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Planning report · Carlow County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 26 Oct 2026, 16:39

College Street, Carlow

52.83721, -6.92771

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%). 90 homes approved 1.3 km away haven't started.

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Distance
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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Carlow County Council: council consultations.

98%of home extensions approved nearbyn=103 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–537open for comments nearbyclose 10 Nov–20 Nov287homes approved nearby, not startednearest 301 m · 2360207

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 52 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 2 months after
  8. 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations.

Timeline from 1955: planning permission needed from October 1964, building regulations from June 1992, building records online from March 2014, sign-off opt-out from September 2015. Most homes here were built 2001–2010.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of CarlowBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2021: 16 files on Carlow2022: 14 files on Carlow2023: 19 files on Carlow2024: 10 files on Carlow2025: 17 files on Carlow2026: 6 files on Carlow82 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
M2
Zoning · Major town centre
Yes
Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (CW007-167----)
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
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 building9 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished); on the council's record (not republished)
Monument zoneOn this site Stone head (present location), Carlow; Tomb - effigial (present location), Carlow
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 taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km
Within 2.0 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings3Oak Park House; Killeshin Church
Radon grid squares1
Monuments52Flat cemetery; Enclosure
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: 62 on the draft 2027 map; 53 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA radon map, Sites and Monuments Record, SMR zones of notification, Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
SMR zones of notificationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:34open
Records of Protected StructuresNo licence stated · shown as a yes/no only—open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
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Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
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: 82–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 95% approved, and 70% are asked for more information.

Single-storey rear26 decided · more info asked 31%
100% · council 99%
First-floor11 decided · more info asked 36%
82% · council 93%
New house in a garden or site20 decided · more info asked 70%
95% · council 87%
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 · 57 nearby, 536 council-wide

Figure 3

Carlow, file by file since 2021

12 of 12 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 5 of 6.

82 planning files on Carlow since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 22218No. 91 · 2022 · rear · approved · 22377No. 121A · 2022 · first-floor · approved · 2276No number · 2023 · other extension · approved · 2312No number · 2023 · single-storey rear · approved · 2360087No. 21 · 2023 · single-storey rear · approved · 2360175No. 17 · 2024 · porch / front · approved · 2460261No. 18 · 2024 · single-storey rear · approved · 2460262No. 2 · 2024 · single-storey rear · approved · 2460263No. 8 · 2026 · first-floor · approved · 2660050No. 55 · 2026 · single-storey side · approved · 2660226No. 141 · 2026 · first-floor · approved · 2660234Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21114No. 83 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21146No. 64 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21155No. 42 · 2021 · other work · approved · 2119No. 133 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21252No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21270No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2131No. 149 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21319No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21332No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21450No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21466No. 140 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21475No. 1 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21478No number · 2021 · other work · refused · 2179No. 121 · 2021 · other work · approved · 2199No. 31 · 2022 · other work · approved · 22100No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22123No. 6 · 2022 · other work · approved · 22209No. 8A · 2022 · other work · approved · 2226No. 206 · 2022 · other work · approved · 22312No. 54 · 2022 · other work · approved · 22328No. 54 · 2022 · other work · approved · 22381No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22442No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 2257No. 11 · 2022 · other work · approved · 2289No. 7 · 2023 · other work · refused · 23106No. 28 · 2023 · other work · approved · 23138No. 24 · 2023 · other work · refused · 2314No. 24 · 2023 · other work · refused · 23141No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23157No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360040No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360094No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360101No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360167No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360207No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360240No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360254No. 64 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360288No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360300No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460018No. 69 · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460029No. 52 · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460244No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460294No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460322No. 31 · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460335No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460401No. 72 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560037No. 140 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560066No. 52 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560093No. 146 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560101No. 64 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560103No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560104No. 3 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560163No. 11 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560236No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560260No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560299No. 37 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560324No. 34 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560337No. 6 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560389No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560415No. 33 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560420No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 259No. 43 · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660047No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660142New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21518No. 7 · 2022 · new house · approved · 221967No. 214 · 2023 · new house · refused · 2360074214No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 2360301No. 214 · 2025 · new house · approved · 2560176214No number · 2026 · new house · approved · 2660243
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

