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Planning report · Limerick City And County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 18:13

Roxboro Roundabout, Galvone A

52.65075, -8.61390

Homes here mostly date from the 1960s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (92%).

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

92%of home extensions approved nearbyn=91 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs54 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–550open 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 54 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 3 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 1961–70, around when planning permission began (1964).

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 1961–1970.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1961–1970 (census estimate)most built

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
S5
Zoning · Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningS5 · Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure
What it says

Education and Community Facilities: To protect and provide for educational, training and adult learning, community, healthcare, childcare, civic, religious and social infrastructure.

Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.

limerick development plan 2022 2028 · 29 Jul 2022 – 1 Jun 2028

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.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
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: 51 on the draft 2027 map; 48 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), 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
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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
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 here: 75–95% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 86% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear12 decided · more info asked 33%
75% · council 97%
Attic or dormer19 decided · more info asked 26%
95% · council 93%
New house in a garden or site7 decided · more info asked 29%
86% · 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 · 38 nearby, 2,151 council-wide

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
Rear11—

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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 54 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 64 days. Building starts about 3 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 54 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 115 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 96 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 54 days, middle half 50–55 (n=60)54 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 115 days (n=31)115 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 96 days after permission (n=16)96 days after permissionSigned off38% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated91 decided home extensions, 16 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    1 of 8 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 15 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed8 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed15 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 Roxboro Roundabout, Galvone A with 12 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseRefusedEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 1Roxboro Petrol Filling Station, Roxboro Road 267046Refused · 123 m
    2. 20.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 74 m
    3. 30.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 125 m
    4. 41.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 130 m
    5. 50.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 135 m
    6. 60.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 137 m
    7. 70.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 147 m
    8. 8Ashfield, Roxboro Road 2561330Approved with conditions · 154 m
    9. 928 Marian Avenue, Roxboro Road 2660370Approved with conditions · 323 m
    10. 1027 Marian Ave., Roxboro Road 26132No decision yet · 333 m
    11. 112 Synge Drive, Kincora Park 2561294Approved with conditions · 418 m
    12. 123 Marian Place, Roxboro Road 2660263Approved with conditions · 453 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 38 permissions since 2016, 8 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    41 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 38 approved, 3 refused. After appeals: 38 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 5 started, 27 with no start notice found, 3 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT38: lodged → approved3: lodged → refused38: approved → approved3: refused → refused27: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out5: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off3: approved → ran out41 lodged41 lodged38 approved38 approved3 refused3 refused38 approved38 approved3 refused3 refused27 no start notice found27 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out5 started, not signed off5 started, not signed off1 signed off1 signed off3 ran out3 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.

    Measured41 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    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

      • 20.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 74 m
      • 30.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 125 m
      • 41.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 130 m
      • 50.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 135 m
      • 60.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 137 m
      • 70.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 147 m
      • 1.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 180 m
      • 0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 205 m
      • 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 227 m
      • 1.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 236 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 4 and 11 a year; busiest 2022. 93% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 12, 2022: 11, 2023: 4, 2024: 6, 2025: 6, 2026: 2051015202021: 11 approved2021: 1 refused12’21*2022: 10 approved2022: 1 refused11’222023: 3 approved2023: 1 refused4’232024: 6 approved6’242025: 6 approved6’252026: 2 approved2’26*
      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 6 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Our Lady Queen of Peace Pre School · Crèche8 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate584 m
      Starting Small Standing Tall · Crèche11 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate996 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
      Here10
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here31
      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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      97% of homes built before 1971 (council 31%). 55% owner-occupied (council 65%).

      Homes built before 1971
      97% · council 31%
      Homes built since 2001
      0% · council 29%
      Owner-occupied
      55% · council 65%
      Rented
      36% · council 27%
      Children under 15
      12% · council 19%
      Aged 65 and over
      28% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      10% · council 41%
      Work mainly from home
      3% · council 10%
      This small area (172 people)Limerick City And

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 128019005

      Bus
      107 m
      Roxboro SC · 329, 347 · busiest stop within 500 m: 4 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      5 m
      Gaelscoil Sheoirse, 82 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Gaelscoil Sheoirse · primary · 82 pupils · 5 m
      • Le Chéile National School · primary · 174 pupils · 94 m
      • St Canices Special School · primary · 7 pupils · 488 m
      • Our Lady Queen Of Peace School · primary · 326 pupils · 585 m

      Stops 47

      • Roxboro SC · 329, 347 · 0/hour at peak · 107 m
      • Roxboro SC · 329, 347 · 1/hour at peak · 127 m
      • Linden Ct · 303 · 3/hour at peak · 330 m
      • Q Retail Park · 303 · 340 m
      • Linden Ct · 303 · 4/hour at peak · 365 m
      • Marian Avenue · 303 · 3/hour at peak · 418 m
      • Marian Avenue · 303 · 4/hour at peak · 420 m
      • O'Donoghue Avenue · 303 · 3/hour at peak · 447 m

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

      • Gaelscoil Sheoirse · 5 m-5.7% pupils (82)
      • Le Chéile National School · 94 m+2.4% pupils (174)
      • St Canices Special School · 488 m-22.2% pupils (7)
      • Our Lady Queen Of Peace School · 584 m+0.3% pupils (326)
      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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      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 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Council consultation portalsPublic1 Nov 2026, 01:08open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public1 Nov 2026, 02:24open
      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. Zoned S5 (sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure), not for homes: could you extend?
        Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
        Solicitor · planner
      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
      Rathbane North
      Electoral division
      Galvone A
      Electoral area
      Limerick City East
      Council
      Limerick City And County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Zoned S5 (sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure); no vacant land tax.
      • 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
      • Lilac Court (bus 303) 477 m away: 4 an hour at morning peak; 33 from all stops within 500 m.
      • Here (2022 census): 55% owner-occupied (council 65%); 8% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1961–1970; 58% drive to work (council 60%); population down 5% since 2016.
      • 1 home extension within 250 m since 2025.
      • The council decides in a median 61 days (about 9 weeks); 42% are asked for more information.
      • 6 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 80% approved (council 90%).
      • 31 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
      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 24
      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 4.01 Nov 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public1 Nov 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 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)Public1 Nov 2026
      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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 licence1 Nov 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 1 Nov 2026, 18:13 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.