Old Blarney Road
Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 246 homes approved 1.9 km away haven't started.
Not held yet for Cork City Council: council consultations.
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 94 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 4 months after
- 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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992).
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
What it says
City Hinterland: To protect and improve rural amenity and provide for the development of agriculture.
Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.
cork city development plan 2022 2028 variation no 3 npf implementation · 8 Aug 2022 – 8 Aug 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.
| Within 2.0 km | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 33 | Alverna; Church of the Resurrection (Garrycloyne) |
| Monuments | 72 | Mill - woollen; Castle - tower house |
How we work this out
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development plan zoning (councils) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026, 23:24 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 00:29 | open |
| Constraint layers (bundle) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
| Sites and Monuments Record | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | open |
How we work this out
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
A new house in a garden is harder: 80% approved.
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 · 5 nearby, 323 council-wide
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
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 94 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated19 decided home extensions, 10 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.
Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.
CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file
Appeals nearby 2 in the last 12 months
- 502060 Invalid · Kerry Pike, Carrigrohane, Co. Cork · 1.5 km
- 324508 Pending · Lands at Milboro, Kerry Pike, Cork City. · 1.2 km
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:30
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews) | © the publisher | 24 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
What's changing around you?
- 1Ringwood, Shean Upper and Shean Lower 25/44406
- 2Ringwood 2443031
- 31.3 ha zoned for homes
- 40.4 ha zoned for homes
- 50.2 ha zoned for homes
- 60.2 ha zoned for homes
- 70.1 ha zoned for homes
- 80.1 ha zoned for homes
- 9Rosebank, Killard 2544302
- 10Turret House, Blarney Castle Estate 25/44372
- 11Sunnybank, Killard 26/44499
- 12Ballycannon, Kerrypike 26/44871
- 13Existing Former Stables, Blarney Castle Estate 26/44841
- 14Site adjacent to Lisalea, Upper Leemount 25/44443
- 15Ballycannon, Kerrypike 26/44570
The next 30 days
2 deadlines within 2.0 km; the first closes 27 Oct 2026.
- Time to appeal ends 27 Oct 20262 days left125/44406 · Conditional Permission — Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD)€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 1.3 km away
- Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 3 Nov 20269 days leftInvalid - no acknowledgement of local submission S.127(1)e1.5 km away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
246 homes 1.9 km away were approved May 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to May 2030.
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 12 within 2.0 km
Derelict building 1
- 20 Muskerry Terrace, Blarney · derelict since Nov 2021 · 1.8 km
Approved, not started 1
- Ringwood · 246 homes approved May 2025, not started · 1.9 km
Empty land zoned for homes 10
- 31.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 962 m
- 40.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 975 m
- 50.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.0 km
- 60.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.0 km
- 70.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.0 km
- 80.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.0 km
- 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.0 km
- 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.0 km
- 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.0 km
- 2.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.0 km
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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
| Derelict sites registers | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 23:17 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 00:29 | open |
Every application within 2.0 km 20 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- Cnappa House, Saint Ann's Road, Blarney, Cork, T23AP58 Approved with conditionsPermission at Cnappa House, Saint Ann's Road, Blarney, Cork, T23AP58.
- 12Ballycannon, Kerrypike, Cork, T23 ER04 Approved with conditionsPermission for the construction of 2 no. dwelling houses.
- 13Existing Former Stables, Blarney Castle Estate, Blarney, Cork Approved with conditionsPermission to create a permanent pedestrian link between the two existing
- Kerry Pike, Carrigrohane, Co. Cork Approved with conditionsPermission for the installation of a new waste water treatment system and
- Ballycannon, Kerry Pike, Cork No decision yetPermission for the construction of 2 no. dwelling houses at Ballycannon
- Site at southern end of Blarney Business Park, Clogheenmilcon, Blarney, Cork Approved with conditionsPermission for development of a 38 kV/MV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS)
- Blarney Business Park, Shean Upper, Blarney, Cork Approved with conditionsPermission for development which will consist of an extension to the existing
- Healy's Bridge, Carrigrohane, Cork, T12KF7H Approved with conditionsPermission for retention of the conversion of an attic to a bedroom, an attached
- No. 2 Castle Close View, Blarney, Cork, T23NN70 Approved with conditionsPermission for a single storey porch, new garage door and alterations to front o
- 15Ballycannon, Kerrypike, Cork Approved with conditionsPermission for the construction of 2 no. dwelling houses at Ballycannon,
- 7, Upper Leemount, Carrigrohane, Co. Cork, T23WN0V Approved with conditionsPermission is sought for: alterations to existing single storey house including
- Sunberry Cottage, The Hill, Blarney, Co. Cork, T23EF61 Approved with conditionsPermission for single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, elevati
