Planning report · Kerry County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 15 Oct 2026, 12:33
Sandhill Road
52.51115, -9.67486
Homes here mostly date from 1919–1945. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024. Most home extensions nearby get approved (89%). 27 homes approved 457 m away haven't started.
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
3planning files on this houselatest 202489%of home extensions approved nearbyn=54 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs55 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 52–550open for comments nearbywithin 500 m39homes approved nearby, not startednearest 457 m · 2560172
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 55 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 7 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. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 20242460119 · garden room · approved 2024 · not started, runs out 2029approvedstartedsigned off
- 2018171296 · porch · approved 2018 · ran out unbuiltapprovedstartedsigned off
- 201717878 · porch · refused 2017approvedstarted?signed off?
On this site
M4
Zoning · Major town centre
Yes
Protected or listed · a building in the national heritage inventory (21400108)
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningM4 · Major town centre
What it says
Built up area: Existing built areas of mixed use
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
listowel municipal district local area plan 2020 2026 · 19 Oct 2020 – 18 Oct 2026
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.
Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 16 | Gerald O'Connor; J. Lynch |
| Monuments | 10 | Ritual site - holy well; Promontory fort - coastal |
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: 53 on the draft 2027 map; 53 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, constraints.niah, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:18 | open |
| constraints.niah | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 00:14 | open |
| constraints | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false) | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| constraints.smr | 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.
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
Extensions here: 77% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 76% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.
Attic or dormer13 decided · more info asked 15%
77% · council 94%
New house in a garden or site41 decided · more info asked 59%
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 · 54 nearby, 3,619 council-wide
Ballybunnion, file by file since 2018
2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 2.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid
10 files with "Ballybunnion" 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 · 2018–2026
Extensions and refusals right beside you 2 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m
Extensions and refusals near you 2 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months
| Kind | Applied | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-storey rear | 2 | 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.
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 55 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 63 days. Building starts about 7 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated54 decided home extensions, 12 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
2 of 7 appealed refusals became permissions. 3 of 10 appealed approvals were reversed.
Refusals appealed7 decided
2 became permissions
Approvals appealed10 decided
3 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
What's changing around you?
- 1Church Road 2560172
- 2SANDHILL ROAD 25103
- 31.5 ha zoned for homes
- 43 Main Street, Ballybunnion 24/60735
- 50.9 ha zoned for homes
- 60.4 ha zoned for homes
- 73.9 ha zoned for homes
- 8Lartigue Drive, Ballybunion 23613
- 90.2 ha zoned for homes
- 101.0 ha zoned for homes
- 11Main Street, Ballybunion 2673
- 12CLIFF ROAD, BALLYBUNION 2660828
- 13Church Road, Ballybunion 2660175
- 14Saint Joseph's Church Road, Ballybunnion 2660486
- 15Hannahville, Sandhill Road 2660471
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 91 permissions since 2016, 25 show a start notice and 5 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.
Measured101 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
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
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
27 homes 457 m away were approved Mar 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Mar 2031.
Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.
Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)
Sites that could change 12 within 500 m
Approved, not started 2
- Church Road · 27 homes approved Mar 2026, not started · 457 m
- SANDHILL ROAD · 12 homes approved Oct 2025, not started · 467 m
Empty land zoned for homes 10
- 31.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 24 m
- 50.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 112 m
- 60.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 115 m
- 73.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 117 m
- 90.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 125 m
- 101.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 158 m
- 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 170 m
- 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 178 m
- 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 186 m
- 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 253 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 6 and 15 a year; busiest 2023. 89% of decisions were approvals.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided
2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Every application within 500 m 7 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 12CLIFF ROAD , BALLYBUNION , CO. KERRY No decision yetthree dwellings on three separate sites with individual vehicular entrances from Cliff Road and with 1 no.…
- No.7 Doon Bay Chalets , Doon Bay Road , Ballybunnion No decision yetthe demolition of existing entrance porch and flat roof extension and to construct a single storey extension…
- 14Saint Joseph's Church Road , Ballybunnion , Co. Kerry Approved with conditionschange of design to the single storey extension consisting of a pitched slated roof with an increased floor…
- 15Hannahville , Sandhill Road , Ballybunion Approved with conditions(a) alterations to opes to side (north-west) elevation at ground floor level, (b) lowering of window head to…
- 11Main Street , Ballybunion , Co. Kerry Approved with conditions(A) Alteration/change of design of premises as granted permission under 23/923, to provide a single storey…
- Main Street , Ballybunion , Co. Kerry Withdrawn or not valid(A) Alterations/change of design of premises as granted permission under 23/923, to provide a single storey…
- 13Church Road , Ballybunion , Co. Kerry Approved with conditionspermission to install a dormer window to the rear of her house
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.
