Planning report · Limerick City And County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 12 Oct 2026, 13:40
Patrickswell
52.60134, -8.70796
Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 63 homes approved 150 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.
52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 44–550open for comments nearbywithin 2 km193homes approved nearby, not startednearest 51 m · 228017
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 52 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
What's the planning story of this house?
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
R3
Zoning · Rural cluster
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR3 · Rural cluster
What it says
New Residential - Phase 1: While housing is the primary use, recreation, education, crèche/playschool, clinic/surgery uses, sheltered housing and small corner shops are envisaged, subject to the preservation of neighbouring residential amenity
A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.
patrickswell local area plan 2024 2030 · 8 Apr 2024 – 1 Apr 2030
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.
Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Patrickswell (79 m)
Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km
| Within 2.0 km | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 9 | Faha House; Beech Hill |
| Monuments | 94 | Enclosure; Ringfort - cashel |
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. This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 34 on the draft 2027 map; 34 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:18 | open |
| epa_leap | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026, 23:09 | 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.niah | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | 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
A new house in a garden is harder: 82% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
New house in a garden or site11 decided · more info asked 36%
82% · council 92%
Approved nearbyLimerick City And 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 · 11 nearby, 2,578 council-wide
Barnakyle, file by file since 2017
5 of 5 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 3 of 4.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid
26 files with "Barnakyle" 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 · 2017–2026
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.
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 63 days.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated23 decided home extensions, 4 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
1 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 2 of 6 appealed approvals were reversed.
Refusals appealed2 decided
1 became permissions
Approvals appealed6 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
What's changing around you?
- 1Patrickswell Enterprise Centre, Patrickswell 2660702
- 2Barnakyle 2560653
- 3Barnakyle 2560156
- 4Ballyanrahan East 2360144
- 5Ballyanrahan East 181193
- 6Barnakyle, Patrickswell 228017
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes
- 80.5 ha zoned for homes
- 92.3 ha zoned for homes
- 100.9 ha zoned for homes
- 110.5 ha zoned for homes
- 120.3 ha zoned for homes
- 13Ballyveloge, Patrickswell 2660567
- 14Barnakyle, Patrickswell 2561383
- 1512 Laurel Park, Patrickswell 2660282
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 46 permissions since 2016, 9 show a start notice and 2 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.
Measured47 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 2.0 km; the first closes 27 Oct 2026.
Time to appeal ends
- Time to appeal ends 27 Oct 202615 days left12660702 · CONDITIONAL — (a) demolition of the pitched roof of the existing building along with the 2 No. first floor sections…€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 784 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
63 homes 150 m away were approved Jul 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Nov 2030.
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 13 within 2.0 km
Approved, not started, approval running out 1
- Ballyanrahan East · 49 homes approved, not started; runs out May 2027 · 372 m
Approved, not started 3
- Barnakyle · 40 homes approved Jan 2026, not started · 61 m
- Barnakyle · 63 homes approved Jul 2025, not started · 150 m
- Ballyanrahan East · 41 homes approved Nov 2023, not started · 241 m
Empty land zoned for homes 9
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 86 m
- 80.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 97 m
- 92.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 123 m
- 100.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 151 m
- 110.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 155 m
- 120.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 161 m
- 4.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 178 m
- 0.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 196 m
- 1.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 3 and 10 a year; busiest 2025. 98% 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 2.0 km 17 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- Ballyanrahan West & Ballycarrane , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick Approved with conditionsconstruction of 2 no. storage buildings and all ancillary site works at the existing manufacturing plant
- Ballyanrahan , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick Withdrawn or not valida Single Storey dwelling, Garage, on-site treatment system and percolation area, site entrance and all…
- Main Street , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick No decision yetthe construction of a 2 storey block consisting of 4 number 1 bedroom apartments with associated external bin…
- Main Street , Ballyanrahan East , Patrickswell Co. Limerick Approved with conditionsa change of use of the current ‘CúChulainn’ Public House/Restaurant to use as a Medical Centre. Permission is…
- 1Patrickswell Enterprise Centre , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick Approved with conditions(a) demolition of the pitched roof of the existing building along with the 2 No. first floor sections within…
- Attyflin Estate , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick No decision yetconstruction of an agricultural storage shed, potting shed and all associated site development works…
- Unit 5 , Main Street , Patrickswell Co Limerick Approved with conditionsthe change of use of an existing retail unit to a funeral undertaker’s office, together with alterations to…
- 13Ballyveloge , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick No decision yetalterations to previously approved Planning ref. No. 22/1318. The alterations consist of change of house…
- An Tobar , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick Approved with conditionsthe extension of duration for planning ref. 18/1193, already extended under Planning Ref. 24/7010: a…
