Planning report · Carlow County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 22 Oct 2026, 11:54

Tullow Street, Carlow

52.83643, -6.93067

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (97%). 39 homes approved 474 m away haven't started.

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Carlow County Council: council consultations.

3planning files on this houselatest 2025 97%of home extensions approved nearbyn=169 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 49–53 1open for comments nearbyclose 20 Nov 39homes approved nearby, not startednearest 163 m · 19464

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 51 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 3 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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

2025
2560066 · garden room · approved 2025 · started, not signed off
approvedstartedsigned off
2023
21475 · garden room · approved 2023 · started, not signed off
approvedstartedsigned off
2021
21448 · garden room · withdrawn
approved?started?signed off?

13 Oct 2023 · notice that building work was starting · no official sign-off needed for this kind of work

On this site

Zoning · Major town centre

Yes

Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (CW007-018017-)

Draft map

Vacant land tax · final map decides

1 in 10

Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningM2 · Major town centre

What it says

Town Centre: To protect, provide for and/or improve town centre facilities and uses

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 · 10 Sept 2024 – 9 Sept 2030

ZoningM2 · Major town centre

What it says

Town Centre: To protect, provide for and/or improve town centre facilities and uses

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs · 4 Jul 2022 – 3 Jul 2028

Protected building11 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished); on the council's record (not republished)

Monument zoneOn this site Battlefield, Carlow; Historic town, Carlow,Graigue

Radon1 in 10 homes have high radon (EPA)

Not on this site: heritage inventory, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Vacant land taxDraft map 3% of the land's value a year

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Radon grid squares	1
Monuments	14	Historic town; Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle

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 draft map for the vacant land tax; the final map decides whether it is due. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 34 on the draft 2027 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA radon map, SMR zones of notification, Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29

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Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:24	open
EPA radon map	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:36	open
SMR zones of notification	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:34	open
Records of Protected Structures	No licence stated · shown as a yes/no only	—	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 00:29	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:10	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:28	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 here: 83–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 83% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

Single-storey rear39 decided · more info asked 36%

97% · council 98%

Two-storey rear12 decided · more info asked 75%

100% · council 98%

Single-storey side10 decided · more info asked 30%

100% · council 98%

Attic or dormer10 decided · more info asked 50%

90% · council 91%

First-floor12 decided · more info asked 33%

83% · council 95%

New house in a garden or site24 decided · more info asked 58%

83% · council 89%

Approved nearbyCarlow 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 · 107 nearby, 1,185 council-wide

Figure 3

Carlow, file by file since 2017

28 of 30 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 6 of 7.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

157 files with "Carlow" 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 · 2017–2026

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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28

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National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:28	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:10	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:28	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 51 days. 1 in 2 is asked for more information, which adds about 106 days. Building starts about 3 months after permission.

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

Calculated169 decided home extensions, 61 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

3 of 7 appealed refusals became permissions. 4 of 20 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed7 decided

3 became permissions

Approvals appealed20 decided

4 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

Appeals nearby 2 in the last 12 months

501813 Pending · Green Lane , Carlow · 448 m
324064 Other · Bishop?s House, Old Dublin Road, Co. Carlow · 462 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	21 Oct 2026, 01:40	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:28	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Tullow Street, Carlow with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved, not startedBuilding startedApprovedNo decision yet

138-43 Tullow Street, Carlow 2660316No decision yet · 167 m
2'Shamrock Square' at the junction of Green Lane Staplestown 2360207Approved, no sign building has started · 474 m
356 DUBLIN STREET, Carlow SN0014849CWBuilding started · 101 m
433 Tullow Street, Carlow 25/60337Building started · 148 m
57 Centaur Street, Carlow 22196Building started · 154 m
6No. 6 Castle Street, Carlow 2560389Approved with conditions · 142 m
7AIB Bank Branch, AIB 36-37 Tullow Street 2560324Approved with conditions · 150 m
8Capuchin Friary, 43 Dublin Street 2660047Approved with conditions · 153 m
9Units 1, Hanover Square 2660217Approved with conditions · 157 m
10Kennedy Avenue, Carlow 2560415Approved with conditions · 216 m
1133, Dublin Street 2560420Approved with conditions · 240 m
12No. 8 Castle Hill, Carlow 2660050Approved with conditions · 341 m
13Coach House, The Old Manse 2660186No decision yet · 347 m
14St Anthonys, Pembroke Road 2660016No decision yet · 357 m
15Bank of Ireland Unit 29, Merchant House 2660180Approved with conditions · 370 m

Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 122 permissions since 2016, 32 show a start notice and 7 have 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.

Measured131 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 20 Nov 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 20 Nov 202629 days left
12660316 · application received — the change of use of the existing vacant retail and partial office space at first floor level of…
€20 to the council · 167 m away

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

Figure 8

Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

39 homes 474 m away were approved Mar 2024 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Mar 2029.