Building work nearby 6 in the last 12 months
- 4 CLARKE'S LODGE, SANDHILL ROAD, BALLYBUNNION, Kerry, V31 WY89 · 30 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560927 · 208 m
- 43 Main Street, Ballybunnion, Kerry, V31 PX96 · 27 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 24/60735 · 112 m
- 8Lartigue Drive, Ballybunion, Kerry, V31TV25 · 21 May 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 23613 · 118 m
- Sandhill Road, Ballybunnion, Kerry · 23 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/60367 · 460 m
- 6 Doon Bay Chalets, Doon Bay Road,, Ballybunion, Kerry, V31 D611 · 16 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 22986 · 487 m
- Kit Ahern Road, Ballybunion, Kerry · 23 Jan 2026 · start notice not signed off · 201110 · 205 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: bcms · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 00:44
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 15 Oct 2026, 00:44 | open |
Homes coming 39 not started
- 1Church Road · 27 homes · not started · runs out 11 Mar 2031 · 457 m
- 2SANDHILL ROAD · 12 homes · not started · runs out 23 Oct 2030 · 467 m
How we work this out
Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tir na Nog Community Childcare · Crèche | 8 Jul 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 109 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.
How busy is this area Busier than most of Kerry County Council.
Homes approved
Here39
Council middle0
Homes started
Here33
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.
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
48% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 74% owner-occupied (council 70%).
Homes built before 1971
48% · council 26%
Homes built since 2001
20% · council 32%
Owner-occupied
74% · council 70%
Rented
13% · council 24%
Children under 15
15% · council 18%
Aged 65 and over
30% · council 19%
Households with 2+ cars
29% · council 44%
Work mainly from home
10% · council 11%
This small area (189 people)Kerry
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 077104006/077104007
Bus
204 m
Ballybunnion · 314 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
Nearest school
440 m
Scoil Íosagáin, 202 pupils
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Scoil Íosagáin · primary · 202 pupils · 440 m
- St. Joseph's Secondary School · postprimary · 349 pupils · 675 m
Stops 4
- Ballybunnion · 314 · 204 m
- Ballybunnion · 272 · 321 m
- Ballybunnion · 272, 314 · 0/hour at peak · 340 m
- The Scallops · 274 · 0/hour at peak · 352 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Scoil Íosagáin · 440 m-1% pupils (202) · a pitch or play area 2024, approved with conditions
- St. Joseph's Secondary School · 675 m-3.1% pupils (349) · a pitch or play area 2026, refused · an extension 2024, approved with conditions
Sources: gtfs, schools, npad, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, 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 11 Oct 2026, 23:43
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtfs | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 15 Oct 2026, 02:04 | open |
| consult | public | 15 Oct 2026, 01:32 | open |
| moderngov | public | 15 Oct 2026, 01:32 | open |
| lda_lands | 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
- Garden room (2460119) approved 2024, not started: still planned?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
- Porch (171296) ran out unbuilt in 2023: built anyway?Seller · solicitorAsk for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
- Porch (17878) refused 2017: built anyway?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The seller's answer and your surveyor's check.
- 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
- Ballybunnion
- Electoral division
- Killehenny
- Electoral area
- Listowel
- Council
- Kerry County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 3 applications on this site; latest 2460119, approved 2024, not started, runs out 2029.
- Zoned M4 (major town centre); heritage-listed; no vacant land tax.
- 12 sites nearby could change: 2 approved schemes, 10 empty zoned plots.
- 39 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 27 at Church Road.
- Ballybunnion (bus 272, 314) 340 m away: 9 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
- Here (2022 census): 74% owner-occupied (council 70%); 54% of homes empty (council 22%); most built 1919–1945; 62% drive to work (council 62%); population up 10% since 2016.
- 2 home extensions within 250 m since 2026. Most were single-storey rear extensions.
- Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is 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.
- Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
- 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 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC-BY-4.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC… | 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 | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 15 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 15 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 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | public | 15 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 15 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) | PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use… | 15 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | public (Tusla statutory register; ackn… | 14 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 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 15 Oct 2026, 12:33 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.