1Ashgrove Church Road Aghada Midleton 21/6873Approved, not started, approval runs out within a year · 475 m
    2. 2Townland of Aghada, along the Local Road L3658-0 at Hillside 26/1799No decision yet · 244 m
    3. 32, Hillside 25/6462Approved with conditions · 484 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 14 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    25 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 14 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 14 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 2 started, 9 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT14: lodged → approved11: lodged → undecided14: approved → approved11: undecided → undecided9: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out2: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off25 lodged25 lodged14 approved14 approved11 undecided11 undecided14 approved14 approved11 undecided11 undecided9 no start notice found9 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out2 started, not signed off2 started, not signed off1 signed off1 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.

    Measured25 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

      31 homes 475 m away were approved Oct 2022 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Oct 2027.

      Ashgrove Church Road… · 31 homes: 31 homes approved, not started; runs out Oct 20272022202320242025202620272028Ashgrove Church Road… · 31 homes475 m · 21/687331 homes approved, not started; runs out Oct 202731 homes approved, not started; runs out Oct 2027today

      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, approval running out 1

      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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 4 and 7 a year; busiest 2024. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 4, 2022: 4, 2023: 4, 2024: 7, 2025: 5, 2026: 105102021: 3 approved2021: 1 undecided4’21*2022: 2 approved2022: 2 undecided4’222023: 2 approved2023: 2 undecided4’232024: 3 approved2024: 4 undecided7’242025: 4 approved2025: 1 undecided5’252026: 1 undecided1’26*
      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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
      2 not signed off
      • 1 Doctor Patrick O'Sullivan Terrace, Upper Aghada, Cork · 17 Aug 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · PART 8 · 400 m
      • Lower Aghada, Midleton, Cork · 26 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/04250 · 155 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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Homes coming 31 not started
      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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Aghada Community Playgroup CLG · Crèche3 Dec 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate549 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 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      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
      Here14
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here27
      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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 9

      This street block against the council

      83% owner-occupied (council 73%).

      Homes built before 1971
      25% · council 28%
      Homes built since 2001
      38% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      83% · council 73%
      Rented
      18% · council 22%
      Children under 15
      18% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      18% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      56% · council 52%
      Work mainly from home
      16% · council 12%
      This small area (158 people)Cork

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047115007

      Bus
      184 m
      Lwr Aghada · 241 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      516 m
      S N Ath Fhada, 304 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • S N Ath Fhada · primary · 304 pupils · 516 m

      Stops 4

      • Lwr Aghada · 241 · 1/hour at peak · 184 m
      • Lwr Aghada · 241 · 0/hour at peak · 185 m
      • Upr Aghada · 241 · 655 m
      • Upr Aghada · 241 · 1/hour at peak · 707 m

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

      • S N Ath Fhada · 516 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      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
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Council consultation portalsPublic1 Nov 2026, 01:08open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public1 Nov 2026, 02:24open
      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. New house (25/4003) approved 2025, not started: still planned?
        Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. 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
      • 3 applications on this site; latest 25/4003, approved 2025, not started, runs out 2030.
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
      • 1 site nearby could change: 1 approved scheme.
      • 31 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 31 at Ashgrove Church Road Aghada Midleton.
      • Lwr Aghada (bus 241) 184 m away: 1 an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 82% owner-occupied (council 73%); 15% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 2001–2010; 65% drive to work (council 66%); population up 8% since 2016.
      • Around here the council decides in a median 59 days (about 8 weeks).
      • Homes started within 1 km: 6 in the last year, 20 three years before.
      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.
      • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
      • 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 25
      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 4.030 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public1 Nov 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 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 4.026 Oct 2026
      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 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 1 Nov 2026, 19:00 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.