Planning report · Waterford City And County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 08:14

Leacan Fionn Thoir

52.08551, -7.64420

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2023. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%). 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Time

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Not held yet for Waterford City and County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 2023 100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=56 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 49–54 1open for comments nearbyclose 4 Nov

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 51 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 3 months after
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.

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

2023
2360040 · work already done · approved 2023 · work already done
approvedstartedsigned off?

On this site

Zoning · Existing residential

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Yes

Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year

Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningR2 · Existing residential

What it says

RS: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity.

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.

wccc development plan 2022 2028 · 19 Jul 2022 – 18 Jul 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: Polymer Recycling Limited (Dungarvan) (593 m)

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

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. This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 200 on the draft 2027 map; 200 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:21	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	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: 83% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Attic or dormer27 decided · more info asked 4%

100% · council 92%

New house in a garden or site6 decided · more info asked 33%

83% · council 81%

Approved nearbyWaterford City And 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 · 33 nearby, 1,268 council-wide

Extensions and refusals right beside you 4 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 4 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

4 approved

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Dormer or attic	4	4	—

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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 51 days. Building starts about 3 months after permission.

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

Calculated56 decided home extensions, 10 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 4

What appeals changed

2 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed2 decided

2 became permissions

Approvals appealed1 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 Leacan Fionn Thoir with 7 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved

1Knockbrack and Clogherane, Dungarvan 26104No decision yet · 446 m
247 Leacan Fionn, Dungarvan 2560907Approved with conditions · 48 m
328 Leacan Fionn, Dungarvan 2660399Approved with conditions · 51 m
422 Leacan Fionn, Dungarvan 2660398Approved with conditions · 62 m
551 Leacain Fionn, Dungarvan 2660187Approved with conditions · 66 m
6Knockbrack and Clogherane, Dungarvan 25168Approved with conditions · 376 m
7Haleon OTC Building Dungarvan Business Park, Knockbrack Dungarvan 2660189Approved with conditions · 498 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 31 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 1 has 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.

Measured32 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 6

The next 30 days

1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 4 Nov 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 4 Nov 20263 days left
126104 · application received — for the erection of fencing, gates and barriers, the demolition of an existing portacabin…
€20 to the council · 446 m away

Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

Figure 7

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 9 a year; busiest 2023. 94% 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

Open for comments €20 to comment

1Knockbrack and Clogherane , Dungarvan , Co. Waterford comments close 4 Nov 2026
for the erection of fencing, gates and barriers, the demolition of an existing portacabin security hut, the…
2610430 Sept 2026446 m

Every application within 500 m 7 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

422 Leacan Fionn , Dungarvan , Co. Waterford Approved with conditions
for the indefinite retention of 1. Conversion of 2nd floor attic space to habitable space consisting of a…
266039824 Jul 202662 m
328 Leacan Fionn , Dungarvan , Co. Waterford Approved with conditions
for the indefinite retention of 1. Conversion of 2nd floor attic space to habitable space consisting of a…
266039924 Jul 20261 homes51 m
7Haleon OTC Building Dungarvan Business Park , Knockbrack Dungarvan , Co. Waterford Approved with conditions
construction of a single storey office extension( 37.5 sq.m.) to the east elevation of the existing…
266018914 May 2026498 m
551 Leacain Fionn , Dungarvan , Co. Waterford Approved with conditions
(1) The conversion of the 2nd floor attic space to habitable space consisting of a landing, bedroom, hot…
266018714 May 202666 m
247 Leacan Fionn , Dungarvan , Co. Waterford Approved with conditions
of 1. Conversion of 2nd floor attic space to habitable space consisting of a bedroom and en-suite, 2.…
256090713 Feb 20261 homes48 m
6Knockbrack and Clogherane , Dungarvan , Co. Waterford Approved with conditions
the erection of fencing, gates, barriers and ancillary works at the existing facilities
2516822 Jan 2026376 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open

Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months

2 not signed off

Clogherane, Dungarvan, Waterford, X35 DE61 · 4 May 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/60202 · 365 m
Clogherane, Dungarvan, Waterford · 29 Dec 2025 · 7-day notice not signed off · 2460314 · 342 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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open

How busy is this area Busier than most of Waterford City and County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here41

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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 8

This street block against the council

3% of homes built before 1971 (council 29%). 60% owner-occupied (council 65%).

Homes built before 1971

3% · council 29%

Homes built since 2001

54% · council 30%

Owner-occupied

60% · council 65%

Rented

38% · council 29%

Children under 15

27% · council 19%

Aged 65 and over

4% · council 17%

Households with 2+ cars

49% · council 41%

Work mainly from home

7% · council 11%

This small area (383 people)Waterford City And

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 227034006

Bus

305 m

Spring · 361, 40 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

None nearby.

Stops 2

Spring · 361, 40 · 0/hour at peak · 305 m
Spring · 361, 40 · 1/hour at peak · 324 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 1 Nov 2026, 02:24

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:02	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Council consultation portals	Public	1 Nov 2026, 01:08	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	1 Nov 2026, 02:24	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

Work already done (2360040): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
Solicitor
Application 446 m away open for comments until 4 Nov 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
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: Lackenfune
Electoral division: Dungarvan Rural
Electoral area: Dungarvan
Council: Waterford City And County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

1 application on this site; latest 2360040, approved 2023, work already done.
Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 4 Nov 2026.
Spring (bus 361, 40) 324 m away: 1 an hour at morning peak.
Here (2022 census): 60% owner-occupied (council 65%); 5% of homes empty (council 11%); most built 2001–2010; 65% drive to work (council 63%); population up 10% since 2016.
4 home extensions within 250 m since 2025. Most were dormers or attic conversions.
The council decides in a median 56 days (about 8 weeks); 40% are asked for more information.

What the terms mean 7 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.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
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.

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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.com	An Coimisiún Pleanála	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	1 Nov 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	31 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	26 Oct 2026
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	1 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 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	1 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	25 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 1 Nov 2026, 08:14 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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