Planning report · Waterford City And County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 04:04

Central Avenue

52.25167, -7.13428

Homes here mostly date from the 1960s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%). 2 applications nearby open for comments.

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Distance

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

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

2planning files on this houselatest 2024 98%of home extensions approved nearbyn=112 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–53 2open for comments nearbyclose 2 Nov–19 Nov

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 51 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 4 months after
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 1961–70, around when planning permission began (1964). 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

2025
2460744 · new house · refused 2025
approvedstarted?signed off?
2024
2460736 · new house · withdrawn
approved?started?signed off?

On this site

Zoning · Existing residential

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Yes

Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year

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

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningR2 · Existing residential

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: 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: Ibrook Limited (534 m); Waterford Carpets Limited (856 m); Waterford Plating Company (974 m)

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	2	Presentation Convent; Manor of Saint John

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. This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 1187 on the draft 2027 map; 1187 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:21	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

How we work this out

Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 02:01	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

Extensions are almost always approved here: 94–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 57% approved, and 71% are asked for more information.

Single-storey rear16 decided · more info asked 25%

94% · council 99%

Single-storey side17 decided · more info asked 24%

100% · council 99%

Attic or dormer14 decided · more info asked 21%

100% · council 92%

First-floor15 decided · more info asked 27%

100% · council 94%

New house in a garden or site7 decided · more info asked 71%

57% · 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 · 69 nearby, 1,767 council-wide

Extensions and refusals right beside you 3 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 3 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 approved2 no decision or withdrawn

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Two-storey side	2	0	—
Dormer or attic	1	1	—

On Lisduggan: 5 extensions in 10 years, 80% of all applications approved; most common dormer or attic.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

How we work this out

Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.

Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 02:01

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 02:01	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 02:01	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 51 days. 1 in 5 is asked for more information, which adds about 63 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.

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

Calculated112 decided home extensions, 32 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 4

What appeals changed

4 of 13 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 8 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed13 decided

4 became permissions

Approvals appealed8 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

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Central Avenue with 7 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsBuilding startedApprovedNo decision yet

119 Central Avenue, Lisduggan 26108No decision yet · 25 m
2Keanes Road, Tycor 2660746No decision yet · 490 m
3Paddy Browne's Road, Waterford 25/156Building started · 141 m
4Paddy Brownes Road, Lisduggan 25165Approved with conditions · 108 m
513 Arbor Road, Lisduggan 2660561Approved with conditions · 144 m
610 Tyrone Road, Lismore Park 2660698No decision yet · 339 m
7The Craftsman Bar, 2 Tyrone Road 2560880Approved with conditions · 376 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 25 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 3 have a completion certificate.

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.

Measured26 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 6

The next 30 days

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

Comments close

Comments close 2 Nov 20261 day left
22660746 · application received — 40 No Apartments consisting of 24 No. 1-Bedroom Units, 5 No. 2-Bedroom Units & 11 No. 3- Bedroom…
€20 to the council · 490 m away
Comments close 19 Nov 202618 days left
126108 · application received — To construct a two storey extension to the side of my property. To provide a ground floor…
€20 to the council · 25 m away

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

Figure 7

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 3 and 6 a year; busiest 2025. 96% of decisions were approvals.

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

2Keanes Road , Tycor , Waterford comments close 2 Nov 2026
40 No Apartments consisting of 24 No. 1-Bedroom Units, 5 No. 2-Bedroom Units & 11 No. 3- Bedroom Units),…
266074628 Sept 2026490 m
119 Central Avenue , Lisduggan , Waterford comments close 19 Nov 2026
To construct a two storey extension to the side of my property. To provide a ground floor entrance lobby and…
2610815 Oct 202625 m

Every application within 500 m 10 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

