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Planning report · Limerick City And County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 21:09

L1401, Patrickswell

52.60573, -8.71214

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2025.

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Not held yet for Limerick City and County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 20250open 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
  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 1981–90, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2026.

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 1981–1990. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1981–1990 (census estimate)most built2026: 2560852 · extension, approved

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

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

  1. 2026
    2560852 · extension · approved 2026 · not started, runs out 2031
    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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Patrickswell (487 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1Beech Hill
Monuments4Enclosure; Burial ground
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: 8 on the draft 2027 map; 8 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
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: 83% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site6 decided · more info asked 33%
83% · council 91%
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 · 6 nearby, 1,581 council-wide

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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    What appeals changed

    1 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 5 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed5 decided
    1 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 L1401, Patrickswell with 8 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yetApproved
    1. 12.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 232 m
    2. 20.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 284 m
    3. 31.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 308 m
    4. 40.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 317 m
    5. 52.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 438 m
    6. 60.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 464 m
    7. 7Ballyveloge, Patrickswell 2660567No decision yet · 270 m
    8. 812 Laurel Park, Patrickswell 2660282Approved with conditions · 308 m
    Figure 4

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 11 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    11 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 11 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 11 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 4 started, 7 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT11: lodged → approved11: approved → approved7: approved → no start notice found4: approved → started, not signed off11 lodged11 lodged11 approved11 approved11 approved11 approved7 no start notice found7 no start notice found4 started, not signed off4 started, not 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.

    Measured11 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 5

    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 8 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 8

      • 12.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 232 m
      • 20.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 284 m
      • 31.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 308 m
      • 40.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 317 m
      • 52.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 438 m
      • 60.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 464 m
      • 1.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 465 m
      • 0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 480 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 6

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 1, 2022: 3, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 3, 2026: 105102021: 1 approved1’21*2022: 3 approved3’222023: 2 approved2’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 3 approved3’252026: 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

      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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 no sign-off needed
      • 12 Laurel Park, Patrickswell, Limerick, V94 N7P8 · 13 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 2660282 · 323 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 31 Oct 2026, 02:56
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      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
      Patrickswell Community Playschool · Crèche21 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate574 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
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Limerick City and County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here199
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here263
      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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 7

      This street block against the council

      91% owner-occupied (council 65%).

      Homes built before 1971
      31% · council 31%
      Homes built since 2001
      18% · council 29%
      Owner-occupied
      91% · council 65%
      Rented
      5% · council 27%
      Children under 15
      18% · council 19%
      Aged 65 and over
      22% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      64% · council 41%
      Work mainly from home
      8% · council 10%
      This small area (416 people)Limerick City And

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 127120003

      Road noise
      45–49 dB
      day–night average (EPA 2022)
      Nearest school
      574 m
      Scoil Tobar Padraig, 143 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Scoil Tobar Padraig · primary · 143 pupils · 574 m

      Stops 2

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

        • Scoil Tobar Padraig · 574 m+4.4% pupils (143)
        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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
        Council consultation portalsPublic31 Oct 2026, 01:06open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public31 Oct 2026, 02:21open
        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 (2560852) approved 2026, not started: still planned?
          Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
          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
        Ballyveloge
        Electoral division
        Patrickswell
        Electoral area
        Limerick City West
        Council
        Limerick City And County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 1 application on this site; latest 2560852, approved 2026, not started, runs out 2031.
        • No vacant land tax.
        • 8 sites nearby could change: 8 empty zoned plots.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
        • Noise from road traffic mapped at 45–49 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
        • Here (2022 census): 91% owner-occupied (council 65%); 5% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1981–1990; 76% drive to work (council 60%); population up 3% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 61 days (about 9 weeks); 42% are asked for more information.
        • Homes started within 1 km: 46 in the last year, 85 three years before.
        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 27
        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 4.031 Oct 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public31 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher30 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 4.026 Oct 2026
        data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public31 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.031 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 licence31 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 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 register28 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 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 31 Oct 2026, 21:09 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.