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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 26 Oct 2026, 09:35

Main Street, Buttevant

52.23091, -8.66879

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

70 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–2061open 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 70 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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed.

Timeline from 1896: 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 1900–1918.1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of ButtevantBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1900–1918 (census estimate)most built2021: 4 files on Buttevant2022: 4 files on Buttevant2023: 3 files on Buttevant2024: 4 files on Buttevant2025: 3 files on Buttevant2026: 4 files on Buttevant22 files

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
M2
Zoning · Major town centre
Yes
Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (CO017-053011-)
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
ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says

Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres: Promote the development of town centres and neighbourhood centres as the primary locations for retail and other uses that provide goods or services principally to visiting members of the public.

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

cork county development plan 2022 · 6 Jun 2022 – 5 Jun 2028

Heritage inventory6 within 100 m Convent of Mercy School; Convent of Mercy
Monument zoneOn this site Fever hospital, Buttevant; Wall monument, Buttevant

Not on this site: protected building, 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 (212 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings25Saint Mary's Church; Coleman Brothers
Monuments22Historic town; Castle - tower 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 OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 4 on the draft 2027 map; 4 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record, SMR zones of notification, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
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
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
SMR zones of notificationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:34open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:51open
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
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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
Question 2

Could you extend?

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

Figure 2

Buttevant, file by file since 2021

5 of 5 decided extensions on the road were approved.

22 planning files on Buttevant since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · attic conversion / dormer · undecided · 21/4975No number · 2021 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 21/5233No number · 2021 · single-storey rear · approved · 21/6783No. 2 · 2022 · rear · approved · 22/4728No number · 2024 · first-floor · approved · 24/6071No number · 2024 · other extension · undecided · 24/6411No number · 2025 · single-storey rear · approved · 25/5641Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21/5969No number · 2022 · other work · undecided · 22/5700No number · 2022 · other work · undecided · 22/6084No number · 2022 · other work · refused · 22/6347No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23/4755No number · 2023 · other work · undecided · 23/4848No number · 2023 · other work · refused · 23/6200No number · 2024 · other work · undecided · 24/6121No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 24/6387No. 5 · 2025 · other work · approved · 25/4437No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 25/4467No number · 2026 · other work · undecided · 26/0625No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 26/0971No number · 2026 · other work · undecided · 26/2093No number · 2026 · other work · undecided · 26/2614New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

22 files with "Buttevant" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2021–2026

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

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

    How we work this out
    Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.
    Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 70 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 70 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 70 days, middle half 48–206 (n=10)70 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.

    Calculated10 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 Main Street, Buttevant with 7 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsWindow closingEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yet
    1. 1Junction of Richmond Street, And Richmond Green 26/2614No decision yet · 220 m
    2. 2Kerry Lane, Buttevant 26/0971Approved with conditions · 102 m
    3. 30.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 238 m
    4. 40.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 296 m
    5. 51.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 459 m
    6. 65.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 460 m
    7. 7Military Road, Creggane 26/2093No decision yet · 483 m
    Figure 4

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 7 permissions since 2016, 1 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    16 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 7 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 7 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 6 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT7: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused8: lodged → undecided7: approved → approved1: refused → refused8: undecided → undecided6: approved → no start notice found1: approved → started, not signed off16 lodged16 lodged7 approved7 approved1 refused1 refused8 undecided8 undecided7 approved7 approved1 refused1 refused8 undecided8 undecided6 no start notice found6 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.

    Measured16 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 5

    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 untoday31 Oct5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov26/0971: Grant with Conditions — Permission to demolish the existing domestic store shed and to construct a new one bedroom, two-storey residential unit · 102 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 · 220 m away · 2026-11-13
    Comments closeTime to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 9 Nov 202614 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) · 102 m away
    • Comments close 13 Nov 202618 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 · 220 m away

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

    Sites that could change 4 within 500 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 4

    • 30.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 238 m
    • 40.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 296 m
    • 51.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 459 m
    • 65.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 460 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 6

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2023. 88% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 4, 2022: 1, 2023: 3, 2024: 3, 2025: 1, 2026: 405102021: 3 approved2021: 1 undecided4’21*2022: 1 undecided1’222023: 1 approved2023: 1 refused2023: 1 undecided3’232024: 1 approved2024: 2 undecided3’242025: 1 approved1’252026: 1 approved2026: 3 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    0
    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. 163 m
    Goldfinch Early Education Limited · Crèche15 Aug 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 163 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 21 Oct 2026, 23:37
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register21 Oct 2026, 23:37open
    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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 7

    This street block against the council

    54% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 51% owner-occupied (council 73%).

    Homes built before 1971
    54% · council 28%
    Homes built since 2001
    22% · council 36%
    Owner-occupied
    51% · council 73%
    Rented
    39% · council 22%
    Children under 15
    24% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    15% · council 16%
    Households with 2+ cars
    22% · council 52%
    Work mainly from home
    9% · council 12%
    This small area (246 people)Cork

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047060007

    Bus
    123 m
    Buttevant · 51, 519 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    256 m
    Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire, 213 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire · primary · 213 pupils · 256 m
    • Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire · postprimary · 589 pupils · 879 m

    Stops 4

    • Buttevant · 51, 519 · 1/hour at peak · 123 m
    • Buttevant · 522 · 0/hour at peak · 129 m
    • Buttevant · 522 · 0/hour at peak · 136 m
    • Buttevant · 51, 519 · 1/hour at peak · 187 m

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

    • Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire · 255 m-0.5% pupils (213)
    • Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire · 879 m+1.6% pupils (589) · 15 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
    Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:54
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Council consultation portalsPublic26 Oct 2026, 00:55open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public26 Oct 2026, 01:54open
    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. Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
      Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
      Seller · council
    2. Application 220 m away open for comments until 13 Nov 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      Council
    3. Decision 102 m away can be appealed until 9 Nov 2026: appeal?
      Ask for: The decision on the council's website (€220 to appeal).
      Council
    4. 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
    Buttevant
    Electoral division
    Buttevant
    Electoral area
    Mallow
    Council
    Cork County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned M2 (major town centre); monument zone; no vacant land tax.
    • Flood Zone A 31 m away on the Cork County Development Plan 2022-2028 flood map.
    • 4 sites nearby could change: 4 empty zoned plots.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 13 Nov 2026.
    • Buttevant (bus 51, 519) 187 m away: 1 an hour at morning peak; 2 from all stops within 500 m.
    • Here (2022 census): 51% owner-occupied (council 73%); 22% of homes empty (council 13%); most built before 1919; 63% drive to work (council 66%); population up 13% since 2016.
    • The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).
    • 4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
    What the terms mean 5 terms
    • Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
    • 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 29
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    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 4.023 Oct 2026
    data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
    data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR zones)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public26 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher25 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 4.019 Oct 2026
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    transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 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 26 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.