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 500 m

Approved, not started 1

'Shamrock Square' at the junction of Green Lane Staplestown · 39 homes approved Mar 2024, not started · 474 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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:10	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 23:17	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:28	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 00:29	open

Figure 9

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 8 and 17 a year; busiest 2018. 94% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Open for comments €20 to comment

138-43 Tullow Street , Carlow comments close 20 Nov 2026
the change of use of the existing vacant retail and partial office space at first floor level of Nos. 38–43…
266031616 Oct 2026167 m

Every application within 500 m 20 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

No. 55 Riverside , Carlow , R93 YD80 Approved with conditions
the construction of a single storey domestic extension to side elevation of my existing dwelling and all…
266022611 Sept 20261 homes376 m
9Units 1 , Hanover Square , Kennedy Avenue Approved with conditions
change of use from an existing retail unit to retail with ancillary off license sales (circa 43.7 sqm), and…
26602174 Sept 2026157 m
56 Dublin Street & Church Street , Carlow , Co. Carlow Withdrawn or not valid
1) alterations to front elevation to include relocated main entrance, 2) proposed new shop front to rear…
26602043 Jul 2026101 m
13Coach House , The Old Manse , Pembroke No decision yet
conversion of an existing vacant coach house to a two bedroom town house, plus all associated site works…
266018618 Jun 2026347 m
15Bank of Ireland Unit 29 , Merchant House , Shamrock Plaza Approved with conditions
the installation of 3no. digital screens at ground floor level along the east elevation. All screens will be…
266018031 Jul 2026370 m
COACH HOUSE THE OLD MANSE , PEMBROKE , CARLOW Withdrawn or not valid
conversion of an existing vacant coach house to a two bedroom town house, plus all associated site works…
26601754 Jun 2026347 m
Barrow Street , Graiguecullen , Carlow No decision yet
the construction of 2no. 3 storey, semi-detached houses, associated parking, connection to public services…
266016122 May 2026480 m
Green Lane , Carlow Approved with conditions
the construction of a 3-storey commercial / office building (Overall Gross Floor Area 2,737sq.m.) comprising…
26601426 Jul 2026448 m
Barrow Street , Graiguecullen , Carlow Withdrawn or not valid
to construct 2no. 3 storey, semi-detached houses, associated parking, connection to public services and all…
266014011 May 2026480 m
12No. 8 Castle Hill , Carlow , Carlow Approved with conditions
alterations to existing dwelling to include the construction of a first floor extension to the rear elevation…
266005015 Apr 20261 homes341 m
8Capuchin Friary , 43 Dublin Street , Carlow Approved with conditions
a single-storey modular unit comprising of a toilet and shower block, link roof and all associated site works…
266004713 Apr 2026153 m
14St Anthonys , Pembroke Road , Carlow Town No decision yet
existing three storey building (dwelling/1no. studio apartment) to be altered to replace existing dwelling…
266001628 Jan 2026357 m
St Anthonys , Pembroke Road , Carlow town Withdrawn or not valid
existing three storey building (dwelling/1no. studio apartment) to be altered to replace existing dwelling…
266000815 Jan 2026357 m
1133 , Dublin Street , Carlow Approved with conditions
a period of 5 years for the continuance of use of the existing Protected Structure (RPS Ref. CT46; NIAH Ref.…
256042030 Jul 2026240 m
10Kennedy Avenue , Carlow Approved with conditions
a change of use from existing financial building to a Day Service & administration offices on ground and…
256041516 Feb 2026216 m
38 39 40 & 43 Tullow Street , Carlow Refused
PL20/468 for development consisting of change of use from existing vacant first floor office area as granted…
253712 Feb 2026167 m
6No. 6 Castle Street , , Carlow Approved with conditions
redevelopment of an existing property to include the change of use of the existing building last used as…
256038921 May 20261 homes142 m
34 Tullow Street , Carlow Approved with conditions
1. Internal modifications to existing first floor accommodation. 2. The addition of a balcony at first floor…
256033718 Mar 2026141 m
7AIB Bank Branch , AIB 36-37 Tullow Street , Carlow Approved with conditions
external works to alter the layout of, and install an automatic barrier to the existing entrance and bollards…
25603245 Dec 2025150 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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28

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National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:28	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:10	open

Building work nearby 10 in the last 12 months

9 not signed off1 no sign-off needed

356 DUBLIN STREET, Carlow, R93PD26 · 22 Sept 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 101 m
1 Old Dublin Road, Carlow · 4 Sept 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 333 m
Centaur Street, Carlow, R93HF70 · 5 Aug 2026 · 2 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 2460401 · 376 m
19 Kennedy Avenue, Carlow · 28 Jul 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/60415 · 243 m
57 Centaur Street, Carlow · 30 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 22196 · 154 m
433 Tullow Street, Carlow, R93 W9V2 · 29 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/60337 · 148 m
139/140 Tullow Street, Carlow, R93 V621 · 30 Mar 2026 · 12 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 2560066 · 6 m
18 Governey Square, Carlow, R93WV91 · 10 Dec 2025 · 3 homes · start notice not signed off · 21519 & 315130-22 · 429 m
Burrin Street, Carlow, R93KX62 · 5 Nov 2025 · start notice not signed off · 2360175 · 305 m
Barrack Street, Carlow, R93 C6R2 · 29 Oct 2025 · 1 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 24/60322 · 367 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 22 Oct 2026, 02:10

