Planning report · Kilkenny County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 21:44

Rathpatrick, The Municipal District of Piltown, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Éire / Ireland

52.27885, -7.04654

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Distance

250 m 500 m 1 km 2 km

Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Kilkenny County Council: council consultations.

1open for comments nearbyclose 18 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
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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992).

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

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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	3	Catholic Church of the Assumption; Snowhill House
Monuments	33	Cist; Ritual site - holy well

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), 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

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, 05:02	open

Question 2

Could you extend?

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

Figure 2

Gorteens, file by file since 2023

1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

11 files with "Gorteens" 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 · 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	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, 05:02

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, 05:02	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

What appeals changed

0 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

Approvals appealed2 decided

0 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

500967 Withdrawn · In the townlands of Atateemore or Blackneys Ballyhobuck Ballyrahan… · 229 m
324383 Open · Belview, Slieverue, County Kilkenny · 1.1 km
323985 Pending · Located in Rathpatrick (townland), County Kilkenny. · 1.2 km

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	31 Oct 2026, 23:12	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Rathpatrick, The Municipal District of Piltown, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Éire / Ireland with 9 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApprovedNo decision yet

1Murtaghstown, Slieverue 2660658No decision yet · 1.8 km
2Gorteens, Slieverue 2660202Approved with conditions · 348 m
3Gorteens, Slieverue 2660464Approved with conditions · 403 m
4Belview Port, Gorteens 2560730Approved with conditions · 733 m
5townlands of Luffany Murtaghstown Curraghmore, Rathpatrick Ballinlaw and Drumdowney Upper 2660349No decision yet · 768 m
6Ballyvalla, Gorteens 2660310No decision yet · 1.1 km
7Kilmurry, Slieverue 2654Approved with conditions · 1.6 km
8Airmount Road, Slieverue 2660013Approved with conditions · 1.6 km
9'Old Farmhouse', Kilmurry Lane 2660063Approved with conditions · 1.7 km

Figure 4

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 10 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 1 has 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.

Measured11 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 5

The next 30 days

2 deadlines within 2.0 km; the first closes 18 Nov 2026.

Comments closeHigh Court window ends

Comments close 18 Nov 202617 days left
12660658 · application received — for the construction of a new dwelling with detached garage, a new driveway entrance and the…
€20 to the council · 1.8 km away
Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 27 Nov 202626 days left
Appeal withdrawn S.140(1)(a)
229 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 2023. 100% 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

1Murtaghstown , Slieverue , Co Kilkenny comments close 18 Nov 2026
for the construction of a new dwelling with detached garage, a new driveway entrance and the installation of…
266065814 Oct 20261 homes1.8 km

Every application within 2.0 km 11 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

3Gorteens , Slieverue , Co. Kilkenny Approved with conditions
for development at the previously permitted Gypsum Board Facility site at Gorteens, Slieverue, Co. Kilkenny…
266046411 Sept 2026403 m
7Kilmurry , Slieverue , Co. Kilkenny Approved with conditions
is being sought to have conditon 4 of retention planning permission granted 25/117 to be removed so as not to…
26547 Sept 20261.6 km
5townlands of Luffany Murtaghstown Curraghmore , Rathpatrick Ballinlaw and Drumdowney Upper , in County Kilkenny No decision yet
for a 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 35 hectares in the townlands of…
26603498 Jun 2026768 m
townlands of Luffany Murtaghstown Curraghmore , Rathpatrick Ballinlaw and Drumdowney Upper , in County Kilkenny Withdrawn or not valid
for a 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 35 hectares in the townlands of…
26603313 Jun 2026768 m
6Ballyvalla , Gorteens , Slieverue No decision yet
for a workshop building circa 60 metres long and 30 metres wide, 14.75m high to ridge, roof mounted solar…
266031025 May 20261.1 km
2Gorteens , Slieverue , Co. Kilkenny Approved with conditions
for development at the previously permitted Gypsum Board Facility site at Gorteens, Slieverue, Co. Kilkenny…
266020229 May 2026348 m
9'Old Farmhouse' , Kilmurry Lane , Slieverue Approved with conditions
for (1) the conversion of an existing partially enclosed agricultural barn to fully enclosed store and (2)…
266006327 Mar 20261.7 km
8Airmount Road , Slieverue , Co. Kilkenny Approved with conditions
to construct a single storey extension to the southern side of my dwelling, a two storey extension to the…
266001327 Feb 20261.6 km
Airmount Road , Slieverue , Co. Kilkenny Withdrawn or not valid
to construct a single storey extension o the southern side of my dwelling, a two storey extension to the…
256081718 Dec 20251.6 km
4Belview Port , Gorteens , Co. Kilkenny Approved with conditions
for a development at this site. The development will consist of alterations to a previously permitted…
256073019 Jan 2026733 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, 05:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	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 6 in the last 12 months

2 not signed off4 no sign-off needed

Kilmurry, Slieverue, Kilkenny · 12 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560804 · 1.6 km
gorteens, Belview Port, Kilkenny · 10 Jun 2026 · start notice not signed off · 24/60103 · 600 m
Belview Port, Kilkenny · 23 Apr 2026 · start notice not signed off · 2560233 · 1.4 km
Rathpatrick, Slieverue, Kilkenny · 23 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/40 · 1.6 km
Kilmurry, Slieverue, Kilkenny · 21 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/34 · 1.9 km
Drumdowney Lwr. Gorteens, Slieverue, Kilkenny, X91 K3H4 · 17 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560050 · 1.0 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 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

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Green Acres · Crèche	18 Feb 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 875 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 Kilkenny County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here2

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, 05:02

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, 05:02	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 7

This street block against the council

92% owner-occupied (council 72%).

Homes built before 1971

29% · council 29%

Homes built since 2001

16% · council 34%

Owner-occupied

92% · council 72%

Rented

3% · council 23%

Children under 15

15% · council 20%

Aged 65 and over

25% · council 16%

Households with 2+ cars

62% · council 50%

Work mainly from home

6% · council 11%

This small area (413 people)Kilkenny

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 097091004/01

Nearest school

1.4 km

Slieverue Mixed NS, 208 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Slieverue Mixed NS · primary · 208 pupils · 1.4 km
Jonah Special School · primary · 12 pupils · 1.6 km

Stops 3

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 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
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

Application 1.8 km away open for comments until 18 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: Gorteens
Electoral division: Rathpatrick
Electoral area: Piltown
Council: Kilkenny County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Not protected; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 18 Nov 2026.
No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Here (2022 census): 92% owner-occupied (council 72%); 10% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 1971–1980; 67% drive to work (council 65%); population up 2% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 63 days (about 9 weeks); 46% are asked for more information.
11 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 93%).
2 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).

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 26

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
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	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
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, 21:44 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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