Planning report · Cork County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 30 Oct 2026, 01:12

Smiths Lane

52.35484, -8.68614

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2022. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Distance

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Cork County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 2022 90 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 54–125 1open for comments nearbyclose 23 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 90 days
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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2022.

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

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

2022
22/5850 · permission to construct · approved 2022 · not started, runs out 2027
approvedstartedsigned off

On this site

Zoning · Existing residential

Vacant land tax · not on the map

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

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningR2 · Existing residential

What it says

Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses: The scale of new residential and mixed residential developments within the Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses within the settlement network should normally respect the pattern and grain of existing urban development in the surrounding

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.

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

Heritage inventory2 within 100 m Convent of Mercy; store/warehouse

Not on this site: protected building, 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: Kerry Ingredients (Ireland) Limited (Charleville) (702 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	58	Holy Cross Catholic Church; presbytery/parochial/curate's house
Monuments	11	Mill - corn; Post office

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: 6 on the draft 2027 map; 6 on the final 2026 map.

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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	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
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 29 Oct 2026, 23:01

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 23:01	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

A new house in a garden is harder: 75% approved.

New house in a garden or site12 decided · more info asked 0%

75% · council 87%

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 · 12 nearby, 4,502 council-wide

Figure 3

Rathgoggan Middle, file by file since 2021

12 of 12 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 5 of 6.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

78 files with "Rathgoggan Middle" 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 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 approved

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Two-storey rear	1	1	—

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 29 Oct 2026, 23:01

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 29 Oct 2026, 23:01

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	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 90 days.

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

Calculated23 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 Smiths Lane with 10 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedNo decision yet

1Unit 9, Bakers Lane 26/2706No decision yet · 374 m
20.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 56 m
35.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 272 m
41.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 303 m
50.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 319 m
66.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 439 m
7Love Lane, Rathgoggan Middle 26/0747Approved with conditions · 209 m
8Belle View, Love Lane 26/1551Approved with conditions · 235 m
9Oakfield, Rathgoggan Middle 25/6641Approved · 430 m
10Smith's Road, Rathgoggan Middle 25/6588No decision yet · 440 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 33 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 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.

Measured77 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 6

The next 30 days

1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 23 Nov 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 23 Nov 202624 days left
126/2706 · application received — Permission for a) the subdivision of existing commercial Unit 9 into two separate commercial…
€20 to the council · 374 m away

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

Sites that could change 5 within 500 m

Empty land zoned for homes 5

20.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 56 m
35.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 272 m
41.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 303 m
50.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 319 m
66.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 439 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 29 Oct 2026, 23:01

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	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	open

Figure 7

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 12 and 17 a year; busiest 2025. 89% 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

1Unit 9, Bakers Lane, Main Street, Rathgoggan Middle,, Charleville, Co. Cork., P56 NW80 comments close 23 Nov 2026
Permission for a) the subdivision of existing commercial Unit 9 into two separate commercial units, to be…
26/270619 Oct 2026374 m

Every application within 500 m 10 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

Unit 15,16 & Unit 19,, Bakers Lane, Main Street, Rathgoggan Middle,, Charleville, Co. Cork. Withdrawn or not valid
retention permission for: a) The change of use of Unit 15 at ground floor level from gym to a retail unit.…
26/236510 Sept 2026396 m
Unit 15,16 & Unit 19, Bakers Lane, Main Street, Rathgoggan Middle, Charleville, Co. Cork., P56 NW80 Withdrawn or not valid
retention permission for: a) The change of use of Unit 15 at ground floor level from gym to a retail unit.…
26/22923 Sept 2026396 m
Unit 15, 16 & 19, Bakers Lane, Main Street, Rathgoggan Middle, Charleville, Co. Cork. P56 NW80 Withdrawn or not valid
Permission for Retention of the change of use of Unit 15 at ground floor level from gym to a retail unit.…
26/213913 Aug 2026397 m
Unit 15,16 & Unit 19, Bakers Lane, Main Street, Rathgoggan Middle,, Charleville, Co. Cork, P56 NW80 Withdrawn or not valid
(a) The retention for the change of use of Unit 15 at ground floor level from gymnasium to a retail unit. (b)…
26/190917 Jul 2026397 m
Hillview, The Turrets, Charleville, Co. Cork, P56EH42 Withdrawn or not valid
The subdivision of existing landholding/property for the construction of two number single storey…
26/159916 Jun 2026273 m
8Belle View, Love Lane, Rathgoggan Middle, Charleville, Co. Cork. Approved with conditions
Permission for retention of extension at rear of dwelling house incorporating change of use (in part) of…
26/15514 Aug 2026235 m
7Love Lane, Rathgoggan Middle, Charleville, Co. Cork, P56 N938 Approved with conditions
Permission for Retention of : (1) Rear and side extension to a two storey dwelling house as constructed, (2)…
26/074719 May 2026209 m
9Oakfield, Rathgoggan Middle, Charleville, Co.Cork Approved
Extension of Duration. Permission for a residential development comprising 98 no. residential units, (44 no.…
25/664124 Mar 2026430 m
10Smith's Road, Rathgoggan Middle, Charleville, Co. Cork. No decision yet
Permission for residential development comprising : 1) Demolition of 1 no. existing shed and partial…
25/658826 Nov 2025440 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 29 Oct 2026, 23:01

