Planning report · Waterford City And County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 29 Oct 2026, 09:35

Outer Ring Road

52.22849, -7.11464

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 99 homes approved 1.1 km away haven't started.

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Distance

250 m 500 m 1 km 2 km

Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

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

50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–58 3open for comments nearbyclose 29 Oct–24 Nov 219homes approved nearby, not startednearest 725 m · 2560251

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 50 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council
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.

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

Zoning · Open space with recreation

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Vacant land tax · not on the map

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

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningG1 · Open space with recreation

What it says

OS: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities.

Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.

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.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km

Within 2.0 km	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	7	Saint Angela's Ursuline Convent; 22901704
Monuments	51	R132337; R132357

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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 3338 on the draft 2027 map; 3340 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	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
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	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

A new house in a garden is harder: 83% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site6 decided · more info asked 50%

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 · 6 nearby, 906 council-wide

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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 50 days.

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

Calculated13 decided home extensions, 5 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 4

What appeals changed

2 of 3 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed3 decided

2 became permissions

Approvals appealed4 decided

1 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

Appeals nearby 3 in the last 12 months

500554 Granted · Killure Road , Kilcohan , Waterford · 608 m
323907 Refused · South of Lacken Wood Residential Estate and east of Lacken Road, in… · 1.1 km
500552 Invalid · Killure Road , Kilcohan , Waterford · 608 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	28 Oct 2026, 23:11	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Outer Ring Road with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved, not startedEmpty land zoned for homesApproved

1Killure Road, Kilcohan 2660808No decision yet · 623 m
2Lacken, Kilbarry 2660777No decision yet · 674 m
3Williamstown, Williamstown 2660734No decision yet · 877 m
4Lacken 2560251Approved, no sign building has started · 725 m
5Killure Road 2560154Approved, no sign building has started · 864 m
6Lacken Road 2560487Approved, no sign building has started · 1.1 km
7Lacken 2560553Approved, no sign building has started · 1.3 km
80.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 223 m
90.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 303 m
100.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 347 m
113.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 446 m
120.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 472 m
130.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 482 m
14R708 Killure Road, Kilcohan 2660163Approved with conditions · 874 m
15Kilbarry, Waterford City 2560867Approved with conditions · 1.3 km

Figure 5

The next 30 days

3 deadlines within 2.0 km; the first closes 29 Oct 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 29 Oct 2026closes today
32660734 · application received — 10-year planning permission for 1.) the raising of existing agricultural land levels, including…
€20 to the council · 877 m away
Comments close 12 Nov 202614 days left
22660777 · application received — Retention permission and PERMISSION for development for amendments to a permitted residential…
€20 to the council · 674 m away
Comments close 24 Nov 202626 days left
12660808 · application received — construction of a residential development consisting of a single storey creche and 96No.…
€20 to the council · 623 m away

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

Figure 6

Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

99 homes 1.1 km away were approved Aug 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Aug 2031.

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 14 within 2.0 km

Approved, not started 4

Lacken · 57 homes approved Jan 2026, not started · 725 m
Killure Road · 51 homes approved Dec 2025, not started · 864 m
Lacken Road · 99 homes approved Aug 2026, not started · 1.1 km
Lacken · 12 homes approved Mar 2026, not started · 1.3 km

Empty land zoned for homes 10

80.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 223 m
90.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 303 m
100.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 347 m
113.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 446 m
120.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 472 m
130.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 482 m
0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 500 m
0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 503 m
0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 506 m
0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 508 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	open

Open for comments €20 to comment

3Williamstown , Williamstown , Waterford comments close 29 Oct 2026
10-year planning permission for 1.) the raising of existing agricultural land levels, including the raising…
266073424 Sept 2026877 m
2Lacken , Kilbarry , Waterford comments close 12 Nov 2026
Retention permission and PERMISSION for development for amendments to a permitted residential development,…
26607778 Oct 2026674 m
1Killure Road , Kilcohan , Waterford comments close 24 Nov 2026
construction of a residential development consisting of a single storey creche and 96No. dwelling units…
266080820 Oct 2026623 m

