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Planning report · Kilkenny County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 10 Oct 2026, 14:25

R448, Gowran

52.62846, -7.07087

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025. 23 homes approved 343 m away haven't started.

See on the mapWatch this area
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.

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 52 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. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

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. 3 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of GowranBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2025: 2560098 · extension, approved2023: 22313 · of planning permission, approved2017: 17220 · attic or dormer, approved2017: 1 file on Gowran2018: 3 files on Gowran2019: 3 files on Gowran2020: 3 files on Gowran2021: 3 files on Gowran2022: 1 file on Gowran2023: 2 files on Gowran2024: 3 files on Gowran2025: 4 files on Gowran2026: 2 files on Gowran25 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. 2025
    2560098 · extension · approved 2025 · not started, runs out 2030
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2023
    22313 · of planning permission · approved 2023 · not started, runs out 2027
    approvedstartedsigned off
  3. 2017
    17220 · attic or dormer · approved 2017 · not started, runs out 2027
    approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
Yes
Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (KK020-060017-)
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Protected building2 within 100 m Loughlin's. Terraced nine-bay two-storey house, c.1850, on an L-shaped plan on a corner site; "Loughlin's" plaster volutes on dressings of first floor windows
Heritage inventory5 within 100 m worker's house; Bridge House
Monument zoneOn this site Ritual site - holy well, Gowran; Bridge, Gowran

Not on this site: 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
Heritage inventory buildings23Saint Mary's Church (Gowran); Teach Mhuire
Monuments59Ritual site - holy well; Historic town
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: zoning, constraints.niah, constraints.smr_zones, rps.kilkenny, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:11open
constraints.niahCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
constraints.smr_zonesCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:34open
rps.kilkennyCC-BY-4.0—open
rzltCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:59open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
constraints.smrCC-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: bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:23
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
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: 92% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site13 decided · more info asked 62%
92% · council 84%
Approved nearbyKilkenny 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 · 13 nearby, 1,759 council-wide

Figure 3

Gowran, file by file since 2017

12 of 12 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 3.

25 planning files on Gowran since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2017 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 17220No number · 2018 · two-storey side · approved · 18258No number · 2018 · other extension · approved · 18756No. 20 · 2021 · other extension · approved · 2156No number · 2022 · two-storey rear · approved · 22216No. 13 · 2023 · side · approved · 2360059No number · 2024 · first-floor · approved · 2460281No. 20 · 2025 · single-storey side · approved · 25116No number · 2025 · two-storey rear · approved · 25127No number · 2025 · other extension · approved · 2560098No. 3B · 2025 · single-storey rear · approved · 2560124No number · 2026 · first-floor · approved · 2660035Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2018 · other work · approved · 18639No number · 2019 · other work · approved · 19224No number · 2019 · other work · approved · 1956No number · 2019 · other work · approved · 19842No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20292No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21237No. 6 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21656No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460234No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460239No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2652New house in a side gardenNo number · 2020 · new house · approved · 20377No. 20 · 2020 · new house · refused · 20664No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23249
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

25 files with "Gowran" 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 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 approved
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
First-floor11—

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: npad, acp · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 01:42
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
    npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 2 is asked for more information, which adds about 108 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 52 days; If more info asked (1 in 2): 168 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 52 days, middle half 49–56 (n=10)52 daysIf more info asked (1 in 2)With further information: median 168 days (n=8)168 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off50% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated18 decided home extensions, 4 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

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

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed1 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 R448, Gowran with 5 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 1Ogenty 2460234Approved, no sign building has started · 343 m
    2. 2Ardee Chapel Road, Gowran 2660035Approved with conditions · 227 m
    3. 3The Green, Gowran 25121No decision yet · 251 m
    4. 4The Square/The Green, Gowran 25127Approved with conditions · 309 m
    5. 5The Demesne, Gowran 2652Approved with conditions · 359 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 20 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    20 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 20 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 20 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 9 with no start notice found, 7 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT20: lodged → approved20: approved → approved9: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off7: approved → ran out20 lodged20 lodged20 approved20 approved20 approved20 approved9 no start notice found9 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off1 signed off1 signed off7 ran out7 ran out

    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.

