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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 12:48

Kilmacdonogh, The Municipal District of East Cork, County Cork, Munster, Éire / Ireland

51.89347, -7.92928

Homes here mostly date from before 1919.

See on the mapWatch this area

Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

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 77 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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed.

Timeline from 1896: 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 1900–1918.1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of BallymacodaBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1900–1918 (census estimate)most built2021: 1 file on Ballymacoda2023: 2 files on Ballymacoda2024: 2 files on Ballymacoda2025: 2 files on Ballymacoda2026: 3 files on Ballymacoda10 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
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
A
Flood zone (development plan) · Zone A: highest risk
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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Ballymacoda Village (251 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments2Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle; R130386
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), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
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
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 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

Ballymacoda, file by file since 2021

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

10 planning files on Ballymacoda since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2023 · other extension · approved · 23/5567No number · 2024 · other extension · undecided · 24/5175No number · 2024 · other extension · approved · 24/5348No number · 2026 · single-storey side · undecided · 26/0960No number · 2026 · single-storey side · undecided · 26/1640No number · 2026 · single-storey side · undecided · 26/1838Porches, roofs, otherNew house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · undecided · 21/7053No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23/4815No number · 2025 · new house · undecided · 25/5267No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 25/5453
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

10 files with "Ballymacoda" 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 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 77 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 77 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 77 days, middle half 57–156 (n=9)77 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.

    Calculated9 decided home extensions, 2 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Figure 4

    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 5

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 2 a year; busiest 2023. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 205102021: 1 undecided1’21*2023: 2 approved2’232024: 1 approved2024: 1 undecided2’242025: 1 approved2025: 1 undecided2’25
      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 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 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 1 in the last 12 months
        1 no sign-off needed
        • Ballymacoda, Cork · 6 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/5453 · 342 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
        0
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

        Named places estate, developments, inspections

        Crèches and schools inspected

        NameLatest inspectionDistance
        Busy Bees Montessori School · Crèche2 Feb 2023 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 382 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 About as busy as most of Cork County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here0
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here10
        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 6

        This street block against the council

        43% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 95% owner-occupied (council 73%).

        Homes built before 1971
        43% · council 28%
        Homes built since 2001
        29% · council 36%
        Owner-occupied
        95% · council 73%
        Rented
        1% · council 22%
        Children under 15
        19% · council 21%
        Aged 65 and over
        17% · council 16%
        Households with 2+ cars
        64% · council 52%
        Work mainly from home
        18% · council 12%
        This small area (264 people)Cork

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047205005

        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        None nearby.

          Stops 0

            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 1 Nov 2026, 02:24
            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
            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. Inside Flood Zone A on the council's development plan map: can you insure it?
              Ask for: A home insurance quote before you bid, and any flood risk assessment in the site's planning file.
              Insurer
            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
            Ballymacoda
            Electoral division
            Kilmacdonogh
            Electoral area
            Midleton
            Council
            Cork County Council
            Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
            • No vacant land tax.
            • Inside Flood Zone A on the Cork County Development Plan 2022-2028 flood map.
            • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
            • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
            • Here (2022 census): 95% owner-occupied (council 73%); 15% of homes empty (council 13%); most built before 1919; 68% drive to work (council 66%); population up 8% since 2016.
            • The council decides in a median 67 days (about 10 weeks).
            • 10 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 27
            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 Monuments Service (SMR)CC 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—
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            services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
            data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
            services-eu1.arcgis.com—CC BY 4.0—
            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
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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 1 Nov 2026, 12:48 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.