82 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 · 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 95 days. Building starts about 2 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 52 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 144 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 63 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 52 days, middle half 48–53 (n=66)52 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 144 days (n=37)144 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 63 days after permission (n=37)63 days after permissionSigned off49% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated103 decided home extensions, 37 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    1 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 2 of 14 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed14 decided
    2 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 10 in the last 12 months
    • 501937 Pending · 49 St Killians Crescent , Carlow Town , Co. Carlow · 642 m
    • 501875 Pending · O'Brien Road , , Co. Carlow · 1.7 km
    • 501175 Granted with conditions · Tirl?n Farmlife Graiguecullen Branch , Portlaoise Road Carlow town ,… · 1.3 km
    • 501813 Pending · Green Lane , Carlow · 249 m
    • 324447 Pending · Carlow, County Carlow · 1.2 km
    • 324064 Other · Bishop?s House, Old Dublin Road, Co. Carlow · 336 m
    • 500965 Withdrawn · Graiguecullen , Carlow , Co. Laois · 1.3 km
    • 501153 Invalid · Tirl?n Farmlife Graiguecullen Branch , Portlaoise Road Carlow town ,… · 1.3 km
    • 500248 Refused · Rose Cottage , Blackbog Road , Carlow · 1.1 km
    • 500866 Invalid · Oakview , Grave Lane , Athy Road · 572 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher25 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around College Street, Carlow with 15 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved, not startedBuilding site that stopped
    1. 138-43 Tullow Street, Carlow 2660316No decision yet · 126 m
    2. 2Athy Road, Carlow 2660310No decision yet · 481 m
    3. 3Unit 8, Strawhall Industrial Estate 2660308No decision yet · 977 m
    4. 4Askea, Carlow. 2660309No decision yet · 998 m
    5. 5Portlaoise road, Carlow 2660714No decision yet · 1.4 km
    6. 6O'Brien Road, Rathnapish 2660307No decision yet · 1.5 km
    7. 7Browneshill Road, Chapelstown 2660313No decision yet · 2.0 km
    8. 8'Shamrock Square' at the junction of Green Lane Staplestown 2360207Approved, no sign building has started · 301 m
    9. 9Athy Road, Carlow 20233Building site that stopped · 918 m
    10. 10Leighlin Road 2460700Approved, no sign building has started · 1.3 km
    11. 11Leighlin Road 2460798Approved, no sign building has started · 1.4 km
    12. 12Crossneen 233Approved, no sign building has started · 1.4 km
    13. 13Meadows Way 2360289Approved, no sign building has started · 1.4 km
    14. 14Rivendell 2145Approved, no sign building has started · 1.5 km
    15. 15Blackbog Grove 2198Approved, not started, approval runs out within a year · 1.8 km
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 68 permissions since 2016, 19 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    72 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 69 approved, 3 refused. After appeals: 68 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 5 built with the owner's opt-out, 13 started, 46 with no start notice found, 3 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT69: lodged → approved3: lodged → refused68: approved → approved3: refused → refused1 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal46: approved → no start notice found5: approved → built, owner opted out13: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off3: approved → ran out72 lodged72 lodged69 approved69 approved3 refused3 refused68 approved68 approved3 refused3 refused1 withdrawn1 withdrawn46 no start notice found46 no start notice found5 built, owner opted out5 built, owner opted out13 started, not signed off13 started, not signed off1 signed off1 signed off3 ran out3 ran out

    Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

    Measured72 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    7 deadlines within 2.0 km; the first closes 10 Nov 2026.