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:10	open

Homes coming 39 not started

Walshe's Yard · 125 homes · ran out · runs out 5 Mar 2024 · 330 m
2'Shamrock Square' at the junction of Green Lane Staplestown · 39 homes · not started · runs out 14 Mar 2029 · 474 m
Riverbank Apartments · 32 homes · ran out · runs out 9 Aug 2025 · 163 m

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, 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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:10	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:28	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
St. Catherine's Community Services Centre · Crèche	12 Jun 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	660 m
Dolmen Nursery and Montessori School · Crèche	10 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 858 m
Kilkenny Road Community Childcare & Family Centre · Crèche	3 Sept 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 858 m
The Creative Kids · Crèche	30 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 858 m
Play Together Montessori & Afterschool · Crèche	4 Dec 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 858 m
Clareville Montessori School · Crèche	21 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 858 m
Jigsaw Childcare · Crèche	9 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 858 m
Naoinra Aras na nOg · Crèche	30 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 858 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 21 Oct 2026, 23:37

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Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	21 Oct 2026, 23:37	open

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

Homes approved

Here71

Council middle0

Homes started

Here293

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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:10	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:28	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 10

This street block against the council

48% of homes built before 1971 (council 27%). 8% owner-occupied (council 65%).

Homes built before 1971

48% · council 27%

Homes built since 2001

11% · council 35%

Owner-occupied

8% · council 65%

Rented

72% · council 29%

Children under 15

10% · council 20%

Aged 65 and over

7% · council 15%

Households with 2+ cars

7% · council 44%

Work mainly from home

8% · council 11%

This small area (221 people)Carlow

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 017011010

Bus

104 m

Kennedy Avenue · CW2 · busiest stop within 500 m: 14 an hour at peak

Radon

1 in 10

homes here likely high (EPA). Test it

Nearest school

458 m

St. Leo's College, 842 pupils

Homes sold nearby

in 3 years (Property Price Register)

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

St. Leo's College · postprimary · 842 pupils · 458 m
S N Muire Gan Smal · primary · 345 pupils · 555 m
Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa · primary · 111 pupils · 563 m
Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch · primary · 165 pupils · 665 m
St Mary's Academy CBS · postprimary · 367 pupils · 722 m
St Laserians Special Sc · primary · 146 pupils · 932 m

Stops 25

Kennedy Avenue · CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 104 m
Kennedy Avenue · CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 124 m
Carlow Cstl · CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 343 m
Carlow Cstl · CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 364 m
Carlow Bus Stn · 365, 376, 73, 736, 880, 897 · 14/hour at peak · 391 m
Carlow Bus Stn · 822, 887 · 1/hour at peak · 391 m
Hanover Bus Park · 874, IW02 · 399 m
Carlow Bus Stn · 800, IW08 · 1/hour at peak · 404 m

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

St. Leo's College · 458 m-4.9% pupils (842)
S N Muire Gan Smal · 555 m-8.5% pupils (345)
Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa · 563 m-0.9% pupils (111)
Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch · 665 m-15.4% pupils (165)
St Mary's Academy CBS · 722 m-9.6% pupils (367) · 4 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
St Laserians Special Sc · 932 m+2.8% pupils (146)

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 22 Oct 2026, 02:38

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Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:44	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026, 02:28	open
Council consultation portals	Public	22 Oct 2026, 01:44	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	22 Oct 2026, 02:38	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

Garden room (2560066) started Mar 2026, never signed off: is it finished?
Ask for: The completion certificate, or an engineer's opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Garden room (21475) started Jan 2025, never signed off: is it finished?
Ask for: The completion certificate, or an engineer's opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
Seller · council
High radon area (1 in 10 homes): has it been tested?
Ask for: Radon test results.
Seller
Application 167 m away open for comments until 20 Nov 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
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: Carlow
Electoral division: Carlow Urban
Electoral area: Carlow
Council: Carlow County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

2 jobs on this site started but never signed off as finished.
Zoned M2 (major town centre); monument zone; on the vacant land tax map; high radon area.
1 site nearby could change: 1 approved scheme.
1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 20 Nov 2026.
39 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 39 at 'Shamrock Square' at the junction of….
Carlow Bus Stn (bus 365, 376) 391 m away: 14 an hour at morning peak; 24 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 72% rent (council 29%); 8% of homes empty (council 8%); most built before 1919; 34% drive to work (council 62%); population up 11% since 2016.
Around here the council decides in a median 60 days (about 9 weeks); 48% are asked for more information.

What the terms mean 9 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.
Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
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.

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	16 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 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
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR zones)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	22 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	21 Oct 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	19 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	22 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	22 Oct 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	22 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures)	No licence stated · flag only	—
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	9 Oct 2026
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	21 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 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 22 Oct 2026, 11:54 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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