Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 24 Oct 2026, 21:23

Knockaverry Estate

51.94271, -7.84919

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (95%).

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Distance

250 m 500 m 1 km 2 km

Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

95%of home extensions approved nearbyn=62 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 55 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 52–92 0open 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

1ApplySite notice up, plans online
2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 55 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

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).

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

Zoning · Existing residential

Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it

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, 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: Seafield Technical Textiles Ltd (577 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	37	Youghal Lighthouse; house
Monuments	3	Religious house - Franciscan nuns (Poor Clares); R130516

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), 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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:24	open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 23:51	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

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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open

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: 94% approved.

Attic or dormer14 decided · more info asked 0%

100% · council 95%

New house in a garden or site16 decided · more info asked 0%

94% · 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 · 30 nearby, 5,035 council-wide

Figure 3

Knockaverry, file by file since 2021

14 of 14 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

24 files with "Knockaverry" 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 · 2021–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 3 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 3 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

3 approved

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Dormer or attic	1	1	—
Porch	1	1	—
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.

Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 24 Oct 2026, 02:29

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 24 Oct 2026, 02:34

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	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 55 days.

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

Calculated62 decided home extensions, 4 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Knockaverry Estate with 7 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseApprovedNo decision yet

127, Knockaverry Estate 25/6306Approved with conditions · 12 m
229 & 29A, Knockaverry Estate 25/6919Approved with conditions · 27 m
347, Fill Arís 26/0095Approved with conditions · 187 m
4Kilcoran Road, Youghal 26/0296Approved with conditions · 189 m
5Tides Restaurant, Upper Strand 26/1636No decision yet · 241 m
66, Knockaverry Estate 26/0577Approved with conditions · 247 m
7Greenhills, Golf Links Road 26/1751Approved with conditions · 345 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 33 permissions since 2016, 0 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

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.

Measured47 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

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

Between 6 and 8 a year; busiest 2022. 97% of decisions were approvals.

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 8 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

7Greenhills, Golf Links Road, Knockaverry, Youghal, Co. Cork. P36 PK72 Approved with conditions
Permission for :- 1) Demolition of an existing ground floor single storey extension and sunroom, 2)…
26/175120 Aug 2026345 m
5Tides Restaurant, Upper Strand, Youghal, Co. Cork, P36 XN83 No decision yet
Permission for the change of use, including alterations to elevations, of the existing Tides restaurant / Bar…
26/163619 Jun 2026241 m
Tides Restaurant, Upper Strand, Youghal, Co. Cork, P36 XN83 Withdrawn or not valid
Permission for the change of use, including alterations to elevations, of the existing Tides restaurant / Bar…
26/124612 May 2026242 m
66, Knockaverry Estate, Knockaverry, Youghal, Co. Cork, P36 HV06 Approved with conditions
Permission to construct a single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse, internal alterations to layout…
26/05775 May 2026247 m
4Kilcoran Road, Youghal, Co. Cork, P36 Y282 Approved with conditions
Youghal Lawn Tennis Club intend to apply for full planning permission for the construction of a single storey…
26/029619 May 2026189 m
347, Fill Arís, Knockaverry Estate, Youghal, Cork, P36A259 Approved with conditions
Permission for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling house comprising 1) extensions to east and…
26/009516 Mar 2026187 m
229 & 29A, Knockaverry Estate, Youghal, Co. Cork Approved with conditions
Permission for (1) sub-division of the existing dwelling to 2no. separate dwellings, (2) permission for…
25/691920 Apr 202627 m
127, Knockaverry Estate, Knockaverry, Youghal, Co. Cork, P36 AD80 Approved with conditions
Permission to Retain as constructed first floor dormer habitable rooms and external rear window and door…
25/630619 Dec 202512 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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	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	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open

Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months

2 no sign-off needed

29 Kilcoran Park, Youghal, Cork, P36 PX26 · 5 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 24/05713 · 418 m
5 Golf Links Road, Youghal, Cork · 29 Dec 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/04707 · 387 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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Youghal Together Pre-School & After School Club · Crèche	5 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	581 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: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 21 Oct 2026, 23:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	21 Oct 2026, 23:37	open

How busy is this area Busier than most of Cork County Council.

Homes approved

Here59

Council middle0

Homes started

Here29

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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34

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	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 8

This street block against the council

80% owner-occupied (council 73%).

Homes built before 1971

35% · council 28%

Homes built since 2001

6% · council 36%

Owner-occupied

80% · council 73%

Rented

8% · council 22%

Children under 15

13% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

34% · council 16%

Households with 2+ cars

43% · council 52%

Work mainly from home

13% · council 12%

This small area (315 people)Cork

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047323002

Bus

247 m

Upper Strand · 260, 40 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak

Nearest school

587 m

South Abbey Ns, 190 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

South Abbey Ns · primary · 190 pupils · 587 m
Bun Scoil Muire · primary · 487 pupils · 670 m
Gaelscoil Chorain, · primary · 261 pupils · 927 m

Stops 8

Upper Strand · 260, 40 · 2/hour at peak · 247 m
Upper Strand · 260, 40 · 1/hour at peak · 252 m
Knockaverry · 260 · 2/hour at peak · 308 m
Knockaverry · 260 · 0/hour at peak · 402 m
Seafield · 260 · 0/hour at peak · 479 m
Seafield · 260 · 2/hour at peak · 488 m
Youghal South · 260 · 0/hour at peak · 669 m
Youghal South · 260 · 2/hour at peak · 669 m

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

South Abbey Ns · 587 m-14% pupils (190)
Bun Scoil Muire · 670 m-7.8% pupils (487) · 2 classrooms 2025, approved with conditions
Gaelscoil Chorain, · 927 m-1.1% pupils (261)

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

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
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open
Council consultation portals	Public	24 Oct 2026, 01:49	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	24 Oct 2026, 02:46	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	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

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: Knockaverry
Electoral division: Youghal Urban
Electoral area: Midleton
Council: Cork County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
Upper Strand (bus 260, 40) 247 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 7 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 80% owner-occupied (council 73%); 11% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 1971–1980; 64% drive to work (council 66%); population up 8% since 2016.
3 home extensions within 250 m since 2025.
Around here the council decides in a median 64 days (about 9 weeks).
8 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 92%).
Bun Scoil Muire, 670 m away: 2 classrooms approved (2025). Pupils down 8% last year.

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 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	23 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	24 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	24 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	23 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
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	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	24 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	24 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	24 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
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	21 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	18 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, 21:23 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.

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