Every application within 2.0 km 36 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

Lacken , Kilbarry , Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
Retention permission and planning permission for development for amendments to a permitted residential…
26607652 Oct 2026675 m
in the townlands of Ballynakill Farranshoneen Williamstown Grange Upper Grange Lower , Ballytruckle Kingsmeadow Kilbarry Pastimeknock , Lisduggan Big Skibbereen Ballynaneashagh in Waterford City Co. Waterford. Withdrawn or not valid
for a 10-year permission for development of a district heating energy centre at a site located at Waterford…
266072618 Sept 20261.8 km
Lacken , Kilbarry , Waterford No decision yet
Retention permission and planning permission for development for amendments to a permitted residential…
266071917 Sept 2026674 m
Lacken , Kilbarry , Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
amendments to a permitted residential development, granted planning permission under P22/11. Amendment works…
26606783 Sept 2026676 m
Killure Road , Kilcohan , Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
for the construction of a residential development consisting of a single storey creche and 96No. dwelling…
266066431 Aug 2026623 m
Kingsmeadow Pastimeknock , Kilbarry Ballynaneashagh , Waterford City County Waterford No decision yet
The proposed development will consist of the construction and operation of a development consisting of an…
266065427 Aug 20262.0 km
Killure Road , Kilcohan , Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
for the construction of a residential development consisting of a single storey creche and 96No. dwelling…
266064625 Aug 2026623 m
Knightswood , Outer Ring Road (Cumann na mBan) , Williamstown Co. Waterford No decision yet
Phase 4 of the Knightswood Estate, comprising 92 no. residential units, consisting of: • 1 no. four-bedroom…
26605937 Aug 20261.6 km
6 St. Laurences Terrace , Lower Grange , Waterford No decision yet
demolish part of the existing house and to construct an extension
266056530 Jul 20262.0 km
6 St. Laurences Terrace , Lower Grange , Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
to construct an extension in accordance with the drawings submitted.
26605048 Jul 20262.0 km
Kilbarry Road , Kilbarry , Waterford Approved with conditions
the renovation and extension of an existing single-storey dwelling comprising the demolition of existing…
266045513 Aug 20261 homes1.9 km
KILBARRY ROAD , KILBARRY , WATERFORD Withdrawn or not valid
THE RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING SINGLE-STOREY DWELLING COMPRISING THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING…
266043817 Jun 20261.9 km
Knightswood , Outer Ring Road (Cumann na mBan) , Williamstown Co. Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
The development will consist of Phase 4 of the Knightswood Estate, comprising 92 no. residential units,…
26604028 Jun 20261.6 km
Knightswood , Outer Ring Road (Cumann na mBan) , Williamstown Co. Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
The development will consist of Phase 4 of the Knightswood Estate, comprising 92 no. residential units,…
266037829 May 20261.6 km
Coolgower , Tramore Road , Waterford No decision yet
residential dwelling apartment unit over existing garage building as constructed (originally previously…
264411 May 20261.8 km
Hibernians Football Club , Tramore Road , Waterford Approved with conditions
planning permission for a single storey detached coffee kiosk, signage and all other associated site works,…
266027817 Jun 20261.9 km
9 Briot Walk , Templars Hall , Waterford Refused
EXT of Duration on pl file 20/340 erection of a new two storey dwelling house with associated site…
263414 May 20261.8 km
14R708 Killure Road , Kilcohan , Waterford Approved with conditions
a change of design and a reduction in the floor area of the crèche as previously granted under planning…
266016327 Jul 2026874 m
13 Beechwood Avenue , Saint John's Park , Waterford Approved with conditions
ground floor front porch, ground floor lean to roof to front elevation. First floor accommodation containing…
266006127 Mar 20261 homes1.7 km
Coolgower , Tramore Road , Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
residentials dwellings apartments unit over existing garage building as constructed (originally previously…
26522 Jan 20261.8 km
Block 2 , Lacken Road Business Park , Kilbarry Waterford Approved with conditions
revisions to a previously granted planning permission (Planning Register Reference No. 24/60414) , The…
266002313 Mar 20261.7 km
Kilbarry Road , Kilbarry , Waterford City No decision yet
modifications to approved plan ref: P.23/60261, which development includes a commercial development of 8 no.…
266001313 Jan 20261.9 km
Ballybeg Link Road , Kilbarry , Co. Waterford Approved with conditions
3no. blocks. Block A is a 3no. storey commercial block, Block B is a 4no. storey mixed-use block with 4no.…
256094812 Jun 20262.0 km
Kilbarry Road , Kilbarry , Waterford City Withdrawn or not valid
modifications to approved plan ref: P.23/60261, which development includes a commercial development of 8 no.…
256092518 Dec 20251.9 km
Ballybeg Link Road , Kilbarry , Co. Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
The development will consist of 3no. blocks. Block A is a 3no. storey commercial block, Block B is a 4no.…
256091816 Dec 20252.0 km
Waterford Crystal Football Club , Kilbarry , Waterford Approved with conditions
a converted shipping container style coffee pod with associated signage in the existing car park of Waterford…
256088811 Feb 20262.0 km
Woodlands , 4 Kilbarry Road , Waterford Approved with conditions
to subdivide the existing site, erect a timber fence boundary, Widen the existing drive way and access the…
25608751 May 20261 homes1.9 km
15Kilbarry , Waterford City , Co. Waterford Approved with conditions
development which will consist of the proposed construction of 98no. dwelling units consisting of; 20no.…
256086729 Jul 20261 homes1.3 km
Killure Bridge , Grantstown , Waterford Approved with conditions
alterations to the permitted planning permission reference number 2560392. The alterations include for a…
25608644 Feb 20261 homes1.8 km
Hibernians Football Club , Tramore Road , Waterford Refused
a single storey detached coffee kiosk, signage and all other associated site works, within the existing car…
256086229 Jan 20261.9 km
Kilbarry , Waterford City , Co. Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
development consisting of the proposed construction of 98no. dwelling units consisting of; 20no. 4-bed…
25608571 Dec 20251.3 km
7 Bramble Court Foxwood , Kilbarry , Co. Waterford Approved with conditions
the change of use of part of a residential dwelling into a commercial premises for the purposes of dog…
256083522 Jan 20261.8 km
Kilbarry , Waterford City , Co. Waterford Approved with conditions
the proposed construction of 99no. dwelling units consisting of; 10no. 4-bed 7-person 2-storey House Type D,…
256078129 Jun 202667 homes1.3 km