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 23:01	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	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open

Building work nearby 4 in the last 12 months

4 not signed off

Units 2-3 Charleville Town Centre, Charleville, Cork · 28 Jul 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 23/6010 · 410 m
2 Broad Street, Charleville, Cork, P56 P223 · 13 Jul 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/4774 · 257 m
Nos. 9 & 10 The Monastery, Clancy Terrace, Charleville, Cork · 23 Mar 2026 · 23 homes · start notice not signed off · 24-06337 · 324 m
Main Street, Charleville, Cork, P56 WR04 · 23 Mar 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 254512 · 380 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 29 Oct 2026, 02:33

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Charleville Community Childcare CLG · Crèche	21 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	288 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 Busier than most of Cork County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here61

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 29 Oct 2026, 23:01

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	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 8

This street block against the council

24% owner-occupied (council 73%).

Homes built before 1971

35% · council 28%

Homes built since 2001

44% · council 36%

Owner-occupied

24% · council 73%

Rented

71% · council 22%

Children under 15

21% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

12% · council 16%

Households with 2+ cars

7% · council 52%

Work mainly from home

4% · council 12%

This small area (262 people)Cork

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 047090010

Bus

242 m

Charleville · 320, 51, 519 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak

Nearest school

28 m

St Josephs Convent NS, 190 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

St Josephs Convent NS · primary · 190 pupils · 28 m
Scoil Naomh Aine Girls Senior School · primary · 195 pupils · 34 m
St. Mary's Secondary School · postprimary · 322 pupils · 54 m
Scoil na mBraithre Boys Snr Sch · primary · 227 pupils · 450 m
Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí · postprimary · 313 pupils · 472 m
Holy Family S S · primary · 87 pupils · 743 m

Stops 2

Charleville · 320, 51, 519, 521, 522 · 1/hour at peak · 242 m
Charleville · 320, 325, 51, 521, 522 · 2/hour at peak · 246 m

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

St Josephs Convent NS · 28 m-10.8% pupils (190)
Scoil Naomh Aine Girls Senior School · 34 m-0.5% pupils (195)
St. Mary's Secondary School · 54 m+6.6% pupils (322) · an extension 2024, approved with conditions
Scoil na mBraithre Boys Snr Sch · 450 m+1.8% pupils (227)
Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí · 472 m+3.6% pupils (313)
Holy Family S S · 743 m+2.4% pupils (87)

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 30 Oct 2026, 01:04

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	29 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Council consultation portals	Public	30 Oct 2026, 01:04	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	29 Oct 2026, 02:14	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

Permission to construct (22/5850) approved 2022, not started: still planned?
Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
Seller · solicitor
Application 374 m away open for comments until 23 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: Rathgoggan Middle
Electoral division: Rathluirc
Electoral area: Kanturk
Council: Cork County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

1 application on this site; latest 22/5850, approved 2022, not started, runs out 2027.
Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
5 sites nearby could change: 5 empty zoned plots.
1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 23 Nov 2026.
Charleville (bus 320, 325) 246 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak.
Here (2022 census): 71% rent (council 22%); 20% of homes empty (council 13%); most built 2001–2010; 50% drive to work (council 66%); population up 4% since 2016.
1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
The council decides in a median 66 days (about 9 weeks).

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	23 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	29 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
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	30 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	29 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
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	29 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	29 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	30 Oct 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 30 Oct 2026, 01:12 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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