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Planning report · Wicklow County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 27 Oct 2026, 02:27

R725, Carnew

52.71434, -6.50725

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Time
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1open for comments nearbyclose 6 Nov

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
  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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed.

Timeline from 1896: 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 1900–1918.1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of CarnewBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1900–1918 (census estimate)most built2021: 3 files on Carnew2022: 1 file on Carnew2023: 1 file on Carnew2024: 1 file on Carnew2025: 3 files on Carnew9 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
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
1 in 10
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Radon1 in 10 homes have high radon (EPA)

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: Carnew (478 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km
Within 2.0 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings24worker's house; Sycamore Lodge
Radon grid squares1
Monuments24R145309; R145318
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: 8 on the draft 2027 map; 8 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA radon map, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
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
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

Carnew, file by file since 2021

3 of 3 decided extensions on the road were approved.

9 planning files on Carnew since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo. 2 · 2021 · single-storey rear · approved · 21267No number · 2023 · other extension · approved · 2360079No number · 2025 · side · approved · 25178Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21128No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21930No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22519No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460398No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 25248No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560269New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

9 files with "Carnew" 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 27 Oct 2026, 01:33
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    What appeals changed

    1 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    1 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
    • 501693 Pending · The Avenue, Tombrean, Carnew, Co. Wicklow · 1.7 km
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 01:33
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher26 Oct 2026, 23:11open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around R725, Carnew with 11 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedNo decision yetRefused
    1. 1Wool Green, Carnew 2660888No decision yet · 649 m
    2. 21.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 134 m
    3. 31.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 182 m
    4. 40.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 248 m
    5. 50.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 550 m
    6. 6All Saint's national School, Carnew 2660269Approved with conditions · 693 m
    7. 7Aughrim Road, Carnew 2660634Approved with conditions · 782 m
    8. 8Aughrim Road, Carnew 2660292Approved with conditions · 782 m
    9. 9Tomacork, Carnew 2660685No decision yet · 1.6 km
    10. 10The Avenue, Tombrean 2560983Refused · 1.7 km
    11. 11Tombreen, Carnew 2660500Approved with conditions · 1.7 km
    Figure 4

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 2.0 km; the first closes 6 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-06 2660888: application received — retention for 1) change of use from a retail unit & ground floor residential area to coffee shop and 2) permission for rtoday1 Nov6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov26 Nov2660888: application received — retention for 1) change of use from a retail unit & ground floor residential area to coffee shop and 2) permission for r · 649 m away · 2026-11-06
    Comments close
    • Comments close 6 Nov 202610 days left
      12660888 · application received — retention for 1) change of use from a retail unit & ground floor residential area to coffee shop…
      €20 to the council · 649 m away

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

    Sites that could change 4 within 2.0 km

    Empty land zoned for homes 4

    • 21.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 134 m
    • 31.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 182 m
    • 40.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 248 m
    • 50.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 550 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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 5

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 1 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 305102021: 2 approved2’21*2022: 1 approved1’222023: 1 approved1’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 3 approved3’25
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    • 1Wool Green , Carnew , Co. Wicklow comments close 6 Nov 2026
      retention for 1) change of use from a retail unit & ground floor residential area to coffee shop and 2)…
      26608882 Oct 2026649 m
    Every application within 2.0 km 11 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    • Wool Green , Carnew , Co. Wicklow Withdrawn or not valid
      1) change of use from retail unit to coffee shop and 2) permission for retention of ground floor door to…
      266085122 Sept 2026649 m
    • 9Tomacork , Carnew , Co. Wicklow No decision yet
      dwelling with services and domestic garage and all associated site and ancillary works
      26606854 Aug 20261 homes1.6 km
    • 7Aughrim Road , Carnew , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
      erect a hurling wall in our existing sports ground with all associated site works
      266063420 Aug 2026782 m
    • 11Tombreen , Carnew , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
      1) permission for demolition of existing extensions to original cottage with alterations to existing floor…
      266050025 Sept 20261.7 km
    • 8Aughrim Road , Carnew , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
      1) permission for retention of part removal of existing wall and formation of hardcore area and 2) permission…
      26602924 Jun 2026782 m
    • 6All Saint's national School , Carnew , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
      RED III application Level 5 - The development will consist of the installation of a small-scale non-ground…
      266026922 Apr 2026693 m
    • All Saints National School , Carnew , Co. Wicklow Withdrawn or not valid
      RED III - Level 5 - installation of a small-scale non-ground source heat pump system (air-to-water heat pump)…
      266023028 Mar 2026693 m
    • 10The Avenue , Tombrean , Carnew Refused
      change of the existing single-storey house into a dormer-style dwelling, including the construction of a…
      256098319 Jun 20261.7 km
    • The Avenue , Tombrean , Carnew Withdrawn or not valid
      permission to change existing single storey house into dormer style dwelling including the construction of a…
      25609058 Nov 20251.7 km
    • The Avenue , Tombrean , Carnew Withdrawn or not valid
      change of the existing single-storey house into a dormer-style dwelling, including the construction of a…
      256086629 Oct 20251.7 km
    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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
    2 no sign-off needed
    • Schoolheight, Brunswick Row, Carnew, Wicklow · 30 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 25239 · 1.1 km
    • Tomacork,, Carnew,, Wicklow · 19 Dec 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 24460 · 926 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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Wicklow County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here1
    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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 6

    This street block against the council

    45% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 85% owner-occupied (council 71%).

    Homes built before 1971
    45% · council 26%
    Homes built since 2001
    23% · council 32%
    Owner-occupied
    85% · council 71%
    Rented
    7% · council 24%
    Children under 15
    17% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    19% · council 15%
    Households with 2+ cars
    58% · council 48%
    Work mainly from home
    11% · council 14%
    This small area (412 people)Wicklow

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 257021001

    Radon
    1 in 10
    homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
    Nearest school
    333 m
    Carnew NS, 185 pupils
    Homes sold nearby
    24
    in 3 years (Property Price Register)
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Carnew NS · primary · 185 pupils · 333 m
    • Coláiste Bhríde Carnew · postprimary · 830 pupils · 613 m
    • All Saints National School · primary · 23 pupils · 710 m

    Stops 2

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

      • Carnew NS · 333 m-3.1% pupils (185) · 2 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
      • Coláiste Bhríde Carnew · 613 m-7.4% pupils (830)
      • All Saints National School · 710 m-17.9% pupils (23)
      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 27 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
      Council consultation portalsPublic27 Oct 2026, 00:57open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public27 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      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. High radon area (1 in 10 homes): has it been tested?
        Ask for: Radon test results.
        Seller
      2. Application 649 m away open for comments until 6 Nov 2026: comment?
        Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
        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
      Carnew
      Electoral division
      Carnew
      Electoral area
      Baltinglass
      Council
      Wicklow County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Not protected; no vacant land tax; high radon area.
      • 4 sites nearby could change: 4 empty zoned plots.
      • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 6 Nov 2026.
      • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
      • Here (2022 census): 85% owner-occupied (council 71%); 8% of homes empty (council 7%); most built before 1919; 67% drive to work (council 58%); population up 10% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 39% are asked for more information.
      • 11 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 80% approved (council 86%).
      • Carnew NS, 333 m away: 2 classrooms approved (2024). Pupils down 3% last year.
      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.
      • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
      • 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.
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      National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
      services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.023 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 27 Oct 2026, 02:27 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.