- Collopy’s Cross , Attyflin , Patrickswell Co. Limerick. No decision yetthe provision of car and bus parking as part of a Park & Ride scheme associated with the Ryder Cup in 2027.…
- 1512 Laurel Park , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick Approved with conditionsthe construction of a single storey extension, for accessible use, containing bedroom, bathroom and utility,…
- Attyflin Estate , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick Withdrawn or not validthe construction of an agricultural shed all associated site development works. The proposed development is…
- Ballycarrane , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick Approved with conditionsthe construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, new recessed site entrance wall and piers, wastewater…
- Ballycarrane , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick Approved with conditionsconstruction of a two storey dwelling, detached garage, entrance, relocation of roadside stone boundary wall,…
- 14Barnakyle , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick No decision yetthe construction of a detached dormer style dwelling and a single storey detached garage served by a new…
- Barnakyle , Patrickswell , Co. Limerick Approved with conditions55no. residential units on serviced sites on the grant of outline permission granted under Planning…
- Patrickswell , Co. Limerick. No decision yetThe proposed temporary development will consist of the provision of car parking as part of a Park & Ride…
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
- Patrickswell Enterprise Centre, Patrickswell, Limerick · 2 Oct 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/95 · 825 m
- Main Street, Patrickswell, Limerick · 21 Jul 2026 · 2 homes · start notice not signed off · 2560640 · 638 m
- 6Barnakyle, Patrickswell, Limerick · 17 Jul 2026 · 24 homes · start notice not signed off · 228017 · 40 m
- Hazelwood, Barnakyle, Patrickswell, Limerick · 14 Jul 2026 · 20 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/61228 · 628 m
- 12 Laurel Park, Patrickswell, Limerick, V94 N7P8 · 13 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 2660282 · 413 m
- Barnakyle, Patrickswell, Limerick · 31 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · P2560232 · 369 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 12 Oct 2026, 00:09
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 00:09 | open |
Homes coming 193 not started
- 3Barnakyle · 63 homes · not started · runs out 10 Nov 2030 · 150 m
- Barnakyle · 55 homes · building started · 542 m
- Ballyveloge · 52 homes · building started · 214 m
- 5Ballyanrahan East · 49 homes · runs out soon · runs out 26 May 2027 · 372 m
- Ballyanrahan East · 49 homes · building started · 269 m
- Barnakyle · 49 homes · ran out · runs out 22 Oct 2023 · 107 m
- 4Ballyanrahan East · 41 homes · not started · runs out 14 Nov 2028 · 241 m
- 2Barnakyle · 40 homes · not started · runs out 19 Jan 2031 · 61 m
- Lisheen Park · 16 homes · building started · 479 m
- Ballyanrahan East · 15 homes · ran out · runs out 4 Nov 2024 · 345 m
- Barnakyle · 11 homes · building started · 51 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Patrickswell Community Playschool · Crèche | 21 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 407 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 Limerick City and County Council.
Homes approved
Here251
Council middle0
Homes started
Here266
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.
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
84% owner-occupied (council 65%).
Homes built before 1971
38% · council 31%
Homes built since 2001
23% · council 29%
Owner-occupied
84% · council 65%
Rented
8% · council 27%
Children under 15
17% · council 19%
Aged 65 and over
28% · council 16%
Households with 2+ cars
58% · council 41%
Work mainly from home
12% · council 10%
This small area (226 people)Limerick City And
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 127120001
Road noise
55–59 dB
day–night average (EPA 2022)
Bus
328 m
Patrickswell · 13, 14, 320 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
Nearest school
407 m
Scoil Tobar Padraig, 143 pupils
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Scoil Tobar Padraig · primary · 143 pupils · 407 m
Stops 6
- Patrickswell · 13, 14, 320, 321 · 1/hour at peak · 328 m
- Patrickswell · 13, 14, 320, 321 · 1/hour at peak · 345 m
- Marian Park · 320, 321 · 0/hour at peak · 616 m
- Marian Park · 320, 321 · 0/hour at peak · 656 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Scoil Tobar Padraig · 407 m+4.4% pupils (143)
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 | 12 Oct 2026, 01:44 | open |
| consult | public | 12 Oct 2026, 01:26 | open |
| moderngov | public | 12 Oct 2026, 01:27 | 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
- On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?SolicitorAsk for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
- 40 homes approved 61 m away (Barnakyle), not started: what is planned?CouncilAsk for: The planning file for 2560653.
- 63 homes approved 150 m away (Barnakyle), not started: what is planned?CouncilAsk for: The planning file for 2560156.
- Building work started 40 m away: for how long?Agent · councilAsk for: The planning conditions for 228017.
- 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
- Barnakyle
- Electoral division
- Patrickswell
- Electoral area
- Limerick City West
- Council
- Limerick City And County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned R3 (rural cluster); on the vacant land tax map.
- 13 sites nearby could change: 4 approved schemes, 9 empty zoned plots.
- 193 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 63 at Barnakyle.
- Patrickswell (bus 13, 14) 328 m away: 1 an hour at morning peak.
- Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
- Here (2022 census): 84% owner-occupied (council 65%); 6% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1971–1980; 71% drive to work (council 60%); population up 3% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 61 days (about 9 weeks); 43% are asked for more information.
- Homes started within 1 km: 48 in the last year, 85 three years before.
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.
- Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
- 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 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 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 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 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 12 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 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| data.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register) | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 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 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 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… | 12 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… | 5 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 12 Oct 2026, 13:40 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.