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Planning report · Wexford County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 20:27

R742

52.63114, -6.23201

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2022.

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Time
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Not held yet for Wexford County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 202250 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 49–530open 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. Here 50 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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2022.

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 1991–2000. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of MiddletownBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1991–2000 (census estimate)most built2022: 20220409 · extension, withdrawn or invalid2021: 5 files on Middletown2022: 2 files on Middletown2023: 2 files on Middletown2024: 2 files on Middletown2025: 2 files on Middletown2026: 1 file on Middletown14 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. 2022
    20220409 · extension · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
On this site
Yes
Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (WX012-010----)
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Protected building1 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished)
Heritage inventory1 within 100 m Church of Saint John the Evangelist (Ardamine)
Monument zoneOn this site Castle - motte and bailey, Middletown (Ballaghkeen By., Ardamine Ed); Cross - Wayside cross, Middletown (Ballaghkeen By., Ardamine Ed)

Not on this site: conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1Church of Saint John the Evangelist (Ardamine)
Monuments5R146379; Graveyard
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: 31 on the draft 2027 map; 31 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record, SMR zones of notification, Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
SMR zones of notificationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:34open
Records of Protected StructuresNo licence stated · shown as a yes/no only—open
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
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: 70% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site10 decided · more info asked 30%
70% · 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 · 10 nearby, 2,273 council-wide

Figure 3

Middletown, file by file since 2021

5 of 6 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 0 of 1.

14 planning files on Middletown since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · two-storey side · approved · 20211141No number · 2021 · other extension · refused · 20211419No number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 20220107No number · 2022 · side · approved · 20220501No number · 2023 · two-storey side · approved · 20231001No number · 2025 · porch / front · approved · 20250742Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 20211206No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 20211691No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 20230682No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 20240741No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 20241513No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 20251373No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 20260694New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · refused · 20211746
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

14 files with "Middletown" 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 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 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 50 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 50 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 50 days, middle half 49–53 (n=12)50 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off100% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated16 decided home extensions, 5 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    4 of 6 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed6 decided
    4 became permissions
    Approvals appealed4 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 R742 with 6 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homes
    1. 10.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 21 m
    2. 20.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 28 m
    3. 30.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 32 m
    4. 40.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 59 m
    5. 50.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 86 m
    6. 60.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 137 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 16 permissions since 2016, 7 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    21 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 16 approved, 5 refused. After appeals: 16 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 7 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 9 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT16: lodged → approved5: lodged → refused16: approved → approved5: refused → refused9: approved → no start notice found7: approved → built, owner opted out21 lodged21 lodged16 approved16 approved5 refused5 refused16 approved16 approved5 refused5 refused9 no start notice found9 no start notice found7 built, owner opted out7 built, owner opted 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.

    Measured21 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

      Sites that could change 10 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 10

      • 10.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 21 m
      • 20.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 28 m
      • 30.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 32 m
      • 40.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 59 m
      • 50.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 86 m
      • 60.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 137 m
      • 0.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 140 m
      • 1.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 158 m
      • 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 167 m
      • 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 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 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 3 and 5 a year; busiest 2023. 76% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 5, 2022: 3, 2023: 5, 2024: 5, 2025: 305102021: 3 approved2021: 2 refused5’21*2022: 3 approved3’222023: 3 approved2023: 2 refused5’232024: 4 approved2024: 1 refused5’242025: 3 approved3’25
      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 0 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
        0
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

        Named places estate, developments, inspections

        Crèches and schools inspected

        NameLatest inspectionDistance
        Little Rascals Playschool · Crèche23 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate750 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 About as busy as most of Wexford County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here0
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here12
        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 9

        This street block against the council

        51% owner-occupied (council 70%).

        Homes built before 1971
        16% · council 25%
        Homes built since 2001
        33% · council 38%
        Owner-occupied
        51% · council 70%
        Rented
        45% · council 24%
        Children under 15
        11% · council 20%
        Aged 65 and over
        21% · council 17%
        Households with 2+ cars
        37% · council 46%
        Work mainly from home
        14% · council 10%
        This small area (111 people)Wexford

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 247002015/01

        Bus
        126 m
        Dune Haven · 389 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
        Nearest school
        801 m
        Riverchapel NS, 304 pupils
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        • Riverchapel NS · primary · 304 pupils · 801 m

        Stops 9

        • Dune Haven · 389 · 0/hour at peak · 126 m
        • Dune Haven · 389 · 0/hour at peak · 138 m
        • Ardamine · 389 · 0/hour at peak · 540 m
        • Ardamine · 389 · 0/hour at peak · 576 m
        • Seamount S · 389 · 0/hour at peak · 693 m
        • Seamount S · 389 · 0/hour at peak · 701 m

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

        • Riverchapel NS · 801 m0% pupils (304)
        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. Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
          Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
          Seller · council
        2. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
          Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
          Solicitor
        3. 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
        Middletown
        Electoral division
        Ardamine
        Electoral area
        Gorey
        Council
        Wexford County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
        • 1 application on this site; latest 20220409, withdrawn.
        • Monument zone; on the vacant land tax map.
        • 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
        • Dune Haven (bus 389) 126 m away: 6 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
        • Here (2022 census): 51% owner-occupied (council 70%); 54% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 1991–2000; 48% drive to work (council 65%); population up 20% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 38% are asked for more information.
        • 12 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
        What the terms mean 4 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.
        • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
        • 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.
        Sources and licences 28
        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
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR zones)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
        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-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (Record of Protected Structures)No licence stated · flag only—
        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, 20:27 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.