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Planning report · Kilkenny County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 15 Oct 2026, 08:21

L6695

52.64211, -7.28126

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2017. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%).

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Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
1planning file on this houselatest 2017100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=44 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–540open 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 52 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 6 months after
  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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2018.

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 1971–1980. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Drakeland MiddleBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2018: 17290 · work already done, approved2017: 2 files on Drakeland Middle2021: 1 file on Drakeland Middle2025: 2 files on Drakeland Middle5 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. 2018
    17290 · work already done · approved 2018 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Heritage inventory1 within 100 m Blunden Villa

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

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings2Castle Blunden; Blunden Villa
Monuments2Enclosure; R139224
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: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 1 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, constraints.niah, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
constraints.niahCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
rzltCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
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 15 Oct 2026, 00:44
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
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

Extensions are almost always approved here: 100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 58% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear12 decided · more info asked 17%
100% · council 96%
New house in a garden or site12 decided · more info asked 42%
58% · 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 · 24 nearby, 2,035 council-wide

Figure 3

Drakeland Middle, file by file since 2017

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved.

5 planning files on Drakeland Middle since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2017 · other extension · approved · 17290No number · 2021 · other extension · approved · 21951Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2017 · other work · approved · 17479No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560416No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560637New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

5 files with "Drakeland Middle" 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.
    Sources: npad, acp · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    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-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
    npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 74 days. Building starts about 6 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 52 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 137 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 180 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 52 days, middle half 50–54 (n=31)52 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 137 days (n=13)137 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 180 days after permission (n=9)180 days after permissionSigned off67% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated44 decided home extensions, 9 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 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed2 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 L6695 with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homes
    1. 12.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 372 m
    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 16 Oct 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-16 2560637: CONDITIONAL — for a change of use to convert the existing garage to a single residential dwelling. The proposed area for the change otoday20 Oct25 Oct30 Oct4 Nov9 Nov14 Nov2560637: CONDITIONAL — for a change of use to convert the existing garage to a single residential dwelling. The proposed area for the change o · 33 m away · 2026-10-16
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 16 Oct 20261 day left
      2560637 · CONDITIONAL — for a change of use to convert the existing garage to a single residential dwelling. The proposed area…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 33 m away

    Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

    Sites that could change 1 within 500 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 1

    • 12.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 372 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-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
    derelictCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Figure 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 1 a year; busiest 2022. 88% of decisions were approvals.

    2017: 4, 2022: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 205102017: 4 approved4’17*2022: 1 refused1’222024: 1 approved1’242025: 2 approved2’25
    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 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: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Cheeky Monkeys · Crèche22 Feb 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate709 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)14 Oct 2026, 23:20open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Kilkenny County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here307
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here687
      Council middle1
      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-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
      npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      88% owner-occupied (council 72%).

      Homes built before 1971
      29% · council 29%
      Homes built since 2001
      14% · council 34%
      Owner-occupied
      88% · council 72%
      Rented
      6% · council 23%
      Children under 15
      16% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      33% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      62% · council 50%
      Work mainly from home
      14% · council 11%
      This small area (408 people)Kilkenny

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 097063001

      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 0

          Sources: gtfs, schools, 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
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          gtfsCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
          schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
          consultpublic15 Oct 2026, 01:32open
          moderngovpublic15 Oct 2026, 01:32open
          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——
          EPA strategic noise mapsCC BY 4.0——
          Fingal County CouncilCC BY 4.0——
          Question 6

          What to ask, and who

          1. Work already done (17290): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
            Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          2. Decision 33 m away can be appealed until 16 Oct 2026: appeal?
            Ask for: The decision on the council's website (€220 to appeal).
            Council
          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
          Drakeland Middle
          Electoral division
          Kilkenny Rural
          Electoral area
          Kilkenny
          Council
          Kilkenny County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
          • 1 application on this site; latest 17290, approved 2018, work already done.
          • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
          • 1 site nearby could change: 1 empty zoned plot.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 88% owner-occupied (council 72%); 8% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 1971–1980; 74% drive to work (council 65%); population up 4% since 2016.
          • Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 36% are asked for more information.
          • Homes started within 1 km: 27 in the last year, 339 three years before.
          • 687 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
          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.
          • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
          • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
          • Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
          • 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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          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-4.09 Oct 2026
          data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026
          data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC…27 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.com | https:Local authorities (consultation portals)public15 Oct 2026
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          cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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          services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026
          transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026
          lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026
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          services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026
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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 15 Oct 2026, 08:21 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.