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Planning report · Wexford County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 08:14

Sea Road

52.68139, -6.21961

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s.

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Not held yet for Wexford County Council: council consultations.

53 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 51–540open 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 2 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations.

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 2001–2010.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Ballymoney LowerBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2021: 4 files on Ballymoney Lower2024: 1 file on Ballymoney Lower2026: 1 file on Ballymoney Lower6 files

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
Yes
Protected or listed · a protected building
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Protected buildingOn this site on the council's record (not republished)
Heritage inventory1 within 100 m Dúnart

Not on this site: 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: Ballymoney and Environs (620 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings2Dúnart; graveyard/cemetery
Monuments3R146422; Church
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: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
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
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
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
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 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?

This is a protected building: almost any change, inside or out, needs permission.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

A new house in a garden is harder: 84% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site19 decided · more info asked 37%
84% · 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 · 19 nearby, 2,273 council-wide

Figure 3

Ballymoney Lower, file by file since 2021

1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved.

6 planning files on Ballymoney Lower since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · other extension · approved · 20211950Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 20210823No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 20210896No number · 2021 · other work · refused · 20211910No number · 2024 · other work · refused · 20241621No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 20260483New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

6 files with "Ballymoney Lower" 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 · 1 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 1 in the last 12 months

  • 20260098 · work already done · refused 20 Mar 2026 · 34 m
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 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 53 days. Building starts about 2 months after permission.

Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 53 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 68 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 53 days, middle half 51–54 (n=14)53 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 68 days after permission (n=9)68 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.

Calculated18 decided home extensions, 9 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

3 of 4 appealed refusals became permissions.

Refusals appealed4 decided
3 became permissions
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

Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months
  • 500949 Refused · Ballymoney, Courtown, County Wexford. · 197 m
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), 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
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher31 Oct 2026, 23:12open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Sea Road with 3 numbered planning items
⌖ the houseRefusedApproved
  1. 1Ballymoney Upper, Courtown 20260098Refused · 34 m
  2. 2Ballymoney, Courtown 20251629Refused · 197 m
  3. 3Ballymoney Lower, Courtown 20260483Approved with conditions · 466 m
Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 9 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

16 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 8 approved, 8 refused. After appeals: 9 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 4 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 3 with no start notice found, 2 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT8: lodged → approved8: lodged → refused8: approved → approved7: refused → refused1 refused by the council, approved after an appeal3: approved → no start notice found4: approved → built, owner opted out2: approved → ran out16 lodged16 lodged8 approved8 approved8 refused8 refused9 approved9 approved7 refused7 refused3 no start notice found3 no start notice found4 built, owner opted out4 built, owner opted out2 ran out2 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.

Measured16 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 7

The next 30 days

1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 5 Nov 2026.

1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-05 ACP 500949: Refuse permissiontoday6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov26 Nov1 DecACP 500949: Refuse permission · 197 m away · 2026-11-05
High Court window ends
  • Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 5 Nov 20264 days left
    Refuse permission
    197 m away

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

Figure 8

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 2 and 3 a year; busiest 2023. 50% of decisions were approvals.

2021: 6, 2023: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 305102021: 4 approved2021: 2 refused6’21*2023: 2 approved2023: 1 refused3’232024: 2 refused2’242025: 2 refused2’252026: 2 approved2026: 1 refused3’26*
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 4 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

  • 3Ballymoney Lower, Courtown Approved with conditions
    Permission for retention of 1) alterations to layout of ground floor plan and
    2026048312 Jun 2026466 m
  • Ballymoney Upper, Courtown Approved with conditions
    Permission for retention of demolition of section of existing dwelling house
    2026042429 May 20261 homes34 m
  • 1Ballymoney Upper, Courtown Refused
    planning permission for retention of alterations to an existing dwelling house,
    2026009820 Mar 202634 m
  • 2Ballymoney, Courtown Refused
    David Cullen intends to apply for planning permission for development consistin
    2025162911 Feb 2026197 m
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
Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
1 no sign-off needed
  • Ballymoney Upper, Courtown, Wexford, Y25 K638 · 1 Dec 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 20250080 · 49 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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
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How busy is this area Busier than most of Wexford County Council.
Homes approved
Here0
Council middle0
Homes started
Here13
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 9

This street block against the council

84% owner-occupied (council 70%).

Homes built before 1971
26% · council 25%
Homes built since 2001
38% · council 38%
Owner-occupied
84% · council 70%
Rented
9% · council 24%
Children under 15
23% · council 20%
Aged 65 and over
18% · council 17%
Households with 2+ cars
62% · council 46%
Work mainly from home
11% · council 10%
This small area (281 people)Wexford

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 247040004/247040014

Bus
75 m
Ballymoney · 879
Schools, stops and the council

Schools

None nearby.

    Stops 4

    • Ballymoney · 879 · 75 m
    • Ballymoney · 879 · 130 m
    • Kildermot · 879 · 608 m
    • Kildermot · 879 · 609 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 1 Nov 2026, 02:24
    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
    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. Protected building: what changes would you be allowed?
      Ask for: A section 57 declaration from the council.
      Council
    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
    Ballymoney Lower
    Electoral division
    Courtown
    Electoral area
    Gorey
    Council
    Wexford County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Protected building; no vacant land tax.
    • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
    • 1 application refused within 100 m since 2025; latest for work already done (2026).
    • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
    • Here (2022 census): 84% owner-occupied (council 70%); 47% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 2001–2010; 74% drive to work (council 65%); population up 14% since 2016.
    • Around here the council decides in a median 56 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
    • 4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
    • 13 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
    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.
    • Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
    • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
    • 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
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    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
    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
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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 1 Nov 2026, 08:14 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.