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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open

Building work nearby 14 in the last 12 months

1 signed off as finished12 not signed off1 no sign-off needed

Brookfield, Kilbarry, Waterford · 23 Oct 2026 · 98 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/60867 · 1.6 km
Carrigea Crescent, Waterford · 16 Sept 2026 · 40 homes · start notice not signed off · 2360553 & 2460101 & 2460401 · 1.6 km
St Martins Special School, Lower Grange, Waterford, X91 D9XH · 14 Sept 2026 · start notice not signed off · 24/60557 · 1.9 km
Knightswood, Williamstown, Waterford · 10 Sept 2026 · 3 homes · start notice not signed off · 2560394 · 1.9 km
Brookfield, Waterford · 19 Aug 2026 · 67 homes · start notice not signed off · 2560781 · 1.5 km
5 Oak Drive, Waterford · 3 Aug 2026 · start notice not signed off · 2660023 · 1.7 km
Lacken Road, Waterford · 29 May 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · 2460761 ACP323071.25 · 1.9 km
Killure bridge, Waterford · 4 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/60392 REVISED 25/60864 · 1.8 km
Knightswood, Williamstown,, Waterford · 14 Mar 2026 · 98 homes · start notice signed off · 2560394 · 1.9 km
Lacken Road, Kilbarry, Waterford · 2 Feb 2026 · 52 homes · start notice not signed off · 2211 · 1.1 km
Lacken Road, Kilbarry, Waterford · 2 Feb 2026 · 10 homes · start notice not signed off · 2212 · 1.1 km
Deerpark, Port Láirge, Waterford · 17 Dec 2025 · 24 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60374 & ABP-321288-24 · 1.5 km
Deerpark, Port Láirge, Waterford · 17 Dec 2025 · 21 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60374 & ABP-321288-24 · 1.6 km
Deerpark, Port Láirge, Waterford · 17 Dec 2025 · 34 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60374 & ABP-321288-24 · 1.5 km

