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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 26 Oct 2026, 21:56

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

51.97590, -8.51164

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 25 homes approved 247 m away haven't started.

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

0open for comments nearbywithin 500 m25homes approved nearby, not startednearest 247 m · 25/6127

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
  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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992).

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 1971–1980.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of BallinvarrigBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2021: 4 files on Ballinvarrig2022: 1 file on Ballinvarrig2023: 2 files on Ballinvarrig2025: 1 file on Ballinvarrig8 files

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
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.

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 not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments3Ringfort - rath; R113153
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: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · 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
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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

Ballinvarrig, file by file since 2021

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved.

8 planning files on Ballinvarrig since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo. 7 · 2021 · single-storey side · approved · 21/4101No. 9 · 2021 · other extension · approved · 21/5284No number · 2023 · other extension · undecided · 23/5578Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · undecided · 21/4485No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21/4990No number · 2022 · other work · refused · 22/6382No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23/6439No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 25/6127New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

8 files with "Ballinvarrig" 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 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    • 501776 Pending · Ballinvarrig, Whitechurch, Co. Cork · 180 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher25 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Whitechurch, Municipal District of Cobh, County Cork, Munster, Éire / Ireland with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedAppealApproved
    1. 1Ballinvarrig 25/6127Approved, no sign building has started · 247 m
    2. 2Ballinvarrig, Whitechurch 501776Appeal: no decision yet · 180 m
    3. 321, The Green 26/0572Approved with conditions · 383 m
    4. 4Lavallin, Farranastig 26/1516Approved with conditions · 429 m
    Figure 3

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 8 permissions since 2016, 2 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    11 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 8 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 8 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 2 started, 6 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT8: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused2: lodged → undecided8: approved → approved1: refused → refused2: undecided → undecided6: approved → no start notice found2: approved → started, not signed off11 lodged11 lodged8 approved8 approved1 refused1 refused2 undecided2 undecided8 approved8 approved1 refused1 refused2 undecided2 undecided6 no start notice found6 no start notice found2 started, not signed off2 started, not signed off

    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.

    Measured11 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 4

    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 5

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      25 homes 247 m away were approved Jul 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jul 2031.

      Ballinvarrig · 25 homes: 25 homes approved Jul 2026, not started202420252026202720282029203020312032Ballinvarrig · 25 homes247 m · 25/612725 homes approved Jul 2026, not started25 homes approved Jul 2026, not startedtoday

      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 1 within 500 m

      Approved, not started 1

      • Ballinvarrig · 25 homes approved Jul 2026, not started · 247 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 6

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 2 a year; busiest 2022. 89% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 3, 2022: 2, 2023: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 205102021: 2 approved2021: 1 undecided3’21*2022: 1 approved2022: 1 refused2’222023: 1 approved2023: 1 undecided2’232025: 2 approved2’252026: 2 approved2’26*
      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 2 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
      2 not signed off
      • Lavallin, Farranastig, Whitechurch, Cork · 4 Nov 2026 · 5 homes · start notice not signed off · 26/1516 · 475 m
      • Lavallin, Farranastig, Whitechurch, Cork · 12 May 2026 · 16 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/5935 · 449 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      Homes coming 25 not started
      How we work this out
      Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).
      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Easy Learning Montessori School · Crèche22 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 925 m
      The Children’s House Preschool · Crèche6 Mar 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 925 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
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register21 Oct 2026, 23:37open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Cork County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here46
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here50
      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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 7

      This street block against the council

      78% owner-occupied (council 73%).

      Homes built before 1971
      30% · council 28%
      Homes built since 2001
      25% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      78% · council 73%
      Rented
      11% · council 22%
      Children under 15
      23% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      15% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      76% · council 52%
      Work mainly from home
      9% · council 12%
      This small area (294 people)Cork

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047320003/01

      Bus
      513 m
      Castle White · 248
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 4

        • Castle White · 248 · 513 m
        • Castle White · 248 · 0/hour at peak · 514 m
        • Whitechurch · 248 · 0/hour at peak · 694 m
        • Whitechurch · 248 · 755 m
        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 26 Oct 2026, 01:54
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        Council consultation portalsPublic26 Oct 2026, 00:55open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public26 Oct 2026, 01:54open
        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. 25 homes approved 247 m away (Ballinvarrig), not started: what is planned?
          Ask for: The planning file for 25/6127.
          Council
        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

        Townland
        Ballinvarrig
        Electoral division
        Whitechurch
        Electoral area
        Cobh
        Council
        Cork County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • No vacant land tax.
        • 1 site nearby could change: 1 approved scheme.
        • 25 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 25 at Ballinvarrig.
        • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Castle White, 514 m away (1 a day).
        • Here (2022 census): 78% owner-occupied (council 73%); 6% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 1971–1980; 70% drive to work (council 66%).
        • The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).
        • Homes started within 1 km: 21 in the last year, 7 three years before.
        • 2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        What the terms mean 8 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.
        • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
        • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
        • Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
        • 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 25
        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 4.026 Oct 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public26 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher25 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
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public26 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.026 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 licence26 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
        tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register21 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 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 26 Oct 2026, 21:56 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.