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Planning report · Cork City Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 24 Oct 2026, 06:54

L2779

51.92003, -8.59042

Homes here mostly date from after 2016. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%).

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Distance
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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Cork City Council: council consultations.

100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=32 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs56 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 55–1130open 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. Here about 10 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 after 2016, with building records online.

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 2016–2021.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2016–2021 (census estimate)most built

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
P5
Zoning · Rural and agricultural
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningP5 · Rural and agricultural
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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Blarney (646 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1farm house
Monuments4Standing stone; R112559
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: 55 on the draft 2027 map; 7 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 23:51
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:51open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:34open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
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

Extensions are almost always approved here: 100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 72% approved, and 1 in 17 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear10 decided · more info asked 0%
100% · council 97%
New house in a garden or site18 decided · more info asked 6%
72% · council 66%
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 · 28 nearby, 683 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
    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 24 Oct 2026, 02:29
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 24 Oct 2026, 02:34
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:34open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 56 days. Building starts about 10 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 56 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 296 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 56 days, middle half 55–113 (n=32)56 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 296 days after permission (n=13)296 days after permissionSigned off77% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated32 decided home extensions, 13 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    1 of 3 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed3 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed4 decided
    0 reversed
    Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

    Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

    CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around L2779 with 8 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseBuilding startedEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 1Woodside, Carrigrohane 25/44263Building started · 172 m
    2. 20.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 335 m
    3. 30.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 338 m
    4. 40.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 365 m
    5. 54.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 377 m
    6. 60.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 380 m
    7. 70.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 432 m
    8. 8Woodside, Carrigrohane 2544263Approved with conditions · 160 m
    Figure 5

    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

      Sites that could change 7 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 7

      • 20.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 335 m
      • 30.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 338 m
      • 40.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 365 m
      • 54.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 377 m
      • 60.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 380 m
      • 70.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 432 m
      • 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 485 m

      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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:34open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
      Figure 6

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 5 a year; busiest 2022. 88% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 1, 2022: 5, 2023: 1, 2025: 105102021: 1 approved1’21*2022: 4 approved2022: 1 refused5’222023: 1 approved1’232025: 1 approved1’25
      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 1 in the last 12 months

      See every application on the map

      • 8Woodside, Carrigrohane, Cork Approved with conditions
        Permission is sought for demolition of single-storey 3-bed dwelling, demolition of single-storey garage,…
        254426322 Dec 20251 homes160 m
      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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:34open
      Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
      2 no sign-off needed
      • 1Woodside, Carrigrohane, Cork · 10 Jul 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 25/44263 · 172 m
      • Woodside, Carrigrohane, Cork · 10 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/44263 · 172 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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:34open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
      How busy is this area Quieter than most of Cork City Council.
      Homes approved
      Here26
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here3
      Council middle34
      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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:34open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 7

      This street block against the council

      20% of homes built before 1971 (council 36%). 68% owner-occupied (council 56%).

      Homes built before 1971
      20% · council 36%
      Homes built since 2001
      35% · council 24%
      Owner-occupied
      68% · council 56%
      Rented
      30% · council 38%
      Children under 15
      22% · council 17%
      Aged 65 and over
      23% · council 15%
      Households with 2+ cars
      59% · council 36%
      Work mainly from home
      14% · council 12%
      This small area (348 people)Cork

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047076003

      Road noise
      60–64 dB
      day–night average (EPA 2022)
      Nearest school
      901 m
      Strawberry Hill National School, 315 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Strawberry Hill National School · primary · 315 pupils · 901 m

      Stops 0

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

        • Strawberry Hill National School · 901 m-4.3% pupils (315)
        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 24 Oct 2026, 02:46
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
        Council consultation portalsPublic24 Oct 2026, 01:49open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public24 Oct 2026, 02:46open
        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. Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural), not for homes: could you extend?
          Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
          Solicitor · planner
        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

        Electoral division
        Carrigrohanebeg
        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.
        • 7 sites nearby could change: 7 empty zoned plots.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
        • Noise from road traffic mapped at 60–64 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
        • Here (2022 census): 68% owner-occupied (council 56%); 8% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 2016 or later; 75% drive to work (council 54%).
        • The council decides in a median 56 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 8 is asked for more information.
        • Homes started within 1 km: 1 in the last year, 201 three years before.
        • 1 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        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 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 4.023 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.024 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)Public24 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher23 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 4.019 Oct 2026
        data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public24 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.024 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 licence24 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
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        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.018 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 24 Oct 2026, 06:54 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.