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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 18 Oct 2026, 06:58

Cobh Rural ED, Municipal District of Cobh, County Cork, Munster, Éire / Ireland

51.86471, -8.23216

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2016.

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Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 201656 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 51–1470open 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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2016.

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 1991–2000. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of BallybrassilBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1991–2000 (census estimate)most built2016: 16/5648 · garden room, approved2004: 2 files on Ballybrassil2006: 4 files on Ballybrassil2007: 2 files on Ballybrassil2008: 3 files on Ballybrassil2010: 1 file on Ballybrassil2012: 1 file on Ballybrassil2013: 2 files on Ballybrassil2016: 1 file on Ballybrassil2019: 1 file on Ballybrassil2021: 3 files on Ballybrassil2023: 1 file on Ballybrassil2025: 2 files on Ballybrassil2026: 1 file on Ballybrassil24 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. 2016
    16/5648 · garden room · approved 2016 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned 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
Heritage inventory buildings1Walterstown School
Monuments2Ringfort - rath; R130269
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, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
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
Sites and Monuments RecordCC 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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 01:21open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
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 site14 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 · 14 nearby, 8,048 council-wide

Figure 3

Ballybrassil, file by file since 2004

7 of 7 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 3.

24 planning files on Ballybrassil since 2004, by kind and decision.200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2004 · other extension · approved · 04/1627No number · 2008 · single-storey rear · approved · 08/6175No number · 2013 · other extension · undecided · 13/6152No number · 2013 · rear · approved · 13/6241No number · 2021 · first-floor · approved · 21/5616No number · 2021 · first-floor · undecided · 21/6025No number · 2021 · first-floor · approved · 21/6329No number · 2023 · first-floor · approved · 23/5557No number · 2025 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 25/5146Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2006 · other work · undecided · 06/6186No number · 2006 · other work · approved · 06/7993No number · 2006 · other work · refused · 06/7997No number · 2006 · other work · refused · 06/8528No number · 2007 · other work · undecided · 07/6098No number · 2007 · other work · refused · 07/7566No number · 2008 · other work · refused · 08/6184No number · 2008 · other work · refused · 08/8768New house in a side gardenNo number · 2004 · new house · undecided · 04/9766No number · 2010 · new house · undecided · 10/8070No number · 2012 · new house · approved · 12/5441No number · 2016 · new house · approved · 16/5648No number · 2019 · new house · refused · 19/5918No number · 2025 · new house · undecided · 25/6790No number · 2026 · new house · undecided · 26/2172
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

24 files with "Ballybrassil" 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 · 2004–2026

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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 01:21open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
    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 51–147 (n=20)56 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.

    Calculated20 decided home extensions, 1 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    • 324254 Open · Portaferry House, Walterstown, Cobh, The Great Island, Co. Cork.… · 461 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher18 Oct 2026, 01:35open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 8 permissions since 2016, 0 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    10 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 8 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 8 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 8 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT8: lodged → approved2: lodged → undecided8: approved → approved2: undecided → undecided8: approved → no start notice found10 lodged10 lodged8 approved8 approved2 undecided2 undecided8 approved8 approved2 undecided2 undecided8 no start notice found8 no start notice found

    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.

    Measured10 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 3 a year; busiest 2021. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2018: 4, 2021: 3, 2023: 1, 2024: 205102018: 3 approved2018: 1 undecided4’18*2021: 3 approved3’212023: 1 approved1’232024: 1 approved2024: 1 undecided2’24
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2018 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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 01:21open
        0
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

        Named places estate, developments, inspections

        Crèches and schools inspected

        NameLatest inspectionDistance
        Walterstown Community Playschool · Crèche21 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 556 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
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        Tusla early years registerPublic register14 Oct 2026, 23:20open
        How busy is this area About as busy as most of Cork County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here0
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here4
        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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 01:21open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 8

        This street block against the council

        86% owner-occupied (council 73%).

        Homes built before 1971
        30% · council 28%
        Homes built since 2001
        20% · council 36%
        Owner-occupied
        86% · council 73%
        Rented
        9% · 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
        10% · council 12%
        This small area (362 people)Cork

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047106002

        Nearest school
        368 m
        Walterstown NS, 183 pupils
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        • Walterstown NS · primary · 183 pupils · 368 m

        Stops 0

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

          • Walterstown NS · 368 m-8% pupils (183)
          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 18 Oct 2026, 02:18
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
          Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
          National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
          Council consultation portalsPublic18 Oct 2026, 01:37open
          Council meetings (ModernGov)Public18 Oct 2026, 02:18open
          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. Garden room (16/5648) ran out unbuilt in 2021: built anyway?
            Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
            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
          Ballybrassil
          Electoral division
          Cobh Rural
          Electoral area
          Cobh
          Council
          Cork County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
          • 1 application on this site; latest 16/5648, approved 2016, ran out unbuilt.
          • No vacant land tax.
          • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 86% owner-occupied (council 73%); 9% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 1991–2000; 76% drive to work (council 66%); population up 8% since 2016.
          • Around here the council decides in a median 57 days (about 8 weeks).
          • 4 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.
          • 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.
          • 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 26
          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 4.016 Oct 2026
          data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 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
          services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
          dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public18 Oct 2026
          www2.courts.ie—© the publisher18 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)Public18 Oct 2026
          services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.018 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 licence18 Oct 2026
          services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.011 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 18 Oct 2026, 06:58 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.