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Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 22 Oct 2026, 20:59

R522, Buttevant

52.23402, -8.66043

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2005. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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1planning file on this houselatest 200583 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 52–2221open for comments nearbyclose 6 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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2005.

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. 1 planning file on this house.1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of WaterhouseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1900–1918 (census estimate)most built2005: 05/695 · extension, approved2005: 1 file on Waterhouse2007: 1 file on Waterhouse2017: 1 file on Waterhouse2020: 1 file on Waterhouse2026: 2 files on Waterhouse6 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. 2005
    05/695 · extension · approved 2005 · built? unknown
    approvedstarted?signed off?
On this site
G3
Zoning · High amenity
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
ZoningG3 · High amenity
What it says

Greenbelt1: Discourage strongly new individual housing from being located within the greenbelts around the Main Towns.

Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.

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

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Buttevant (519 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments4Mound; Enclosure
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: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 23:51
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:51open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
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: 100% approved.

New house in a garden or site5 decided · more info asked 0%
100% · council 86%
Approved nearbyCork 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 · 5 nearby, 8,048 council-wide

Figure 3

Waterhouse, file by file since 2005

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

6 planning files on Waterhouse since 2005, by kind and decision.20052007200920112013201520172019202120232025Extensions, atticsNo number · 2005 · other extension · approved · 05/695No number · 2017 · other extension · approved · 17/6495No number · 2026 · rear · undecided · 26/2351No number · 2026 · two-storey rear · undecided · 26/2551Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2007 · other work · approved · 07/7520New house in a side gardenNo number · 2020 · new house · approved · 20/6831
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

6 files with "Waterhouse" 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 · 2005–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 2 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 2 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

2 no decision or withdrawn
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Rear10—
Two-storey rear10—

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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    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 52–222 (n=17)83 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off67% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated17 decided home extensions, 3 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around R522, Buttevant with 2 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved
    1. 1Waterhouse, Buttevant 26/2551No decision yet · 14 m
    2. 2Lackaroe, Buttevant 26/0114Approved with conditions · 218 m
    Figure 5

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 6 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-06 26/2551: application received — planning permission to construct a new part one storey, part two storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dtoday27 Oct1 Nov6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov26/2551: application received — planning permission to construct a new part one storey, part two storey extension to the side and rear of the existing d · 14 m away · 2026-11-06
    Comments close
    • Comments close 6 Nov 202615 days left
      126/2551 · application received — planning permission to construct a new part one storey, part two storey extension to the side…
      €20 to the council · 14 m away

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

    Figure 6

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2020. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2017: 1, 2020: 3, 2021: 1, 2024: 1, 2026: 205102017: 1 approved1’17*2020: 2 approved2020: 1 undecided3’202021: 1 approved1’212024: 1 undecided1’242026: 2 undecided2’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2017 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 3 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    • Waterhouse, Buttevant, County Cork, P51 D2Y6 Withdrawn or not valid
      planning permission to construct a new extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling house with…
      26/23519 Sept 202614 m
    • 2Lackaroe, Buttevant, Co.Cork Approved with conditions
      Permission to construct a dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, enlarge existing…
      26/011418 Mar 2026218 m
    How we work this out
    Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.
    Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    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. 818 m
    Goldfinch Early Education Limited · Crèche15 Aug 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 818 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 About as busy as most of Cork County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here0
    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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 7

    This street block against the council

    49% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 73% owner-occupied (council 73%).

    Homes built before 1971
    49% · council 28%
    Homes built since 2001
    28% · council 36%
    Owner-occupied
    73% · council 73%
    Rented
    24% · council 22%
    Children under 15
    11% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    20% · council 16%
    Households with 2+ cars
    42% · council 52%
    Work mainly from home
    2% · council 12%
    This small area (208 people)Cork

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047060008

    Bus
    680 m
    Buttevant · 51, 519
    Nearest school
    880 m
    Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire, 213 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire · primary · 213 pupils · 880 m

    Stops 4

    • Buttevant · 51, 519 · 1/hour at peak · 680 m
    • Buttevant · 522 · 0/hour at peak · 700 m
    • Buttevant · 522 · 0/hour at peak · 711 m
    • Buttevant · 51, 519 · 1/hour at peak · 791 m

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

    • Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire · 880 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 22 Oct 2026, 02:38
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Council consultation portalsPublic22 Oct 2026, 01:44open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public22 Oct 2026, 02:38open
    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. Extension (05/695) approved 2005: built as approved?
      Ask for: The grant and an opinion of compliance.
      Seller · solicitor
    2. Zoned G3 (high amenity), not for homes: could you extend?
      Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
      Solicitor · planner
    3. Application 14 m away open for comments until 6 Nov 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      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
    Waterhouse
    Electoral division
    Buttevant
    Electoral area
    Mallow
    Council
    Cork County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • 1 application on this site; latest 05/695, approved 2005, built? unknown.
    • Zoned G3 (high amenity); no vacant land tax.
    • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 6 Nov 2026.
    • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Buttevant, 680 m away (1 an hour).
    • Here (2022 census): 73% owner-occupied (council 73%); 22% of homes empty (council 13%); most built before 1919; 67% drive to work (council 66%); population up 13% since 2016.
    • 2 home extensions within 250 m since 2026.
    • The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).
    What the terms mean 4 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.
    • 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 26
    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 4.016 Oct 2026
    data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026
    data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public22 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher21 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
    data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026
    transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
    lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
    meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public22 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.022 Oct 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 licence22 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.09 Oct 2026
    tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register21 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.018 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 22 Oct 2026, 20:59 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.