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 29 Oct 2026, 02:33

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open

Homes coming 219 not started

6Lacken Road · 99 homes · not started · runs out 24 Aug 2031 · 1.1 km
15Kilbarry · 98 homes · building started · 1.5 km
Williamstown · 98 homes · building started · 1.9 km
Kilbarry · 88 homes · building started · 1.7 km
Deerpark Outer Ring Road · 79 homes · building started · 1.5 km
Deerpark Outer Ring Road · 78 homes · building started · 1.6 km
Kilbarry · 67 homes · building started · 1.5 km
Carrigroe and Lacken · 62 homes · building started · 886 m
Outer Ring Road · 60 homes · building started · 1.6 km
4Lacken · 57 homes · not started · runs out 11 Jan 2031 · 725 m
Knightswood The Outer Ring Road · 52 homes · building started · 1.8 km
Carrigroe and Lacken · 52 homes · building started · 885 m
5Killure Road · 51 homes · not started · runs out 29 Apr 2031 · 864 m
Foxwood · 25 homes · building started · 1.5 km
Kilbarry · 23 homes · building started · 1.7 km
Killure Road · 21 homes · building started · 1.3 km
Kilbarry · 15 homes · building started · 1.6 km
7Lacken · 12 homes · not started · runs out 4 Mar 2031 · 1.3 km

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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:02	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Tip Toes Community Childcare Centre · Crèche	12 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	117 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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	28 Oct 2026, 23:19	open

How busy is this area About as busy as most of Waterford City and County Council.

Homes approved

Here108

Council middle0

Homes started

Here1

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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 7

This street block against the council

11% of homes built before 1971 (council 29%). 58% owner-occupied (council 65%).

Homes built before 1971

11% · council 29%

Homes built since 2001

75% · council 30%

Owner-occupied

58% · council 65%

Rented

32% · council 29%

Children under 15

25% · council 19%

Aged 65 and over

7% · council 17%

Households with 2+ cars

45% · council 41%

Work mainly from home

13% · council 11%

This small area (313 people)Waterford City And

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 228007001

Road noise

60–64 dB

day–night average (EPA 2022)

Bus

588 m

Beech Court · W3

Nearest school

1.7 km

Scoil Lorcain Bns, 345 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Scoil Lorcain Bns · primary · 345 pupils · 1.7 km
St Martins Special Sch · primary · 100 pupils · 1.9 km
St Angela's Secondary School · postprimary · 937 pupils · 2.0 km

Stops 20

Beech Court · W3 · 3/hour at peak · 588 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 29 Oct 2026, 02:14

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	29 Oct 2026, 01:01	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	29 Oct 2026, 02:14	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

Zoned G1 (open space with recreation), not for homes: could you extend?
Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
Solicitor · planner
Application 623 m away open for comments until 24 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: Ballindud
Electoral division: Ballytruckle
Electoral area: Waterford City South
Council: Waterford City And County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Zoned G1 (open space with recreation); not protected; no vacant land tax.
Flood Zone A 12 m away on the Waterford City and County Development Plan 2022-2028 flood map.
14 sites nearby could change: 4 approved schemes, 10 empty zoned plots.
3 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 24 Nov 2026.
219 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 99 at Lacken Road.
No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Beech Court, 588 m away (3 an hour).
Noise from road traffic mapped at 60–64 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
Here (2022 census): 58% owner-occupied (council 65%); 6% of homes empty (council 11%); most built 2001–2010; 63% drive to work (council 63%); population up 10% since 2016.

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

Source	Publisher	Licence	Fetched
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	23 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	29 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	28 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
services-eu1.arcgis.com	—	CC BY 4.0	—
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	29 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 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	29 Oct 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
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	28 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026

Measured

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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

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How we work this out

Generated 29 Oct 2026, 09:35 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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