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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 12 Oct 2026, 20:30

Bridgetown Road

52.16632, -8.46200

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2005.

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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 200576 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 54–1900open 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 76 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. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2006.

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. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of CastlewidenhamBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2006: 05/9490 · new house, refused2005: 05/8612 · dwellinghouse and installation, withdrawn or invalid2003: 5 files on Castlewidenham2004: 4 files on Castlewidenham2005: 4 files on Castlewidenham2006: 2 files on Castlewidenham2007: 1 file on Castlewidenham2010: 1 file on Castlewidenham2011: 2 files on Castlewidenham2012: 1 file on Castlewidenham2013: 2 files on Castlewidenham2019: 1 file on Castlewidenham2020: 1 file on Castlewidenham2021: 2 files on Castlewidenham2022: 1 file on Castlewidenham2024: 2 files on Castlewidenham29 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. 2006
    05/9490 · new house · refused 2006
    approvedstarted?signed off?
  2. 2005
    05/8612 · dwellinghouse and installation · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
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.

Monument zone1 within 100 m Cave, Connaberry

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: Castletownroche and Environs (668 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1Blackwater Castle
Monuments22Ritual site - holy well; Sheela-na-gig
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, 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
epa_leapCC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026, 23:09open
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 12 Oct 2026, 00:09
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
Question 2

Could you extend?

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

Figure 2

Castlewidenham, file by file since 2003

6 of 8 decided extensions on the road were approved.

29 planning files on Castlewidenham since 2003, by kind and decision.200320052007200920112013201520172019202120232025Extensions, atticsNo number · 2004 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 04/1456No number · 2004 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 04/7061No number · 2011 · attic conversion / dormer · refused · 11/4029No number · 2011 · attic conversion / dormer · refused · 11/6394No number · 2012 · other extension · approved · 12/4589No number · 2013 · single-storey rear · undecided · 13/5168No number · 2013 · single-storey rear · approved · 13/5216No number · 2021 · single-storey rear · approved · 21/6502No number · 2024 · single-storey rear · undecided · 24/5017No number · 2024 · single-storey rear · approved · 24/5387Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2003 · other work · approved · 03/1061No number · 2003 · other work · refused · 03/4087No number · 2003 · other work · approved · 03/6198No number · 2003 · other work · approved · 03/6403No number · 2003 · other work · approved · 03/937No number · 2004 · other work · approved · 04/1375No number · 2004 · other work · refused · 04/9132No number · 2005 · other work · undecided · 05/1422No number · 2005 · other work · approved · 05/2029No number · 2005 · other work · undecided · 05/8612No number · 2005 · other work · refused · 05/9490No number · 2006 · other work · approved · 06/4547No number · 2006 · other work · undecided · 06/7155No number · 2007 · other work · approved · 07/6846No number · 2010 · other work · approved · 10/8377No number · 2019 · other work · approved · 19/6554No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20/5690No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21/5330No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22/5712New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

29 files with "Castlewidenham" 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 · 2003–2026

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 12 Oct 2026, 01:44
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
    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-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
    npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 76 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 76 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 76 days, middle half 54–190 (n=10)76 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.

    Calculated10 decided home extensions, 3 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    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

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      2019: 1, 2021: 105102019: 1 approved1’19*2021: 1 approved1’21
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2019 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 12 Oct 2026, 01:44
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
        acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        bcmsCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
        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
        Here45
        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-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
        npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 6

        This street block against the council

        58% owner-occupied (council 73%).

        Homes built before 1971
        25% · council 28%
        Homes built since 2001
        52% · council 36%
        Owner-occupied
        58% · council 73%
        Rented
        39% · council 22%
        Children under 15
        27% · council 21%
        Aged 65 and over
        12% · council 16%
        Households with 2+ cars
        38% · council 52%
        Work mainly from home
        11% · council 12%
        This small area (262 people)Cork

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047087001

        Bus
        664 m
        Castletownroche · 530
        Nearest school
        778 m
        Castletownroche NS, 102 pupils
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        • Castletownroche NS · primary · 102 pupils · 778 m

        Stops 2

        • Castletownroche · 530 · 0/hour at peak · 664 m
        • Castletownroche · 530 · 1/hour at peak · 686 m

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

        • Castletownroche NS · 778 m+17.2% pupils (102)
        Sources: gtfs, schools, npad, 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
        npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
        consultpublic12 Oct 2026, 01:26open
        moderngovpublic12 Oct 2026, 01:27open
        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. Planning here goes back to 2005: is the house built as approved?
          Ask for: The original planning grant and an opinion of compliance.
          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
        Castlewidenham
        Electoral division
        Castletownroche
        Electoral area
        Fermoy
        Council
        Cork County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 2 applications on this site; latest 05/9490, refused 2006.
        • No vacant land tax.
        • Flood Zone A 44 m away on the Cork County Development Plan 2022-2028 flood map.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Castletownroche, 664 m away (8 a day).
        • Here (2022 census): 58% owner-occupied (council 73%); 7% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 2001–2010; 60% drive to work (council 66%); population up 4% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).
        • 45 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 27
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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-4.011 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
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https:Local authorities (consultation portals)public12 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—all-rights-reserved12 Oct 2026
        cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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        data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.com—CC-BY-4.0—
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)public12 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026
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        propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use…12 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 12 Oct 2026, 20:30 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.