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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 18:31

L5522, Buttevant

52.22736, -8.67483

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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

83 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 49–2021open for comments nearbyclose 13 Nov

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 83 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 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 houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built

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
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

Heritage inventory1 within 100 m Knockbarry Cottages

Not on this site: protected building, 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: Buttevant (724 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings14Coláiste Mhuire; Kilnamulla
Monuments9Castle - tower house; Market-house
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), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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
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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
Question 2

Could you extend?

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

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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 2

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 83 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 83 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 83 days, middle half 49–202 (n=11)83 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeks

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

    Calculated11 decided home extensions, 0 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around L5522, Buttevant with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsWindow closingEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 1Junction of Richmond Street, And Richmond Green 26/2614No decision yet · 330 m
    2. 2Kerry Lane, Buttevant 26/0971Approved with conditions · 469 m
    3. 31.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 475 m
    4. 415, Knockbarry Cottages 26/0212Approved with conditions · 298 m
    Figure 3

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 10 permissions since 2016, 1 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    17 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 10 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 10 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 9 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT10: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused6: lodged → undecided10: approved → approved1: refused → refused6: undecided → undecided9: approved → no start notice found1: approved → started, not signed off17 lodged17 lodged10 approved10 approved1 refused1 refused6 undecided6 undecided10 approved10 approved1 refused1 refused6 undecided6 undecided9 no start notice found9 no start notice found1 started, not signed off1 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.

    Measured17 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 4

    The next 30 days

    2 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 9 Nov 2026.

    2 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-09 26/0971: Grant with Conditions — Permission to demolish the existing domestic store shed and to construct a new one bedroom, two-storey residential unit ; 2026-11-13 26/2614: application received — to carry out development namely for the construction of a new building structure comprising 3 No. apartment dwelling untoday6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov26 Nov1 Dec26/0971: Grant with Conditions — Permission to demolish the existing domestic store shed and to construct a new one bedroom, two-storey residential unit · 469 m away · 2026-11-0926/2614: application received — to carry out development namely for the construction of a new building structure comprising 3 No. apartment dwelling un · 330 m away · 2026-11-13
    Comments closeTime to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 9 Nov 20268 days left
      226/0971 · Grant with Conditions — Permission to demolish the existing domestic store shed and to construct a new one bedroom,…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 469 m away
    • Comments close 13 Nov 202612 days left
      126/2614 · application received — to carry out development namely for the construction of a new building structure comprising 3…
      €20 to the council · 330 m away

    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

    • 31.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 475 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 5

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2022. 91% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 4, 2022: 4, 2023: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 1, 2026: 405102021: 3 approved2021: 1 undecided4’21*2022: 1 approved2022: 1 refused2022: 2 undecided4’222023: 2 approved2’232024: 1 approved2024: 1 undecided2’242025: 1 approved1’252026: 2 approved2026: 2 undecided4’26*
    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

    Every application within 500 m 4 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    1 no sign-off needed
    • 13 Knockbarry Cottages, Buttevant, Cork, P51 KN73 · 14 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 204774 · 351 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
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
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    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Eden Childcare Early Years Ltd · Crèche8 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 456 m
    Goldfinch Early Education Limited · Crèche15 Aug 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 456 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 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Cork County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here63
    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
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 6

    This street block against the council

    52% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 73% owner-occupied (council 73%).

    Homes built before 1971
    52% · council 28%
    Homes built since 2001
    5% · council 36%
    Owner-occupied
    73% · council 73%
    Rented
    25% · council 22%
    Children under 15
    14% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    24% · council 16%
    Households with 2+ cars
    34% · council 52%
    Work mainly from home
    6% · council 12%
    This small area (259 people)Cork

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047060005

    Road noise
    60–64 dB
    day–night average (EPA 2022)
    Bus
    450 m
    Buttevant · 51, 519 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    363 m
    Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire, 213 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire · primary · 213 pupils · 363 m

    Stops 4

    • Buttevant · 51, 519 · 1/hour at peak · 450 m
    • Buttevant · 522 · 0/hour at peak · 587 m
    • Buttevant · 522 · 0/hour at peak · 593 m
    • Buttevant · 51, 519 · 1/hour at peak · 651 m

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

    • Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire · 363 m-0.5% pupils (213)
    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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    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 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Council consultation portalsPublic1 Nov 2026, 01:08open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public1 Nov 2026, 02:24open
    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. Application 330 m away open for comments until 13 Nov 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      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
    Knockbarry
    Electoral division
    Buttevant
    Electoral area
    Mallow
    Council
    Cork County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
    • 1 site nearby could change: 1 empty zoned plot.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 13 Nov 2026.
    • Buttevant (bus 51, 519) 450 m away: 15 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
    • Noise from road traffic mapped at 60–64 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
    • Here (2022 census): 73% owner-occupied (council 73%); 8% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 1971–1980; 71% drive to work (council 66%); population up 13% since 2016.
    • The council decides in a median 67 days (about 10 weeks).
    • 4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
    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.
    • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
    • 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
    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 4.01 Nov 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)Public1 Nov 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 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)Public1 Nov 2026
    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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 licence1 Nov 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
    tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register28 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 1 Nov 2026, 18:31 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.