Summerville Drive
Homes here mostly date from 1919–1945. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (96%). 1 application nearby open for comments.
Not held yet for Waterford City and County Council: council consultations.
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 52 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 5 months after
- 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
What's the planning story of this house?
When it was built, and the rules since
Most homes here were built 1919–45, before planning permission was needed.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
What it says
RS: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity.
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.
wccc development plan 2022 2028 · 19 Jul 2022 – 18 Jul 2028
Not on this site: 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: Anglo Beef Processors Ireland Unlimited Company trading as ABP Waterford (936 m)
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 57 | house; Holmacre |
How we work this out
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 23:51
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development plan zoning (councils) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026, 23:24 | open |
| National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
| EPA licensed facilities (LEAP) | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 23:51 | open |
| Records of Protected Structures | CC BY 4.0 | — | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 00:29 | open |
| Constraint layers (bundle) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
How we work this out
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
Extensions are almost always approved here: 95–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 67% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.
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 · 66 nearby, 1,634 council-wide
Grange Upper, file by file since 2023
2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved.
4 files with "Grange Upper" 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 · 2023–2026
Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 1 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 1 in the last 12 months
- 2660374 · new house · refused 22 Jul 2026 · 69 m
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| 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 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 5 is asked for more information, which adds about 65 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated114 decided home extensions, 41 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
5 of 7 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 7 appealed approvals were reversed.
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 1 in the last 12 months
- 500868 Refused · The Vinery , Summerville Avenue , Waterford · 171 m
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:30
| 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 | 24 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
What's changing around you?
- 1Sunhook, Grange Park Avenue 2660731
- 2on the site adjoining 'Rockville' (Protected Struture RPS No WA730319), Newtown Road 2660374
- 3The Vinery, Summerville Avenue 500868
- 40.1 ha zoned for homes
- 50.2 ha zoned for homes
- 60.2 ha zoned for homes
- 70.1 ha zoned for homes
- 80.3 ha zoned for homes
- 90.5 ha zoned for homes
- 10Knock Ard 19 Summerville Avenue, Grange Upper 2660484
- 11Hill view, 21 Summerville Avenue 2660317
- 1222 Passage Road, Waterford City 2660668
- 137 Asgard Mews, Grange Manor 2660231
- 14Kimpton, Newtown Park 2660309
- 15Old Grange, John's Hill 2660028
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 36 permissions since 2016, 14 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-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.
Measured40 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 29 Oct 2026.
- Comments close 29 Oct 20264 days left12660731 · application received — the demolition of an existing vacant two-storey dwelling house and the subdivision of the site…€20 to the council · 302 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Sites that could change 10 within 500 m
Empty land zoned for homes 10
- 40.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 18 m
- 50.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 18 m
- 60.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 23 m
- 70.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 27 m
- 80.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 31 m
- 90.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 80 m
- 0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 87 m
- 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 87 m
- 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 87 m
- 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 90 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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| 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 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
| Derelict sites registers | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 23:17 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 00:29 | open |
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 4 and 7 a year; busiest 2022. 93% of decisions were approvals.
