Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 9 Oct 2026, 10:30
L3657
51.89868, -8.16640
Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2006. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%). 128 homes approved 301 m away haven't started.
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
3planning files on this houselatest 2006100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=81 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs54 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–600open for comments nearbywithin 500 m128homes approved nearby, not startednearest 301 m · 26/0282
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
What's the planning story of this house?
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 2007.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 200706/11673 · demolition · approved 2007 · built? unknownapprovedstarted?signed off?
- 200606/11188 · demolition · withdrawnapproved?started?signed off?
- 200505/9860 · demolition · withdrawnapproved?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, 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 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 12 | Seanua; Charleston |
| Monuments | 11 | Graveyard; Country 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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 1 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, constraints.niah, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:11 | open |
| constraints.niah | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:59 | open |
| constraints | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false) | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| constraints.smr | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | 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.
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
Extensions are almost always approved here: 100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 89% approved.
Single-storey rear20 decided · more info asked 0%
100% · council 99%
Attic or dormer12 decided · more info asked 0%
100% · council 96%
New house in a garden or site27 decided · more info asked 0%
89% · 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 · 59 nearby, 9,955 council-wide
Ballynacorra West, file by file since 2003
58 of 58 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 7 of 10.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid
125 files with "Ballynacorra West" 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 · 2003–2026
Extensions and refusals right beside you 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m
Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months
| Kind | Applied | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-storey side | 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.
How long, and what if someone objects?
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.
Calculated81 decided home extensions, 6 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months
- 324245 Granted with conditions · Former Ballinacurra Mill Buildings (Protected Structure Ref. 523),… · 163 m
What's changing around you?
- 1Ballinacurra Mill Buildings 26/0282
- 2Lower Road, Ballinacurra 25/5881
- 30.2 ha zoned for homes
- 4Gortlee, Lower Road 26/0516
- 5Currabend, Church Road 26/0290
- 657, Rose Hill West 26/0466
- 7Bailick Road, Castleredmond 26/0769
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 59 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 1 has 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.
Measured78 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
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
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
128 homes 301 m away were approved Apr 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Apr 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 2 within 500 m
Approved, not started 1
- Ballinacurra Mill Buildings · 128 homes approved Apr 2026, not started · 301 m
Empty land zoned for homes 1
- 30.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 328 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 2 and 17 a year; busiest 2021. 97% of decisions were approvals.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided
2016 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
- 7Bailick Road, Castleredmond, Midleton, Co.Cork No decision yetPlanning permission for the construction of 2 no. - 3 storey dwellings with attached garage including all…
- 4Gortlee, Lower Road, Ballinacurra, Cork, P25KT50 Approved with conditionsPermission to construct a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling, permission for retention of…
- 657, Rose Hill West, Ballinacurra, Midleton, Cork, P25YD74 Approved with conditionsPermission for retention for: a) two no. windows to the side elevation of the existing dwelling, b) one no.…
- 5Currabend, Church Road, Ballinacurra West, Ballinacurra, Midleton Cork, P25W254 Approved with conditionsPermission for the erection of a single storey extension to the rear of their two storey dwelling house, to…
- 1former Ballinacurra Mill Buildings (Protected Structure Ref. 523), Rosehill House (Protected Structure Ref. 520), and Eastville House (NIAH Ref. 20907636),, Ballinacurra, Ballynacorra West,, Midleton, Co. Cork Approved with conditionsThe proposed development will consist of: The demolition of 1,165sq.m of structures associated with the…
- former Ballinacurra Mill Buildings (Protected Structure Ref. 523), Rosehill House (Protected Structure Ref. 520), and Eastville House (NIAH Ref. 20907636),, Ballinacurra, Ballynacorra West,, Midleton, Co. Cork Withdrawn or not validLRD Permission for the proposed development will consist of: The demolition of 1,165sq.m of structures…
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.
Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months
- 2Lower Road, Ballinacurra, Cork · 8 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/5881 · 81 m
- Church Road, Ballinacurra, Cork, P25 W254 · 15 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 26/0290 · 337 m
- Church Road, Ballinacurra, Cork, P25 W254 · 15 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 26/0290 · 340 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 8 Oct 2026, 06:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 8 Oct 2026, 06:04 | open |
Homes coming 128 not started
- 1Ballinacurra Mill Buildings · 128 homes · not started · runs out 7 Apr 2031 · 301 m
- Castleredmond Midleton Co. Cork · 30 homes · building started · 305 m
How we work this out
Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, 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).
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Montessori School · Crèche | 6 Mar 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 232 m |
| Orchard Court Creche · Crèche | 1 Jul 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 812 m |
| Darling Buds Preschool · Crèche | 5 Dec 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 994 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.
How busy is this area Busier than most of Cork County Council.
Homes approved
Here162
Council middle0
Homes started
Here990
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.
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
58% owner-occupied (council 73%).
Homes built before 1971
28% · council 28%
Homes built since 2001
57% · council 36%
Owner-occupied
58% · council 73%
Rented
39% · council 22%
Children under 15
20% · council 21%
Aged 65 and over
10% · council 16%
Households with 2+ cars
46% · council 52%
Work mainly from home
16% · council 12%
This small area (204 people)Cork
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047253009
Road noise
60–64 dB
day–night average (EPA 2022)
Bus
29 m
Ballinacurra West · 241, 261 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
Nearest school
988 m
Christian Brothers Secondary School, 957 pupils
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Christian Brothers Secondary School · postprimary · 957 pupils · 988 m
Stops 6
- Ballinacurra West · 241, 261 · 1/hour at peak · 29 m
- Ballinacurra N · 240, 241, 261 · 1/hour at peak · 40 m
- Ballinacurra West · 241 · 0/hour at peak · 41 m
- Ballinacurra N · 240, 241, 261 · 2/hour at peak · 184 m
- Ballinacurra N · 240, 241, 261 · 1/hour at peak · 323 m
- Ballinacurra South · 261 · 1/hour at peak · 486 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Christian Brothers Secondary School · 988 m+0.8% pupils (957)
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 4 Oct 2026, 23:41
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtfs | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:41 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026, 01:41 | open |
| consult | public | 9 Oct 2026, 01:21 | open |
| moderngov | public | 9 Oct 2026, 01:22 | open |
| lda_lands | 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 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- Demolition (06/11673) approved 2007: built as approved?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant and an opinion of compliance.
- Building work started 81 m away: for how long?Agent · councilAsk for: The planning conditions for 25/5881.
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Electoral division
- Midleton Rural
- Electoral area
- Midleton
- Council
- Cork County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 3 applications on this site; latest 06/11673, approved 2007, built? unknown.
- Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
- Flood Zone A 6 m away on the Cork County Development Plan 2022-2028 flood map.
- 2 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 1 empty zoned plot.
- 128 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 128 at Ballinacurra Mill Buildings.
- Ballinacurra N (bus 240, 241) 184 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 6 from all stops within 500 m.
- Noise from road traffic mapped at 60–64 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
- Here (2022 census): 58% owner-occupied (council 73%); 13% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 2001–2010; 70% drive to work (council 66%); population up 13% since 2016.
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 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC-BY-4.0 | 8 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC… | 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 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 9 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 9 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.com | Local authorities (derelict sites registers) | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | — | CC-BY-4.0 | — |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | public | 9 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 Oct 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) | PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use… | 9 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | 25 Sept 2026 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | public (Tusla statutory register; ackn… | 5 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 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 9 Oct 2026, 10:30 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.