- 11Sunnybank, Killard, Blarney, Cork, T23HK49 Approved with conditionsPermission to demolish a haybarn and Permission to construct a straw storage
- Millboro House, Coolymurraghue, Lee Road, Cork Approved with conditionsRetention permission sought for (A) Partial removal and stabilization of exist
- 14Site adjacent to Lisalea, Upper Leemount, Carrigrohane, Kerry Pike, County Cork Approved with conditionsPermission for the construction of (1) A new vehicle entrance and wingwalls
- Blarney Castle Estate, Monacnapa, Blarney, Cork Approved with conditionsPermission is sought by Blarney Castle Estate Partnership at a site located at
- 1Ringwood, Shean Upper and Shean Lower, Blarney, Cork Approved with conditionsPermission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD)
- 10Turret House, Blarney Castle Estate, Ballygrohan, Blarney, Cork Approved with conditionsPermission to install a swimming ppol with a removable lightweight enclosure
- Killard, Blarney, Cork Withdrawn or not validPermission to demolish a haybarn and Permission to construct a straw storage shed, effluent tank,…
- 9Rosebank, Killard, Blarney Approved with conditionsPermission for proposed works and permission for retention is also sought for works completed at 'Rosebank',…
How we work this out
Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
Building work nearby 8 in the last 12 months
- SUNBERRY COTTAGE, THE HILL, BLARNEY, CO. CORK, Cork · 5 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 26/44505 · 1.8 km
- Windmill View House, Upper Leemount, Carrigrohane, Cork, T23 XHH3 · 15 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 23/42372 · 1.5 km
- 2 The Square, Blarney, Cork, T23 HF78 · 4 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/43711 · 1.6 km
- millboro, coolymurraghue, upper leemount, kerry pike, cork., Kerry Pike, Cork · 21 Apr 2026 · start notice not signed off · ABP-314905-22 & 22/40976 · 1.4 km
- Liscahane Woods, Woodside, Kerry Pike, Cork · 23 Mar 2026 · 29 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/43381 · 1.4 km
- COURTBRACK, Cork · 13 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/04595 · 1.6 km
- Edgewood, 14 Sunberry Drive,, Blarney, Cork, T23 T276 · 15 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25 / 44040 · 1.9 km
- 33 The Groves, Shean Lower, Blarney, T23 XH36, Cork, T23 XH36 · 18 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/44014 · 1.4 km
How we work this out
Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
Homes coming 246 not started
- 2Ringwood · 246 homes · not started · runs out 6 May 2030 · 1.9 km
- Kilronan · 60 homes · building started · 1.1 km
- Coolymurraghue · 41 homes · building started · 1.3 km
- Woodside · 26 homes · building started · 1.6 km
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
| Social housing construction status report | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:02 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Who applies most nearby
- Glenwood Property Development Ltd — 2 applications, latest 16 Jun 2026
How we work this out
Source: Applicant organisations (from the CRO) · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 23:06
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applicant organisations (from the CRO) | Derived by Planning Register | 18 Oct 2026, 23:06 | — |
How busy is this area Quieter than most of Cork City Council.
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
24% of homes built before 1971 (council 36%). 82% owner-occupied (council 56%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047298005
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Clogheen Mxd NS · primary · 181 pupils · 1.2 km
- Scoil Mhuire gan Smal · postprimary · 1124 pupils · 1.4 km
- Gaelscoil Mhuscraí · primary · 195 pupils · 1.6 km
- Scoil Chroí Íosa · primary · 286 pupils · 1.9 km
Stops 10
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 25 Oct 2026, 01:51
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026, 23:44 | open |
| Department of Education school list | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| Council consultation portals | Public | 25 Oct 2026, 01:52 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | Public | 25 Oct 2026, 01:51 | open |
| Land Development Agency public land register | 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
- Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural), not for homes: could you extend?Solicitor · plannerAsk for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
- 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
- St. Mary's (West)
- Electoral area
- Cork City North West
- Council
- Cork City Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural); not protected; no vacant land tax.
- 12 sites nearby could change: 1 derelict, 1 approved scheme, 10 empty zoned plots.
- 246 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 246 at Ringwood.
- No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
- Here (2022 census): 82% owner-occupied (council 56%); 1% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 1971–1980; 67% drive to work (council 54%).
- The council decides in a median 56 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 8 is asked for more information.
- 20 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 93%); 15% for work already built (council 19%).
- 1 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 43).
What the terms mean 7 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.
- Listed by the council as derelict (Derelict Sites Register): Councils keep a public list of land and buildings in a ruinous or dangerous state.
- 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
| 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 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | 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 | Local authorities (consultation portals) | Public | 25 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | © the publisher | 24 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 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | Public | 25 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |
| organisations | Planning Register (derived from applications and the CRO register) | Derived by Planning Register | 18 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) | © PSRA, PSI licence | 25 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026 |