Planning report · Wicklow County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 10 Nov 2026, 09:00

St Johns Villas

52.79465, -6.16632

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (93%).

Distance

Time

93%of home extensions approved nearbyn=67 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 47–54 0open 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

1ApplySite notice up, plans online
2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 50 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 4 months after
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).

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

Zoning · Existing residential

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it

Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningR2 · Existing residential

What it says

Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas

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.

arklow and environs local area plan · 4 Mar 2018 – 23 Oct 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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Arklow and Environs (692 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	12	Saint Saviour's Church (Arklow); house
Radon grid squares	1
Monuments	2	R146652; Battlefield

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 council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 12 on the draft 2027 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, EPA radon map, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 10 Nov 2026, 00:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	8 Nov 2026, 23:20	open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 00:04	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	9 Nov 2026, 00:15	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
EPA radon map	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:36	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open

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 10 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 04:54	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 05:03	open

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: 91–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 40% approved, and 1 in 5 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear11 decided · more info asked 0%

100% · council 95%

Attic or dormer11 decided · more info asked 9%

91% · council 92%

New house in a garden or site10 decided · more info asked 20%

40% · council 81%

Approved nearbyWicklow 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, 1,683 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

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Other	1	1	—

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 10 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 05:03	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	6 Nov 2026, 23:04	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 10 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	6 Nov 2026, 23:04	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 04:54	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 05:03	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 50 days. 1 in 8 is asked for more information, which adds about 56 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.

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

Calculated67 decided home extensions, 20 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 4

What appeals changed

2 of 8 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 6 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed8 decided

2 became permissions

Approvals appealed6 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 St Johns Villas with 3 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseDerelict buildingApproved

1Derelict site DS/172 DS/172Derelict building · 304 m
2Lidl Wexford Road, (and adjoining former Healy Premises at Y14 Y072) 2660582Approved with conditions · 179 m
3c. 0.010 ha site in the car park of Tesco Extra, Wexford Road 2660445Approved with conditions · 334 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 34 permissions since 2016, 7 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

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.

Measured46 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 1 within 500 m

Derelict building 1

1Derelict site DS/172 · listed as derelict · 304 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 10 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	6 Nov 2026, 23:04	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 04:54	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	9 Nov 2026, 23:25	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 05:03	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	9 Nov 2026, 00:15	open

Figure 7

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 7 and 15 a year; busiest 2022. 72% of decisions were approvals.

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 2 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

2Lidl Wexford Road , (and adjoining former Healy Premises at Y14 Y072) , Arklow Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
amendments to planning permission reference 24/60284 (principally relating to the construction of a new…
26605828 Sept 2026179 m
3c. 0.010 ha site in the car park of Tesco Extra , Wexford Road , Arklow Approved with conditions
(i) the construction of a sheltered canopy (c. 50 sq.m) for the purpose of providing 2 no. “Click and…
266044514 Jul 2026334 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 10 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 05:03	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	6 Nov 2026, 23:04	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 04:54	open

Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months

2 not signed off

Wexford Road, Arklow, Wicklow · 7 Oct 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 24/60284 · 257 m
Wexford Road, Arklow, Wicklow · 7 Oct 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 24/60284 · 253 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 10 Nov 2026, 04:54

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 04:54	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
An Scoil Bheag · Crèche	7 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	371 m
Pixies Pre-School · Crèche	16 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	373 m
Blackberry Academy Montessori · Crèche	16 Jul 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	544 m
Budding Tots Montessori Preschool · Crèche	23 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 813 m
Frances' Little Flowers · Crèche	14 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 813 m
Imagination Station · Crèche	6 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 813 m
Millie's Playschool · Crèche	15 Oct 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 813 m
Ballyflanigan Montessori Pre- school · Crèche	12 Jun 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 813 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 4 Nov 2026, 23:36

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	4 Nov 2026, 23:36	open

How busy is this area Busier than most of Wicklow County Council.

