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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 02:31

L2969

51.91973, -8.32259

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%).

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Time
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Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

2planning files on this houselatest 2024100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=31 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs63 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 54–1280open 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 63 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 5 months after
  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 2025.

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 BallycurreenBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2025: 24/5871 · extension, approved2023: 23/5559 · attic or dormer, approved2023: 2 files on Ballycurreen2024: 1 file on Ballycurreen2025: 2 files on Ballycurreen5 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. 2025
    24/5871 · extension · approved 2025 · not started, runs out 2030
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2023
    23/5559 · attic or dormer · approved 2023 · not started, runs out 2028
    approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
R3
Zoning · Rural cluster
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR3 · Rural cluster
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

A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.

cork county development plan 2022 · 6 Jun 2022 – 5 Jun 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.

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1Windsor Cottage
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 council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. 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 · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
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
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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, 02:01
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
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: 78% approved.

New house in a garden or site18 decided · more info asked 0%
78% · council 87%
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 · 18 nearby, 4,519 council-wide

Figure 3

Ballycurreen, file by file since 2023

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

5 planning files on Ballycurreen since 2023, by kind and decision.2023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2023 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 23/5559No number · 2024 · single-storey side · approved · 24/5871Porches, roofs, otherNew house in a side gardenNo number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23/5239No number · 2025 · new house · refused · 25/4928No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 25/6870
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

5 files with "Ballycurreen" 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 · 2023–2026

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, 02:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    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, 02:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 63 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 63 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 144 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 mo21 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 63 days, middle half 54–128 (n=31)63 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 144 days after permission (n=9)144 days after permissionSigned off89% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated31 decided home extensions, 9 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    • 501577 Granted with conditions · Windsor Hill, Killahora, Glounthaune, Co. Cork. · 262 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 02:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher31 Oct 2026, 23:12open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around L2969 with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved
    1. 1Ballycurreen, Glounthaune 25/6870Approved with conditions · 164 m
    2. 2Windsor Hill, Killahora 26/0180Approved with conditions · 262 m
    3. 3Coolea, Windsor Hill 26/1046Approved with conditions · 343 m
    4. 4Sunville House, Sunville 26/0348Approved with conditions · 386 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 11 permissions since 2016, 0 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    15 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 11 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 11 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 11 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT11: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused3: lodged → undecided11: approved → approved1: refused → refused3: undecided → undecided11: approved → no start notice found15 lodged15 lodged11 approved11 approved1 refused1 refused3 undecided3 undecided11 approved11 approved1 refused1 refused3 undecided3 undecided11 no start notice found11 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.

    Measured15 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 30 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-30 ACP 501577: Grant permission with conditionstoday6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov26 Nov1 DecACP 501577: Grant permission with conditions · 262 m away · 2026-11-30
    High Court window ends
    • Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 30 Nov 202629 days left
      Grant permission with conditions
      262 m away

    Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

    Figure 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 3 and 4 a year; busiest 2023. 92% of decisions were approvals.

    2022: 1, 2023: 4, 2024: 3, 2025: 4, 2026: 305102022: 1 approved1’22*2023: 2 approved2023: 2 undecided4’232024: 3 approved3’242025: 2 approved2025: 1 refused2025: 1 undecided4’252026: 3 approved3’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2022 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Every application within 500 m 5 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, 02:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    0
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Cork County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here179
    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, 02:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 8

    This street block against the council

    14% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 96% owner-occupied (council 73%).

    Homes built before 1971
    14% · council 28%
    Homes built since 2001
    27% · council 36%
    Owner-occupied
    96% · council 73%
    Rented
    3% · council 22%
    Children under 15
    19% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    22% · council 16%
    Households with 2+ cars
    80% · council 52%
    Work mainly from home
    11% · council 12%
    This small area (219 people)Cork

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047077001/02

    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 3

        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. Extension (24/5871) approved 2025, not started: still planned?
          Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
          Seller · solicitor
        2. Attic or dormer (23/5559) approved 2023, not started: still planned?
          Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
          Seller · solicitor
        3. 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
        Ballycurreen
        Electoral division
        Carrigtohill
        Electoral area
        Cobh
        Council
        Cork County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 2 applications on this site; latest 24/5871, approved 2025, not started, runs out 2030.
        • Zoned R3 (rural cluster); no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
        • Here (2022 census): 96% owner-occupied (council 73%); 4% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 1971–1980; 83% drive to work (council 66%); population up 12% since 2016.
        • Around here the council decides in a median 68 days (about 10 weeks).
        • 5 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        • 179 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
        What the terms mean 4 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.
        • 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 24
        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 4.031 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
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public1 Nov 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 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 4.026 Oct 2026
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public1 Nov 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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 licence1 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, 02:31 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.