    7 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-10 2660307: application received — A) Construction of a new first floor mezzanine of 58.2 m² within the existing Empower Fitness gym premises. B) Provision; 2026-11-10 2660714: application received — retain a takeaway coffee unit, seated waiting area, existing signage and all associated site works; 2026-11-11 2660308: application received — change of use of premises from existing English language teaching facility to use as office space, new signage, and all ; 2026-11-12 2660309: application received — the construction of single storey building to be used for storage and meeting room, permission for new fencing to part o; 2026-11-13 2660310: application received — demolish an existing single storey ruin and 2no. sheds and construct a 2-storey dwelling, new mains water and sewage con; 2026-11-17 2660313: application received — the construction of 71 No. residential units and all ancillary works comprising of: • 57 No. 2 storey houses comprising:; 2026-11-20 2660316: application received — the change of use of the existing vacant retail and partial office space at first floor level of Nos. 38–43 Tullow Streetoday31 Oct5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov2660307: application received — A) Construction of a new first floor mezzanine of 58.2 m² within the existing Empower Fitness gym premises. B) Provision · 1.5 km away · 2026-11-102660714: application received — retain a takeaway coffee unit, seated waiting area, existing signage and all associated site works · 1.4 km away · 2026-11-102660308: application received — change of use of premises from existing English language teaching facility to use as office space, new signage, and all · 977 m away · 2026-11-112660309: application received — the construction of single storey building to be used for storage and meeting room, permission for new fencing to part o · 998 m away · 2026-11-122660310: application received — demolish an existing single storey ruin and 2no. sheds and construct a 2-storey dwelling, new mains water and sewage con · 481 m away · 2026-11-132660313: application received — the construction of 71 No. residential units and all ancillary works comprising of: • 57 No. 2 storey houses comprising: · 2 km away · 2026-11-172660316: application received — the change of use of the existing vacant retail and partial office space at first floor level of Nos. 38–43 Tullow Stree · 126 m away · 2026-11-20
    Comments close
    • Comments close 10 Nov 202615 days left
      62660307 · application received — A) Construction of a new first floor mezzanine of 58.2 m² within the existing Empower Fitness…
      €20 to the council · 1.5 km away
    • Comments close 10 Nov 202615 days left
      52660714 · application received — retain a takeaway coffee unit, seated waiting area, existing signage and all associated site…
      €20 to the council · 1.4 km away
    • Comments close 11 Nov 202616 days left
      32660308 · application received — change of use of premises from existing English language teaching facility to use as office…
      €20 to the council · 977 m away
    • Comments close 12 Nov 202617 days left
      42660309 · application received — the construction of single storey building to be used for storage and meeting room, permission…
      €20 to the council · 998 m away
    • Comments close 13 Nov 202618 days left
      22660310 · application received — demolish an existing single storey ruin and 2no. sheds and construct a 2-storey dwelling, new…
      €20 to the council · 481 m away
    • Comments close 17 Nov 202622 days left
      72660313 · application received — the construction of 71 No. residential units and all ancillary works comprising of: • 57 No. 2…
      €20 to the council · 2.0 km away
    • Comments close 20 Nov 202625 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 · 126 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

    90 homes 1.3 km away were approved May 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jan 2029. 1 building site nearby stopped before sign-off.

    Leighlin Road · 90 homes: 90 homes approved May 2025, not started; Crossneen · 82 homes: 82 homes approved Jan 2024, not started; Athy Road, Carlow · 49 homes: 49 homes, started Jul 2023, never signed off; 'Shamrock Square' at the… · 39 homes: 39 homes approved Mar 2024, not started20232024202520262027202820292030Leighlin Road · 90 homes1.3 km · 246070090 homes approved May 2025, not started90 homes approved May 2025, not startedCrossneen · 82 homes1.4 km · 23382 homes approved Jan 2024, not started82 homes approved Jan 2024, not startedAthy Road, Carlow · 49 homes918 m · 2023349 homes, started Jul 2023, never signed off49 homes, started Jul 2023, never signed off'Shamrock Square' at the… · 39 homes301 m · 236020739 homes approved Mar 2024, not started39 homes approved Mar 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 18 within 2.0 km