2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Open for comments €20 to comment
- 1Sunhook , Grange Park Avenue , Waterford comments close 29 Oct 2026the demolition of an existing vacant two-storey dwelling house and the subdivision of the site into four…
Every application within 500 m 11 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- in the townlands of Ballynakill Farranshoneen Williamstown Grange Upper Grange Lower , Ballytruckle Kingsmeadow Kilbarry Pastimeknock , Lisduggan Big Skibbereen Ballynaneashagh in Waterford City Co. Waterford. No decision yetfor a 10-year permission for development of a district heating energy centre at a site located at Waterford…
- 1222 Passage Road , Waterford City , Waterford No decision yet, a) the construction of a new two-storey extension to the rear of the existing house, b) a single storey…
- 10Knock Ard 19 Summerville Avenue , Grange Upper , Waterford Approved with conditionsa proposed first floor (Dormer) extension and a single storey rear extension to the existing bungalow and all…
- 2on the site adjoining 'Rockville' (Protected Struture RPS No WA730319) , Newtown Road , Waterford Refusedon the site adjoining and to provide 4 no new three storey 4-bed semi-detached dwellings, with new vehicular…
- on the site adjoining 'Rockville' (Protected Struture RPS No WA730319) , Newtown Road , Waterford Withdrawn or not validto provide 4 No. new three storey 4-bed semi-detached dwellings, with new vehicular access within the site,…
- 11Hill view , 21 Summerville Avenue , Waterford Approved with conditionsto replace the existing vehicular entrance on the North Western boundary (accessing front entrance to the…
- 14Kimpton , Newtown Park , Newtown Approved with conditionsto construct a part two storey, part single storey extension. Part of the two-storey extension will be built…
- 137 Asgard Mews , Grange Manor , Waterford Approved with conditionsthe provision of a first floor ensuite rooflight to the front elevation of an existing dwelling
- 15Old Grange , John's Hill , Waterford City Approved with conditionsthe construction of a new two storey detached dwelling in the side garden of the existing dwelling, a new…
- Old Grange , John's Hill , Waterford City Withdrawn or not validWe, Andrew & Heather Reynolds are applying to Waterford City & County Council for Full Planning Permission…
How we work this out
Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | 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 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
- Dunmore Road, Waterford, no_eircode · 24 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2460666 · 310 m
How we work this out
Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Newtown Montessori · Crèche | 18 Jun 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 595 m |
| Waterford Montessori · Crèche | 20 Mar 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | approx. 721 m |
How we work this out
How busy is this area Busier than most of Waterford City and County Council.
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
| 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 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:46 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
90% of homes built before 1971 (council 29%). 87% owner-occupied (council 65%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 228029003
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Newtown School · postprimary · 415 pupils · 382 m
- Newtown Junior School · primary · 112 pupils · 545 m
- Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia · primary · 237 pupils · 575 m
- De La Salle College · postprimary · 1023 pupils · 648 m
- Christ Church NS · primary · 114 pupils · 765 m
- Waterpark College · postprimary · 621 pupils · 815 m
- St Martins Special Sch · primary · 100 pupils · 822 m
- Waterpark NS · primary · 235 pupils · 852 m
Stops 29
- Gortmore Dr · 354, 358 · 1/hour at peak · 166 m
- Gortmore Dr · 358, 607, 617, 627 · 3/hour at peak · 175 m
- Newtown Park · 354 · 366 m
- Newtown Park · 354, 607, 617, 627 · 3/hour at peak · 368 m
- Glenville · 354, 607, 617, 627 · 3/hour at peak · 404 m
- Glenville · 354, 607, 617, 627 · 3/hour at peak · 411 m
- St Otteran's Hospl · W5 · 2/hour at peak · 456 m
- St Otteran's Hospl · W5 · 2/hour at peak · 472 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Newtown School · 382 m+2.2% pupils (415) · 4 classrooms 2025, approved with conditions
- Newtown Junior School · 545 m-0.9% pupils (112) · 4 classrooms 2025, approved with conditions
- Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia · 575 m-3.3% pupils (237)
- De La Salle College · 648 m-0.8% pupils (1,023)
- Christ Church NS · 765 m-7.3% pupils (114)
- Waterpark College · 815 m+5.4% pupils (621)
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 25 Oct 2026, 01:51
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026, 23:44 | open |
| Department of Education school list | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
| Council consultation portals | Public | 25 Oct 2026, 01:52 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | Public | 25 Oct 2026, 01:51 | 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 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?SolicitorAsk for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
- Application 302 m away open for comments until 29 Oct 2026: comment?CouncilAsk for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Townland
- Grange Upper
- Electoral division
- Newtown
- Electoral area
- Waterford City East
- Council
- Waterford City And County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
- 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
- 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 29 Oct 2026.
- 1 application refused within 100 m since 2025; latest a new house (2026).
- Gortmore Dr (bus 358, 607) 175 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 19 from all stops within 500 m.
- Noise from road traffic mapped at 45–49 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
- Here (2022 census): 87% owner-occupied (council 65%); 7% of homes empty (council 11%); most built 1919–1945; 52% drive to work (council 63%); population down 2% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 56 days (about 8 weeks); 40% are asked for more information.
What the terms mean 8 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.
- Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
- 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 | 25 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 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | Local authorities (consultation portals) | Public | 25 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | © the publisher | 24 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 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| data.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register) | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | Public | 25 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 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 | 25 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures) | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | Public register | 21 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026 |