    Measured20 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

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      23 homes 343 m away were approved Nov 2024 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Mar 2030.

      Ogenty · 23 homes: 23 homes approved Nov 2024, not started20242025202620272028202920302031Ogenty · 23 homes343 m · 246023423 homes approved Nov 2024, not started23 homes approved Nov 2024, not startedtoday

      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 1 within 500 m

      Approved, not started 1

      • Ogenty · 23 homes approved Nov 2024, not started · 343 m

      Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).

      Sources: acp, bcms, derelict, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      derelictCC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026, 09:35open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      Figure 9

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2018. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 3, 2020: 2, 2021: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 3, 2026: 205102017: 1 approved1’17*2018: 3 approved3’182019: 3 approved3’192020: 2 approved2’202021: 2 approved2’212022: 1 approved1’222023: 2 approved2’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 3 approved3’252026: 2 approved2’26*
      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 5 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: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 01:42
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 no sign-off needed
      • Main Street, Gowran, Kilkenny, R95H5WO · 28 Oct 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · P2560098 · 35 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 9 Oct 2026, 23:23
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      Homes coming 23 not started
      • Ogenty · 40 homes · ran out · runs out 2 Jun 2025 · 282 m
      • 1Ogenty · 23 homes · not started · runs out 11 Mar 2030 · 343 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).
      Sources: acp, bcms, npad, social_housing · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      social_housingCC-BY-SA-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Gowran Preschool · Crèche13 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate24 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: schools, tusla_ey · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 23:32
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      tusla_eypublic (Tusla statutory register; acknowledgement required, no open licence stated)5 Oct 2026, 23:33open
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Kilkenny County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here23
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here5
      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: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 10

      This street block against the council

      76% owner-occupied (council 72%).

      Homes built before 1971
      24% · council 29%
      Homes built since 2001
      57% · council 34%
      Owner-occupied
      76% · council 72%
      Rented
      20% · council 23%
      Children under 15
      26% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      11% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      50% · council 50%
      Work mainly from home
      7% · council 11%
      This small area (277 people)Kilkenny

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 097047003

      Bus
      35 m
      Gowran · 365, 881 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      466 m
      S N Muire, 197 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • S N Muire · primary · 197 pupils · 466 m

      Stops 4

      • Gowran · 365, 881 · 0/hour at peak · 35 m
      • Gowran · 365, 881 · 1/hour at peak · 50 m
      • Gowran East · 881 · 0/hour at peak · 441 m
      • Gowran East · 881 · 0/hour at peak · 450 m

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

      • S N Muire · 466 m-1% pupils (197)
      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 4 Oct 2026, 23:41
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      consultpublic10 Oct 2026, 01:23open
      moderngovpublic10 Oct 2026, 01:24open
      lda_landsCC-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——
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      Question 6

      What to ask, and who

      1. Extension (2560098) approved 2025, not started: still planned?
        Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. Of planning permission (22313) approved 2023, not started: still planned?
        Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
        Seller · solicitor
      3. Attic or dormer (17220) approved 2017, not started: still planned?
        Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
        Seller · solicitor
      4. Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
        Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
        Seller · council
      5. 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
      Gowran
      Electoral division
      Gowran
      Electoral area
      Castlecomer
      Council
      Kilkenny County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 3 applications on this site; latest 2560098, approved 2025, not started, runs out 2030.
      • Monument zone; no vacant land tax.
      • 1 site nearby could change: 1 approved scheme.
      • 23 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 23 at Ogenty.
      • Gowran (bus 365, 881) 50 m away: 8 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 76% owner-occupied (council 72%); 8% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 2001–2010; 72% drive to work (council 65%); population up 2% since 2016.
      • 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
      • The council decides in a median 63 days (about 9 weeks); 46% are asked for more information.
      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.
      • Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
      • 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.
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      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 10 Oct 2026, 14:25 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.