19 Central Avenue , Lisduggan , Waterford City Withdrawn or not valid
To construct a two storey extension to the side of my property, to provide a ground floor entrance lobby and…
2610124 Sept 202625 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 2026272 m
610 Tyrone Road , Lismore Park , Waterford. No decision yet
for a ground floor change of use from an existing Bookmakers shop to a Café/Restaurant with take away…
26606989 Sept 2026339 m
513 Arbor Road , Lisduggan , Waterford Approved with conditions
for a Dormer extension to the rear roof plane of the existing dwelling and the use of the attic as a storage…
266056117 Sept 2026144 m
7The Craftsman Bar , 2 Tyrone Road , Waterford Approved with conditions
for a) the demolition of a single storey section of the existing public house b) 2/3 storey extension to the…
25608806 Feb 2026376 m
The craftsman Bar , 2 Tyrone Road , Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
a) the demolition of a single storey section of the existing public house b) 2/3 storey extension to the rear…
25608561 Dec 2025376 m
4Paddy Brownes Road , Lisduggan , Waterford Approved with conditions
relocation of an existing ATM on the north west elevation including new ATM room , alterations to existing…
2516520 Jan 2026108 m
Paddy Brownes Road , Lisduggan , Waterford Withdrawn or not valid
relocation of an existing ATM on the north west elevation including new ATM room , alterations to existing…
251626 Nov 2025107 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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 02:01	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open

Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months

1 no sign-off needed

3Paddy Browne's Road, Waterford, X91 A316 · 9 Sept 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 25/156 · 141 m

How we work this out

Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.

Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Estate: Lisduggan · 8 applications in 10 years · 80% approved · most common: attic conversion / dormer

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Presentation Play School · Crèche	15 Jan 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	878 m
St. Brigid's Children’s Centre · Crèche	22 Jul 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	983 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: Housing estates, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Housing estates	ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
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 Busier than most of Waterford City and County Council.

Homes approved

Here582

Council middle0

Homes started

Here28

Council middle1

How we work this out

Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 02:01	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 8

This street block against the council

88% of homes built before 1971 (council 29%). 55% owner-occupied (council 65%).

Homes built before 1971

88% · council 29%

Homes built since 2001

0% · council 30%

Owner-occupied

55% · council 65%

Rented

44% · council 29%

Children under 15

12% · council 19%

Aged 65 and over

36% · council 17%

Households with 2+ cars

9% · council 41%

Work mainly from home

5% · council 11%

This small area (190 people)Waterford City And

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 228022003

Bus

121 m

Arbour Road · W2 · busiest stop within 500 m: 3 an hour at peak

Nearest school

205 m

St Pauls B NS, 267 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

St Pauls B NS · primary · 267 pupils · 205 m
St Paul's Community College · postprimary · 792 pupils · 232 m
Presentation Secondary School · postprimary · 458 pupils · 493 m
Presentation Primary School · primary · 446 pupils · 625 m

Stops 28

Arbour Road · W2 · 3/hour at peak · 121 m
Belvedere Grove · W5 · 2/hour at peak · 219 m
Lisduggan SC · W2 · 3/hour at peak · 294 m
Manor Lawn · W2 · 3/hour at peak · 334 m
Skibbereen Rd · W5 · 2/hour at peak · 478 m
Ashe Road · W1, W2 · 6/hour at peak · 521 m
Larchville · W2 · 3/hour at peak · 541 m
Presentation Sch · W1, W2 · 6/hour at peak · 561 m

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

St Pauls B NS · 204 m+13.1% pupils (267)
St Paul's Community College · 232 m+4.2% pupils (792)
Presentation Secondary School · 493 m+10.9% pupils (458)
Presentation Primary School · 625 m+1.6% pupils (446)

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 02:24

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
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 02:01	open
Council consultation portals	Public	1 Nov 2026, 01:08	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	1 Nov 2026, 02:24	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

New house (2460744) refused 2025: built anyway?
Ask for: The seller's answer and your surveyor's check.
Seller · solicitor
On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
Solicitor
Application 25 m away open for comments until 19 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: Lisduggan Big
Electoral division: Lisduggan
Electoral area: Waterford City South
Council: Waterford City And County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

2 applications on this site; latest 2460744, refused 2025.
Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
2 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 19 Nov 2026.
Arbour Road (bus W2) 121 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 13 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 55% owner-occupied (council 65%); 5% of homes empty (council 11%); most built 1961–1970; 56% drive to work (council 63%).
3 home extensions within 250 m since 2026. Most were two-storey side extensions. On Lisduggan: 5 in 10 years, 80% approved.
The council decides in a median 56 days (about 8 weeks); 40% are asked for more information.

What the terms mean 6 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.
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	30 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 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	1 Nov 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	31 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
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026
overpass-api.de	OpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County Council	ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
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	1 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 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	1 Nov 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

counted from a public register

Calculated

a rate or median we worked out from those counts

Our classification

we sorted it by reading each description

Estimate

inferred from another source (census, map data)

Rule summary

the law, simplified: check before relying on it

How we work this out

Generated 1 Nov 2026, 04:04 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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