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Planning report · Wexford County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 5 Nov 2026, 08:58

Enniscorthy Rural ED, The Municipal District of Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Leinster, Éire / Ireland

52.51292, -6.57942

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (91%).

See on the mapWatch this area

Not held yet for Wexford County Council: council consultations.

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 51 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.

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 2001–2010.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of EnniscorthyBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2021: 5 files on Enniscorthy2022: 6 files on Enniscorthy2023: 5 files on Enniscorthy2024: 8 files on Enniscorthy2025: 6 files on Enniscorthy2026: 2 files on Enniscorthy32 files

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
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
1 in 10
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Radon1 in 10 homes have high radon (EPA)

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
Radon grid squares1
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), EPA radon map, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 23:58
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:13open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
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: 72% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site18 decided · more info asked 50%
72% · council 76%
Approved nearbyWexford 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 · 18 nearby, 2,273 council-wide

Figure 3

Enniscorthy, file by file since 2021

4 of 5 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

32 planning files on Enniscorthy since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 20220903No number · 2022 · garage conversion · refused · 20221198No number · 2022 · garage conversion · approved · 20221604No number · 2023 · rear · approved · 20230504No number · 2025 · other extension · approved · 20250284Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 20210275No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 20210748No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 20210887No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 20210904No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 20211380No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 20220666No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 20221000No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 20221394No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 20230607No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 20230812No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 20231184No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 20231406No number · 2024 · other work · refused · 20240116No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 20240261No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 20240340No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 20240579No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 20240869No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 20241539No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 20241602No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 20250168No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 20250172No number · 2025 · other work · refused · 20250647No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 20250674No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 20251183No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 20260064No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 20260475New house in a side gardenNo number · 2024 · new house · approved · 20240234
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

32 files with "Enniscorthy" 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 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 51 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 75 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 51 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 127 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 51 days, middle half 48–54 (n=22)51 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 127 days (n=13)127 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off71% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated35 decided home extensions, 7 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    2 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 2 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    2 became permissions
    Approvals appealed4 decided
    2 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 Enniscorthy Rural ED, The Municipal District of Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Leinster, Éire / Ireland with 2 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseNo decision yetApproved
    1. 1Enniscorthy, Enniscorthy Rural 20261137No decision yet · 196 m
    2. 2Enniscorthy, Enniscorthy Rural 20260475Approved with conditions · 337 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 25 permissions since 2016, 7 show a start notice and 5 have a completion certificate.

    27 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 25 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 25 approved. Of those: 5 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 18 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT25: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused25: approved → approved2: refused → refused18: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out5: approved → signed off27 lodged27 lodged25 approved25 approved2 refused2 refused25 approved25 approved2 refused2 refused18 no start notice found18 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out5 signed off5 signed 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.

    Measured27 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    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

      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 4 and 8 a year; busiest 2024. 93% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 5, 2022: 4, 2023: 4, 2024: 8, 2025: 5, 2026: 105102021: 5 approved5’21*2022: 4 approved4’222023: 4 approved4’232024: 7 approved2024: 1 refused8’242025: 4 approved2025: 1 refused5’252026: 1 approved1’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 2 in the last 12 months

      See every application on the map

      • 1Enniscorthy, Enniscorthy Rural No decision yet
        Permission for the construction of 3 no. detached two storey dwellings
        2026113727 Aug 20264 homes196 m
      • 2Enniscorthy, Enniscorthy Rural Approved with conditions
        Permission for the retention of an attenuation tank in a relocated position
        2026047520 Apr 2026337 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 not signed off
      • Milehouse Road, The Paddock, Wexford · 29 Jun 2026 · start notice not signed off · 20260064W · 476 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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
      Homes coming 0 not started
      How we work this out
      Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, 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).
      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Firstfriends Daycare · Crèche17 Jan 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 820 m
      A Place to Grow Raheen FRC · Crèche8 Aug 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 820 m
      Barleyhill Childcare Centre Limited · Crèche10 Dec 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 820 m
      Bellefield Early Years Centre · Crèche23 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 820 m
      Bri Beag Childcare · Crèche16 Jan 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 820 m
      Bright Beginnings · Crèche24 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 820 m
      Cot 2 Crayons · Crèche1 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 820 m
      Carraig Briste · Crèche15 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 820 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 4 Nov 2026, 23:36
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register4 Nov 2026, 23:36open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Wexford County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here302
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here362
      Council middle2
      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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 9

      This street block against the council

      2% of homes built before 1971 (council 25%). 34% owner-occupied (council 70%).

      Homes built before 1971
      2% · council 25%
      Homes built since 2001
      72% · council 38%
      Owner-occupied
      34% · council 70%
      Rented
      60% · council 24%
      Children under 15
      30% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      7% · council 17%
      Households with 2+ cars
      28% · council 46%
      Work mainly from home
      1% · council 10%
      This small area (548 people)Wexford

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 247045015

      Bus
      513 m
      Cluain Buí · 384
      Radon
      1 in 10
      homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
      Nearest school
      530 m
      Enniscorthy Community College, 492 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Enniscorthy Community College · postprimary · 492 pupils · 530 m

      Stops 17

      • Cluain Buí · 384 · 513 m
      • Cluain Buí · 384 · 0/hour at peak · 522 m
      • The Moyne · 384 · 603 m
      • The Moyne · 384 · 0/hour at peak · 608 m
      • Enniscorthy Coll · 359, 368 · 1/hour at peak · 622 m
      • Enniscorthy Coll · 359, 368 · 1/hour at peak · 655 m
      • Milehouse Rd · 359, 368 · 1/hour at peak · 698 m
      • Milehouse Rd · 359, 368 · 1/hour at peak · 711 m

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

      • Enniscorthy Community College · 530 m+4.2% pupils (492)
      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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:05open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
      Council consultation portalsPublic5 Nov 2026, 01:15open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public5 Nov 2026, 02:33open
      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. High radon area (1 in 10 homes): has it been tested?
        Ask for: Radon test results.
        Seller
      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
      Enniscorthy
      Electoral division
      Enniscorthy Rural
      Electoral area
      Enniscorthy
      Council
      Wexford County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Not protected; no vacant land tax; high radon area.
      • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
      • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Cluain Buí, 522 m away (6 a day).
      • Here (2022 census): 60% rent (council 24%); 3% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 2001–2010; 67% drive to work (council 65%); population up 9% since 2016.
      • Around here the council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
      • Homes started within 1 km: 1 in the last year, 94 three years before.
      • 2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • 362 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
      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 25
      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 4.030 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
      gis.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection AgencyCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public5 Nov 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher4 Nov 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 4.02 Nov 2026
      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
      meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public5 Nov 2026
      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.05 Nov 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 licence5 Nov 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
      gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
      gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
      tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register4 Nov 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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 5 Nov 2026, 08:58 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.