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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 17:08

Drishane, Municipal District of Macroom, County Cork, Munster, Éire / Ireland

52.05964, -9.05798

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2023.

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

1planning file on this houselatest 202355 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 54–800open 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 55 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2023.

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 2001–2010. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of LiscahaneBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2023: 23/4836 · extension, approved2021: 5 files on Liscahane2022: 10 files on Liscahane2023: 3 files on Liscahane2024: 6 files on Liscahane2025: 1 file on Liscahane2026: 5 files on Liscahane30 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. 2023
    23/4836 · extension · approved 2023 · not started, runs out 2028
    approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
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
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: Millstreet & Environs (775 m); ALPS Electric (Ireland) Limited (883 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings13house; Bank of Ireland
Monuments5Quarry; Graveyard
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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 1 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 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
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
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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
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: 80% approved.

New house in a garden or site10 decided · more info asked 0%
80% · 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 · 10 nearby, 4,519 council-wide

Figure 3

Liscahane, file by file since 2021

6 of 6 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

30 planning files on Liscahane since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · two-storey side · undecided · 21/7363No number · 2022 · two-storey side · undecided · 22/4194No number · 2022 · two-storey side · approved · 22/4601No number · 2022 · attic conversion / dormer · undecided · 22/4701No number · 2022 · attic conversion / dormer · undecided · 22/4978No number · 2022 · other extension · undecided · 22/5230No number · 2022 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 22/5297No number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 22/5652No. 18 · 2023 · other extension · undecided · 23/6003No. 44 · 2024 · other extension · undecided · 24/5505No. 44 · 2024 · other extension · undecided · 24/5657No. 44 · 2024 · other extension · approved · 24/5940No. 18 · 2024 · other extension · undecided · 24/6440No number · 2025 · other extension · approved · 25/6898No. 52 · 2026 · rear · approved · 26/0941No. 1 · 2026 · first-floor · undecided · 26/2309Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · undecided · 21/5577No number · 2021 · other work · undecided · 21/6011No number · 2021 · other work · undecided · 21/6269No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21/6708No. 1 · 2022 · other work · undecided · 22/4749No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22/4979No number · 2022 · other work · undecided · 22/5505No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23/5959No. 54 · 2023 · other work · undecided · 23/6437No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 24/4084No number · 2026 · other work · undecided · 26/0813No number · 2026 · other work · undecided · 26/1085No number · 2026 · other extension · approved · 26/2016New house in a side gardenNo number · 2024 · new house · approved · 24/5873
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

30 files with "Liscahane" 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    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 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 55 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 55 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 55 days, middle half 54–80 (n=15)55 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off67% 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, 3 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Drishane, Municipal District of Macroom, County Cork, Munster, Éire / Ireland with 6 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesBuilding startedApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 17.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 63 m
    2. 2The Square, Millstreet 25/6898Building started · 165 m
    3. 3The Square, Main Street 25/6898Approved with conditions · 153 m
    4. 4Duggan Allied Steel Limited, The Square 26/2016Approved with conditions · 186 m
    5. 5Macroom Road, Liscahane 26/1085No decision yet · 274 m
    6. 652 Murphy' s Terrace, Liscahane 26/0941Approved with conditions · 299 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 19 permissions since 2016, 2 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    40 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 19 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 19 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 17 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT19: lodged → approved21: lodged → undecided19: approved → approved21: undecided → undecided17: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → signed off40 lodged40 lodged19 approved19 approved21 undecided21 undecided19 approved19 approved21 undecided21 undecided17 no start notice found17 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out1 signed off1 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.

    Measured40 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

      Sites that could change 1 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 1

      • 17.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 63 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      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
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 12 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 8, 2022: 12, 2023: 7, 2024: 7, 2025: 1, 2026: 5051015202021: 3 approved2021: 5 undecided8’21*2022: 6 approved2022: 6 undecided12’222023: 3 approved2023: 4 undecided7’232024: 4 approved2024: 3 undecided7’242025: 1 approved1’252026: 2 approved2026: 3 undecided5’26*
      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 6 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      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
      Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
      1 signed off as finished1 no sign-off needed
      • 52 Murphy's Terrace, Millstreet, Cork, P51 X5P0 · 9 Nov 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 26/0941 · 312 m
      • 2The Square, Millstreet, Cork, P51 Y339 · 4 May 2026 · start notice signed off · 25/6898 · 165 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 31 Oct 2026, 02:56
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Cork County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here46
      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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      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 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      59% owner-occupied (council 73%).

      Homes built before 1971
      30% · council 28%
      Homes built since 2001
      39% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      59% · council 73%
      Rented
      38% · council 22%
      Children under 15
      16% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      15% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      41% · council 52%
      Work mainly from home
      6% · council 12%
      This small area (291 people)Cork

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047136001

      Bus
      223 m
      Millstreet · 257 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      529 m
      Millstreet Convent NS, 238 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Millstreet Convent NS · primary · 238 pupils · 529 m
      • Sn Mhuire Bns · primary · 94 pupils · 701 m
      • Millstreet Community School · postprimary · 359 pupils · 810 m

      Stops 2

      • Millstreet · 257 · 0/hour at peak · 223 m
      • Millstreet · 257 · 0/hour at peak · 316 m

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

      • Millstreet Convent NS · 529 m-2.9% pupils (238) · an extension 2024, approved with conditions
      • Sn Mhuire Bns · 701 m-4.1% pupils (94) · an extension 2025, approved with conditions
      • Millstreet Community School · 810 m-3% pupils (359) · a pitch or play area 2024, approved with conditions
      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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      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
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      Council consultation portalsPublic31 Oct 2026, 01:06open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public31 Oct 2026, 02:21open
      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 (23/4836) approved 2023, not started: still planned?
        Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
        Seller · solicitor
      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
      Liscahane
      Electoral division
      Drishane
      Electoral area
      Macroom
      Council
      Cork County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 1 application on this site; latest 23/4836, approved 2023, not started, runs out 2028.
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
      • 1 site nearby could change: 1 empty zoned plot.
      • Millstreet (bus 257) 223 m away: 6 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 59% owner-occupied (council 73%); 7% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 2001–2010; 54% drive to work (council 66%); population up 4% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 67 days (about 10 weeks).
      • 6 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • Millstreet Convent NS, 529 m away: an extension approved (2024).
      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 4.030 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
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public31 Oct 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher30 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
      data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)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)Public31 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 31 Oct 2026, 17:08 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.