Homes approved

Here100

Council middle0

Homes started

Here35

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 10 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	6 Nov 2026, 23:04	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 04:54	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 05:03	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 8

This street block against the council

41% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 68% owner-occupied (council 71%).

Homes built before 1971

41% · council 26%

Homes built since 2001

0% · council 32%

Owner-occupied

68% · council 71%

Rented

31% · council 24%

Children under 15

7% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

32% · council 15%

Households with 2+ cars

25% · council 48%

Work mainly from home

5% · council 14%

This small area (189 people)Wicklow

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 257004020

Bus

270 m

Arklow W · 183, 2, 740A · busiest stop within 500 m: 3 an hour at peak

Nearest school

320 m

Arklow CBS, 392 pupils

Homes sold nearby

in 3 years (Property Price Register)

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Arklow CBS · postprimary · 392 pupils · 320 m
St John's Senior School · primary · 323 pupils · 385 m
Carysfort Mxd NS · primary · 197 pupils · 509 m
Glenart College · postprimary · 633 pupils · 581 m
St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School · primary · 250 pupils · 606 m
Gaelscoil An Inbhir Mhoir · primary · 242 pupils · 607 m
St Marys College · postprimary · 527 pupils · 655 m
Gaelcholáiste na Mara · postprimary · 279 pupils · 725 m

Stops 8

Arklow W · 183, 2, 740A, 800, 800a, BR01 · 3/hour at peak · 270 m
Arklow W · 183, 2, 740A, 800, 800a, BR01 · 1/hour at peak · 275 m
Arklow · Dublin - Europort · 0/hour at peak · 462 m
Arklow Stn · 183, 800, 800a · 1/hour at peak · 473 m
Arklow · 2 · 1/hour at peak · 580 m
Yardland · 183 · 0/hour at peak · 736 m
Arklow · 2 · 1/hour at peak · 763 m

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

Arklow CBS · 320 m+2.3% pupils (392)
St John's Senior School · 385 m-8% pupils (323)
Carysfort Mxd NS · 509 m-0.5% pupils (197)
Glenart College · 581 m+0.6% pupils (633) · an extension 2026, approved with conditions
St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School · 606 m-10.1% pupils (250) · an extension 2024, approved with conditions
Gaelscoil An Inbhir Mhoir · 607 m-12% pupils (242) · temporary classrooms 2024, approved with conditions

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 10 Nov 2026, 05:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	8 Nov 2026, 23:06	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026, 05:03	open
Council consultation portals	Public	10 Nov 2026, 01:21	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	10 Nov 2026, 02:40	open
Land Development Agency public land register	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026, 16:43	open
cso_saps_2022	CC BY 4.0	—	open
National Transport Authority	CC 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 maps	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council	CC BY 4.0	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

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: Sheephouse
Electoral division: Arklow No. 1 Urban
Electoral area: Arklow
Council: Wicklow County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
1 site nearby could change: 1 derelict.
Arklow W (bus 183, 2) 270 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 5 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 68% owner-occupied (council 71%); 7% of homes empty (council 7%); most built 1971–1980; 53% drive to work (council 58%); population up 4% since 2016.
1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
Around here the council decides in a median 52 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
Glenart College, 581 m away: an extension approved (2026).

What the terms mean 6 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.
Listed by the council as derelict (Derelict Sites Register): Councils keep a public list of land and buildings in a ruinous or dangerous state.
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 28

Source	Publisher	Licence	Fetched
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.com	An Coimisiún Pleanála	CC BY 4.0	6 Nov 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
gis.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	10 Nov 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	9 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.com	Local authorities (derelict sites registers)	CC BY 4.0	9 Nov 2026
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	8 Nov 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	10 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	10 Nov 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Tailte Éireann	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors	CC BY 4.0	4 Oct 2026
propertypriceregister.ie	Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)	© PSRA, PSI licence	10 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	9 Nov 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	6 Nov 2026
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	4 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	8 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 10 Nov 2026, 09:00 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.

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