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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 14 Oct 2026, 18:45

Kilbonane, Municipal District of Macroom, County Cork, Munster, Éire / Ireland

51.84591, -8.73092

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022.

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Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
2planning files on this houselatest 202256 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–1010open 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 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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022.

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. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of RathardBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2022: 22/4562 · new house, refused2022: 22/4317 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2006: 3 files on Rathard2007: 3 files on Rathard2008: 6 files on Rathard2009: 5 files on Rathard2010: 1 file on Rathard2011: 1 file on Rathard2013: 1 file on Rathard2014: 2 files on Rathard2015: 1 file on Rathard2016: 2 files on Rathard2017: 3 files on Rathard2018: 1 file on Rathard2019: 2 files on Rathard2021: 1 file on Rathard2022: 8 files on Rathard2023: 1 file on Rathard2024: 1 file on Rathard2025: 3 files on Rathard45 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. 2022
    22/4562 · new house · refused 2022
    approvedstarted?signed off?
  2. 2022
    22/4317 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
On this site
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

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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
Monuments1R109086
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: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
rzltCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
constraints.smrCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
How we work this out
Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
Sources: bcms, npad · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 00:33
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
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: 79% approved.

New house in a garden or site34 decided · more info asked 0%
79% · 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 · 34 nearby, 8,048 council-wide

Figure 3

Rathard, file by file since 2006

6 of 7 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 13 of 16.

45 planning files on Rathard since 2006, by kind and decision.20062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Extensions, atticsNo. 4 · 2007 · single-storey rear · approved · 07/10800No number · 2007 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 07/7371No number · 2008 · other extension · approved · 08/7049No number · 2015 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 15/5116No number · 2016 · two-storey side · approved · 16/4169No number · 2024 · other extension · undecided · 24/4298No number · 2025 · garage conversion · approved · 25/4734No number · 2025 · other extension · refused · 25/4939Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2006 · other work · approved · 06/5604No number · 2006 · other work · undecided · 06/7761No number · 2006 · other work · approved · 06/8701No number · 2007 · other work · approved · 07/4904No number · 2008 · other work · undecided · 08/10111No number · 2008 · other work · approved · 08/4128No number · 2008 · other work · undecided · 08/4642No number · 2008 · other work · refused · 08/5157No number · 2009 · other work · approved · 09/4059No number · 2009 · other work · refused · 09/4291No number · 2013 · other work · approved · 13/4891No number · 2016 · other work · refused · 16/4710No number · 2018 · other work · approved · 18/5680No number · 2019 · other work · undecided · 19/6727No number · 2022 · other work · refused · 22/4128No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22/4222No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22/6472No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22/6544New house in a side gardenNo number · 2008 · new house · refused · 08/7169No number · 2009 · new house · refused · 09/4196No number · 2009 · new house · approved · 09/6251No number · 2009 · new house · approved · 09/7686No number · 2010 · new house · approved · 10/8795No number · 2011 · new house · approved · 11/4450No number · 2014 · new house · undecided · 14/5592No number · 2014 · new house · approved · 14/5716No number · 2017 · new house · approved · 17/4172No number · 2017 · new house · approved · 17/4873No number · 2017 · new house · approved · 17/7093No number · 2019 · new house · approved · 19/4351No number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21/6187No number · 2022 · new house · undecided · 22/4317No number · 2022 · new house · refused · 22/4562No number · 2022 · new house · undecided · 22/4936No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 22/5255No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23/4840No. 9 · 2025 · new house · approved · 25/50229
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

45 files with "Rathard" 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 · 2006–2026

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: npad, acp · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 02:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
    npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
    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 48–101 (n=13)56 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeks

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

    Calculated13 decided home extensions, 0 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 15 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    23 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 15 approved, 3 refused. After appeals: 15 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 12 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT15: lodged → approved3: lodged → refused5: lodged → undecided15: approved → approved3: refused → refused5: undecided → undecided12: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off23 lodged23 lodged15 approved15 approved3 refused3 refused5 undecided5 undecided15 approved15 approved3 refused3 refused5 undecided5 undecided12 no start notice found12 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off

    Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

    Measured23 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 1 and 8 a year; busiest 2022. 83% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 5, 2018: 1, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 8, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 305102017: 4 approved2017: 1 undecided5’17*2018: 1 approved1’182019: 1 approved2019: 1 undecided2’192020: 1 approved1’202021: 1 approved1’212022: 4 approved2022: 2 refused2022: 2 undecided8’222023: 1 approved1’232024: 1 undecided1’242025: 2 approved2025: 1 refused3’25
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 0 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: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 02:03
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
        acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
        Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
        2 no sign-off needed
        • Lyras, Rathard, Cork, P31N627 · 18 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/04734 · 300 m
        • Lyras, Rathard, Cork · 1 Apr 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 25/04734 · 333 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: bcms · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 00:33
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
        0
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

        Named places estate, developments, inspections

        Crèches and schools inspected

        NameLatest inspectionDistance
        Child's Play Educare Cloughduv LTD · Crèche11 Jul 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 880 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: schools, tusla_ey · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 23:32
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        tusla_eypublic (Tusla statutory register; acknowledgement required, no open licence stated)5 Oct 2026, 23:33open
        How busy is this area Busier than most of Cork County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here0
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here18
        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: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
        npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 8

        This street block against the council

        90% owner-occupied (council 73%).

        Homes built before 1971
        30% · council 28%
        Homes built since 2001
        20% · council 36%
        Owner-occupied
        90% · council 73%
        Rented
        4% · council 22%
        Children under 15
        21% · council 21%
        Aged 65 and over
        15% · council 16%
        Households with 2+ cars
        74% · council 52%
        Work mainly from home
        13% · council 12%
        This small area (431 people)Cork

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047183001

        Nearest school
        670 m
        S N Cill Bonain, 97 pupils
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        • S N Cill Bonain · primary · 97 pupils · 670 m

        Stops 2

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

          • S N Cill Bonain · 670 m+3.2% pupils (97)
          Sources: gtfs, schools, npad, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, 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 11 Oct 2026, 23:43
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          gtfsCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
          schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
          npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
          consultpublic14 Oct 2026, 01:30open
          moderngovpublic14 Oct 2026, 01:30open
          lda_landsCC-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 (22/4562) refused 2022: built anyway?
            Ask for: The seller's answer and your surveyor's check.
            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
          Rathard
          Electoral division
          Kilbonane
          Electoral area
          Macroom
          Council
          Cork County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
          • 2 applications on this site; latest 22/4562, refused 2022.
          • No vacant land tax.
          • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 90% owner-occupied (council 73%); 4% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 1971–1980; 70% drive to work (council 66%); population up 6% since 2016.
          • The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).
          • 18 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.
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          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-4.09 Oct 2026
          data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC-BY-4.013 Oct 2026
          data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC…27 Sept 2026
          services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026
          dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https:Local authorities (consultation portals)public14 Oct 2026
          www2.courts.ie—all-rights-reserved14 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-4.012 Oct 2026
          transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026
          lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026
          meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)public14 Oct 2026
          services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC-BY-4.014 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
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          services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC-BY-4.011 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 14 Oct 2026, 18:45 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.