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Planning report · Kilkenny County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 25 Oct 2026, 18:23

R435, Johnstown

52.75297, -7.56394

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 18 homes approved 741 m away haven't started.

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Time
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Not held yet for Kilkenny County Council: council consultations.

0open for comments nearbywithin 2 km18homes approved nearby, not startednearest 741 m · 23216

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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992).

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 1971–1980.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of FoulkscourtBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2021: 1 file on Foulkscourt2022: 5 files on Foulkscourt2025: 2 files on Foulkscourt2026: 2 files on Foulkscourt10 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
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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: Johnstown (824 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km
Within 2.0 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings20handball alley; Catholic Church of Saint Kieran and Saint Michael
Monuments77Enclosure
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), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 23:51
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:51open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
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

A new house in a garden is harder: 60% approved, and 1 in 5 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site5 decided · more info asked 20%
60% · 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 · 5 nearby, 967 council-wide

Figure 3

Foulkscourt, file by file since 2021

3 of 3 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 4.

10 planning files on Foulkscourt since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2022 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 2262No number · 2026 · other extension · approved · 2620No number · 2026 · rear · approved · 2660105Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · refused · 21142No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22381No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22586New house in a side gardenNo number · 2022 · new house · refused · 22333No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 22405No number · 2025 · new house · refused · 2560105No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 2560786
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

10 files with "Foulkscourt" 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 2 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 2 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 approved1 no decision or withdrawn
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Other11—
Rear10—

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 25 Oct 2026, 01:30
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
    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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around R435, Johnstown with 8 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedNo decision yetApproved
    1. 1Dublin Road 23216Approved, no sign building has started · 741 m
    2. 2Foulkscourt, Rathdowney Road 2660581No decision yet · 128 m
    3. 3The Larches, Rathdowney Road (Foulkscourt townsland) 2660105Approved with conditions · 373 m
    4. 4Foulkscourt, Johnstown 2560786Approved with conditions · 520 m
    5. 5The former Black Door, Chapel Street 2560808Approved with conditions · 577 m
    6. 6Viewmount, Dublin Road 2660387Approved with conditions · 618 m
    7. 74 St Kieran’s Place, Johnstown 2660446Approved with conditions · 977 m
    8. 8Foulkscourt, Johnstown 2620Approved with conditions · 0 m
    Figure 4

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 8 permissions since 2016, 1 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    10 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 8 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 8 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 7 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT8: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused8: approved → approved2: refused → refused7: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out10 lodged10 lodged8 approved8 approved2 refused2 refused8 approved8 approved2 refused2 refused7 no start notice found7 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted 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.

    Measured10 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 5

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 2.0 km in the next 30 days.

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

      Figure 6

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      18 homes 741 m away were approved Sept 2024 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Sept 2029.

      Dublin Road · 18 homes: 18 homes approved Sep 2024, not started2024202520262027202820292030Dublin Road · 18 homes741 m · 2321618 homes approved Sep 2024, not started18 homes approved Sep 2024, not startedtoday

      Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.

      Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)

      Sites that could change 1 within 2.0 km

      Approved, not started 1

      • Dublin Road · 18 homes approved Sep 2024, not started · 741 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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 5 a year; busiest 2022. 80% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 1, 2022: 5, 2025: 2, 2026: 205102021: 1 refused1’21*2022: 4 approved2022: 1 refused5’222025: 2 approved2’252026: 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 2.0 km 8 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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
      Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months
      1 not signed off2 no sign-off needed
      • Chapel Street, Johnstown, Kilkenny · 24 Jul 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · 654 m
      • Foulkscourt, Johnstown, Kilkenny · 22 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/60786 · 1.1 km
      • Foulkscourt, Johnstown, Kilkenny · 22 Jun 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 2560786 · 1.1 km
      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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
      Homes coming 18 not started
      • 1Dublin Road · 18 homes · not started · runs out 12 Sept 2029 · 741 m
      How we work this out
      Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).
      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Kilkenny County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here18
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here5
      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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      18% of homes built before 1971 (council 29%). 42% owner-occupied (council 72%).

      Homes built before 1971
      18% · council 29%
      Homes built since 2001
      21% · council 34%
      Owner-occupied
      42% · council 72%
      Rented
      49% · council 23%
      Children under 15
      16% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      22% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      21% · council 50%
      Work mainly from home
      2% · council 11%
      This small area (172 people)Kilkenny

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 097053003

      Bus
      641 m
      Johnstown · 812
      Nearest school
      316 m
      S N Naomh Chiarain, 90 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • S N Naomh Chiarain · primary · 90 pupils · 316 m
      • Coláiste Mhuire · postprimary · 659 pupils · 1.0 km

      Stops 6

      • Johnstown · 812 · 641 m
      • Johnstown · 812 · 0/hour at peak · 644 m
      • Johnstown · 871 · 0/hour at peak · 667 m
      • Johnstown · 871 · 674 m
      • Johnstown · 858, 858a, 858b · 0/hour at peak · 724 m
      • Johnstown · 858, 858a, 858b · 1/hour at peak · 742 m

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

      • S N Naomh Chiarain · 316 m+4.7% pupils (90)
      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 25 Oct 2026, 01:51
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
      Council consultation portalsPublic25 Oct 2026, 01:52open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public25 Oct 2026, 01:51open
      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. 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
      Foulkscourt
      Electoral division
      Johnstown
      Electoral area
      Castlecomer
      Council
      Kilkenny County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 1 site nearby could change: 1 approved scheme.
      • 18 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 18 at Dublin Road.
      • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Johnstown, 644 m away (2 a day).
      • Here (2022 census): 49% rent (council 23%); 1% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 1971–1980; 62% drive to work (council 65%); population up 3% since 2016.
      • 2 home extensions within 250 m since 2026.
      • The council decides in a median 63 days (about 9 weeks); 46% are asked for more information.
      • 8 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 93%).
      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.
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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 4.023 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 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
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public25 Oct 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher24 Oct 2026
      cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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      services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026
      data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026
      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.018 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 25 Oct 2026, 18:23 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.