PlanningRegister.ie
Back
Planning report · Kilkenny County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 5 Nov 2026, 07:35

Garringreen

52.66247, -7.22930

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (97%).

See on the mapWatch this area
Distance
250 m500 m1 km2 km
Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Kilkenny County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 202497%of home extensions approved nearbyn=60 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs53 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 53 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 8 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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file 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 1991–2000. 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 1991–2000 (census estimate)most built2025: 2460556 · garden room, 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. 2025
    2460556 · garden room · approved 2025 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

kilkenny city and county development plan 2021 2027 · 15 Oct 2021 – 14 Oct 2027

ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

kilkenny city and county development plan 2021 variation 8b · 15 Oct 2021 – 15 Oct 2027

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: Office of Public Works (805 m)

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments7Church; 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: 42 on the draft 2027 map; 42 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:44
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:13open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 23:44open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
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: 95% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear11 decided · more info asked 27%
100% · council 95%
New house in a garden or site21 decided · more info asked 43%
95% · council 85%
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 · 32 nearby, 1,156 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 no decision or withdrawn
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Single-storey rear10—

On Garringreen & Whitewood: 4 extensions in 10 years, 100% of all applications approved; most common rear.

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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 83 days. Building starts about 8 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 53 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 137 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 248 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 mo21 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 53 days, middle half 50–54 (n=37)53 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 137 days (n=23)137 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 248 days after permission (n=18)248 days after permissionSigned off33% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated60 decided home extensions, 18 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    1 of 5 appealed refusals became permissions. 5 of 8 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed5 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed8 decided
    5 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 Garringreen with 11 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedNo decision yetRefused
    1. 1Lidl Johnswell Road, Kilkenny 2660117Approved with conditions · 262 m
    2. 26.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 23 m
    3. 30.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 26 m
    4. 40.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 53 m
    5. 50.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 117 m
    6. 60.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 124 m
    7. 70.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 130 m
    8. 8306 Johnswell Road, Newpark Upper 2560740Approved with conditions · 108 m
    9. 92 Upper Garringreen, Kilkenny 2560807Approved with conditions · 121 m
    10. 10303 Johnswell Road, Kilkenny 2660406No decision yet · 185 m
    11. 11O'Loughlin Gaels GAA Club, St Johns Park 2641Refused · 391 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 17 permissions since 2016, 2 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    17 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 17 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 17 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 2 started, 15 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT17: lodged → approved17: approved → approved15: approved → no start notice found2: approved → started, not signed off17 lodged17 lodged17 approved17 approved17 approved17 approved15 no start notice found15 no start notice found2 started, not signed off2 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.

    Measured17 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 13 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-13 2660117: CONDITIONAL — for development at Lidl, Johnswell Road, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, R95 A329, consisting of the construction of a new Discotoday10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov30 Nov5 Dec2660117: CONDITIONAL — for development at Lidl, Johnswell Road, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, R95 A329, consisting of the construction of a new Disco · 262 m away · 2026-11-13
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 13 Nov 20268 days left
      12660117 · CONDITIONAL — for development at Lidl, Johnswell Road, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, R95 A329, consisting of the construction…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 262 m away

    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

    • 26.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 23 m
    • 30.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 26 m
    • 40.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 53 m
    • 50.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 117 m
    • 60.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 124 m
    • 70.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 130 m
    • 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 149 m
    • 0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 156 m
    • 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 166 m
    • 2.1 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 23:17open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
    Figure 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 2 and 4 a year; busiest 2024. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 3, 2022: 2, 2023: 3, 2024: 4, 2025: 4, 2026: 105102021: 3 approved3’21*2022: 2 approved2’222023: 3 approved3’232024: 4 approved4’242025: 4 approved4’252026: 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 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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Estate: Garringreen & Whitewood · 9 applications in 10 years · 100% approved · most common: rear

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Square One Creche Preschool · Crèche31 Jul 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate218 m
    Lilliput Montessori · Crèche25 Mar 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate226 m
    Bambinos Creche · Crèche13 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate567 m
    Tiddlywinks Creche · Crèche22 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate735 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: Housing estates, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 4 Nov 2026, 23:36
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Housing estatesODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register4 Nov 2026, 23:36open
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Kilkenny County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here34
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here7
    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: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 8

    This street block against the council

    10% of homes built before 1971 (council 29%). 73% owner-occupied (council 72%).

    Homes built before 1971
    10% · council 29%
    Homes built since 2001
    28% · council 34%
    Owner-occupied
    73% · council 72%
    Rented
    21% · council 23%
    Children under 15
    20% · council 20%
    Aged 65 and over
    7% · council 16%
    Households with 2+ cars
    48% · council 50%
    Work mainly from home
    7% · council 11%
    This small area (371 people)Kilkenny

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 097063060

    Bus
    214 m
    Johnswell Road · KK2 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 6

      • Johnswell Road · KK2 · 2/hour at peak · 214 m
      • Johnswell Road · KK2 · 2/hour at peak · 249 m
      • Beechlawns · KK2 · 2/hour at peak · 589 m
      • Beechlawns · KK2 · 2/hour at peak · 625 m
      • Newpark SC · KK2 · 2/hour at peak · 689 m
      • Newpark SC · KK2 · 2/hour at peak · 701 m
      Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, 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 5 Nov 2026, 02:33
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:05open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      Council consultation portalsPublic5 Nov 2026, 01:15open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public5 Nov 2026, 02:33open
      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. Garden room (2460556): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
        Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
        Seller · solicitor
      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
      Garrincreen
      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 2460556, approved 2025, work already done.
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
      • 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
      • Johnswell Road (bus KK2) 214 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 4 from all stops within 500 m.
      • Here (2022 census): 72% owner-occupied (council 72%); 3% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 1991–2000; 66% drive to work (council 65%); population up 4% since 2016.
      • 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026. On Garringreen & Whitewood: 4 in 10 years, 100% approved.
      • Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 37% are asked for more information.
      • 5 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      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.
      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 4.05 Nov 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public5 Nov 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher4 Nov 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 4.02 Nov 2026
      data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026
      overpass-api.deOpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County CouncilODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
      meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public5 Nov 2026
      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.05 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 licence5 Nov 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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 register4 Nov 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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 5 Nov 2026, 07:35 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.