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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 14 Oct 2026, 21:19

Lower Coolowen, Whitechurch, Municipal District of Cobh, County Cork, Munster, Éire / Ireland

51.93717, -8.52257

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2004.

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Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
2planning files on this houselatest 200463 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 55–1310open 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
  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. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2004.

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. 2 planning files on this house.1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of MonardBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1900–1918 (census estimate)most built2004: 04/7427 · dwellinghouse, approved2004: 04/2312 · dwellinghouse and sewage, refused2004: 2 files on Monard2006: 6 files on Monard2007: 2 files on Monard2008: 2 files on Monard2010: 3 files on Monard2011: 1 file on Monard2018: 1 file on Monard17 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. 2004
    04/7427 · dwellinghouse · approved 2004 · built? unknown
    approvedstarted?signed off?
  2. 2004
    04/2312 · dwellinghouse and sewage · refused 2004
    approvedstarted?signed off?
On this site
Yes
Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (CO063-054----)
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

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Monument zoneOn this site Ringfort - rath, Monard

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Killeens (739 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings10Monard Viaduct; weir
Monuments6Mill - spade mill; Ringfort - rath
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: zoning, constraints.smr, constraints.smr_zones, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
constraints.smrCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
constraints.smr_zonesCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:34open
epa_leapCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 23:31open
rzltCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
constraints.niahCC-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: bcms, npad · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 00:33
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
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: 67% approved.

New house in a garden or site9 decided · more info asked 0%
67% · 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 · 9 nearby, 8,048 council-wide

Figure 3

Monard, file by file since 2004

0 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 4 of 4.

17 planning files on Monard since 2004, by kind and decision.200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Extensions, atticsNo. 5 · 2008 · first-floor · refused · 08/10071No. 5 · 2008 · first-floor · undecided · 08/9870Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2004 · other work · refused · 04/2312No number · 2004 · other work · approved · 04/7427No number · 2006 · other work · undecided · 06/10435No number · 2006 · other work · approved · 06/11580No number · 2006 · other work · undecided · 06/5385No number · 2006 · other work · refused · 06/5400No number · 2006 · other work · undecided · 06/5634No. 4 · 2007 · other work · undecided · 07/10944No. 4 · 2007 · other work · approved · 07/11335New house in a side gardenNo number · 2006 · new house · undecided · 06/9299No number · 2010 · new house · undecided · 10/8119No number · 2010 · new house · approved · 10/8352No number · 2010 · new house · approved · 10/8494No number · 2011 · new house · approved · 11/6501No. 5 · 2018 · new house · approved · 18/66645
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

17 files with "Monard" 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 · 2004–2026

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: npad, acp · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 02:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
    npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 63 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 63 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 63 days, middle half 55–131 (n=15)63 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.

    Calculated15 decided home extensions, 1 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

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

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed3 decided
    1 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?

    Figure 6

    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 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      2018: 1, 2021: 205102018: 1 approved1’18*2021: 2 approved2’21
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2018 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: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 02:03
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
        acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
        0
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

        Named places estate, developments, inspections

        Crèches and schools inspected

        NameLatest inspectionDistance
        First Friends Rathpeacon Preschool · Crèche17 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 712 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: schools, tusla_ey · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 23:32
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        tusla_eypublic (Tusla statutory register; acknowledgement required, no open licence stated)5 Oct 2026, 23:33open
        How busy is this area About as busy as most of Cork County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here0
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here2
        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: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
        npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 8

        This street block against the council

        38% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 85% owner-occupied (council 73%).

        Homes built before 1971
        38% · council 28%
        Homes built since 2001
        16% · council 36%
        Owner-occupied
        85% · council 73%
        Rented
        7% · council 22%
        Children under 15
        18% · council 21%
        Aged 65 and over
        21% · council 16%
        Households with 2+ cars
        67% · council 52%
        Work mainly from home
        15% · council 12%
        This small area (273 people)Cork

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047320007

        Road noise
        55–59 dB
        day–night average (EPA 2022)
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        None nearby.

          Stops 0

            Sources: gtfs, schools, 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 11 Oct 2026, 23:43
            SourceLicenceFetchedLink
            gtfsCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
            schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
            consultpublic14 Oct 2026, 01:30open
            moderngovpublic14 Oct 2026, 01:30open
            lda_landsCC-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. Dwellinghouse (04/7427) approved 2004: built as approved?
              Ask for: The grant and an opinion of compliance.
              Seller · solicitor
            2. Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
              Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
              Seller · council
            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
            Monard
            Electoral division
            Whitechurch
            Electoral area
            Cobh
            Council
            Cork County Council
            Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
            • 2 applications on this site; latest 04/7427, approved 2004, built? unknown.
            • Monument zone; no vacant land tax.
            • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
            • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
            • Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
            • Here (2022 census): 85% owner-occupied (council 73%); 4% of homes empty (council 13%); most built before 1919; 72% drive to work (council 66%).
            • The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).
            • 2 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
            What the terms mean 3 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.
            • 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 28
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            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-4.09 Oct 2026
            data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC-BY-4.013 Oct 2026
            data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC…27 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
            services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR zones)CC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026
            dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https:Local authorities (consultation portals)public14 Oct 2026
            www2.courts.ie—all-rights-reserved14 Oct 2026
            cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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            services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026
            data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026
            transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026
            lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026
            meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)public14 Oct 2026
            services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC-BY-4.014 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
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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 14 Oct 2026, 21:19 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.