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Planning report · Kerry County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 21 Oct 2026, 17:54

Ballyheige ED, Listowel Municipal District, County Kerry, Munster, Éire / Ireland

52.38700, -9.82017

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2019.

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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Kerry County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 201955 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 53–630open for comments nearbywithin 500 m

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 55 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2019.

Timeline from 1955: 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 2001–2010. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of BuncurrigBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2019: 19774 · extension, approved2019: 1 file on Buncurrig2020: 2 files on Buncurrig3 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. 2019
    19774 · extension · approved 2019 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
No
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 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments2Ringfort - rath; R116549
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: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 1 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
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: 76% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site17 decided · more info asked 41%
76% · council 87%
Approved nearbyKerry 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 · 17 nearby, 3,222 council-wide

Figure 3

Buncurrig, file by file since 2019

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

3 planning files on Buncurrig since 2019, by kind and decision.20192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2019 · other extension · approved · 19774Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2020 · other work · refused · 201245New house in a side gardenNo number · 2020 · new house · approved · 201089
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

3 files with "Buncurrig" 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 · 2019–2026

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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
    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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 55 days. 1 in 2 is asked for more information, which adds about 90 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 55 days; If more info asked (1 in 2): 144 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 55 days, middle half 53–63 (n=10)55 daysIf more info asked (1 in 2)With further information: median 144 days (n=11)144 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off43% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated21 decided home extensions, 7 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 5 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed5 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

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Ballyheige ED, Listowel Municipal District, County Kerry, Munster, Éire / Ireland with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homes
    1. 10.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 459 m
    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

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

      Sites that could change 1 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 1

      • 10.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 459 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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      2019: 1, 2020: 105102019: 1 approved1’19*2020: 1 refused1’20
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2019 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 0 in the last 12 months

      See every application on the map

        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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
        0
        How busy is this area About as busy as most of Kerry County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here0
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here4
        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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 8

        This street block against the council

        81% owner-occupied (council 70%).

        Homes built before 1971
        17% · council 26%
        Homes built since 2001
        44% · council 32%
        Owner-occupied
        81% · council 70%
        Rented
        15% · council 24%
        Children under 15
        19% · council 18%
        Aged 65 and over
        22% · council 19%
        Households with 2+ cars
        54% · council 44%
        Work mainly from home
        9% · council 11%
        This small area (252 people)Kerry

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 077020009

        Bus
        535 m
        Buncurrig · 274
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        None nearby.

          Stops 2

          • Buncurrig · 274 · 0/hour at peak · 535 m
          • Buncurrig · 274 · 0/hour at peak · 564 m
          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 21 Oct 2026, 02:35
          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
          Council consultation portalsPublic21 Oct 2026, 01:42open
          Council meetings (ModernGov)Public21 Oct 2026, 02:35open
          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 (19774) built without official sign-off: built properly?
            Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          2. 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
          Buncurrig
          Electoral division
          Ballyheige
          Electoral area
          Listowel
          Council
          Kerry County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
          • 1 application on this site; latest 19774, approved 2019, started, no sign-off needed.
          • No vacant land tax.
          • 1 site nearby could change: 1 empty zoned plot.
          • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Buncurrig, 535 m away (3 a day).
          • Here (2022 census): 81% owner-occupied (council 70%); 28% of homes empty (council 22%); most built 2001–2010; 66% drive to work (council 62%); population down 3% since 2016.
          • The council decides in a median 63 days (about 9 weeks); 46% are asked for more information.
          • 4 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
          What the terms mean 5 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.
          • 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 24
          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 4.021 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)Public21 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
          transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
          lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
          meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public21 Oct 2026
          services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.021 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 licence21 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
          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 21 Oct 2026, 17:54 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.