    Building site that stopped 1

    • 9Athy Road, Carlow · 49 homes, started Jul 2023, never signed off · 918 m

    Approved, not started, approval running out 1

    • Blackbog Grove · 10 homes approved, not started; runs out Jan 2027 · 1.8 km

    Approved, not started 6

    Empty land zoned for homes 10

    • 9.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 946 m
    • 0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 957 m
    • 1.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 975 m
    • 0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 976 m
    • 1.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 982 m
    • 0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.0 km
    • 15.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.0 km
    • 7.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.1 km
    • 1.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.1 km
    • 0.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.1 km

    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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 9

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 6 and 16 a year; busiest 2023. 96% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 15, 2022: 14, 2023: 16, 2024: 6, 2025: 15, 2026: 6051015202021: 14 approved2021: 1 refused15’21*2022: 14 approved14’222023: 14 approved2023: 2 refused16’232024: 6 approved6’242025: 15 approved15’252026: 6 approved6’26*
    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

    • 5Portlaoise road , Carlow , Co. Laois. comments close 10 Nov 2026
      retain a takeaway coffee unit, seated waiting area, existing signage and all associated site works
      26607146 Oct 20261.4 km
    • 6O'Brien Road , Rathnapish , Co. Carlow comments close 10 Nov 2026
      A) Construction of a new first floor mezzanine of 58.2 m² within the existing Empower Fitness gym premises.…
      26603076 Oct 20261.5 km
    • 3Unit 8 , Strawhall Industrial Estate , Carlow comments close 11 Nov 2026
      change of use of premises from existing English language teaching facility to use as office space, new…
      26603087 Oct 2026977 m
    • 4Askea , Carlow. comments close 12 Nov 2026
      the construction of single storey building to be used for storage and meeting room, permission for new…
      26603098 Oct 2026998 m
    • 2Athy Road , Carlow comments close 13 Nov 2026
      demolish an existing single storey ruin and 2no. sheds and construct a 2-storey dwelling, new mains water and…
      26603109 Oct 2026481 m
    • 7Browneshill Road , Chapelstown , Co. Carlow comments close 17 Nov 2026
      the construction of 71 No. residential units and all ancillary works comprising of: • 57 No. 2 storey houses…
      266031313 Oct 20262.0 km
    • 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 2026126 m
    Every application within 2.0 km 122 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    Building work nearby 44 in the last 12 months
    5 signed off as finished29 not signed off10 no sign-off needed
    • 5A Browneshill Road, Carlow · 2 Nov 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2660146 · 1.5 km
    • Meadows Way, Carlow, Laois · 19 Oct 2026 · 6 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 2660314 · 1.5 km
    • Kilkenny Road, Carlow · 30 Sept 2026 · 2 homes · start notice not signed off · PL24/60257 · 751 m
    • 133 Sand Hills, Carlow · 29 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 1.5 km
    • Barrack Street, Carlow, R93AX96 · 25 Sept 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 428 m
    • 56 DUBLIN STREET, Carlow, R93PD26 · 22 Sept 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 280 m
    • 5 Sleaty Street, Carlow, R93 XA47 · 18 Sept 2026 · start notice not signed off · P8-23-10 · 690 m
    • Sleaty Road, Carlow, Laois · 18 Sept 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 2660360 · 1.3 km
    • 14 Larkfield, Carlow · 4 Sept 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 20/481 · 832 m
    • 3a Athy Road, Carlow, R93 DE62 · 4 Sept 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 580 m
    • 1 Old Dublin Road, Carlow · 4 Sept 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 234 m
    • 46 Tullow Road, Carlow, R93 R280 · 4 Sept 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 24/60313 · 1.0 km
    • Meadows Way, Carlow, Laois · 31 Aug 2026 · 98 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/60241 · 1.6 km
    • Browneshill Road Lower, Carlow, R93 HK53 · 12 Aug 2026 · start notice not signed off · 24/60347 · 1.0 km
    • Centaur Street, Carlow, R93HF70 · 5 Aug 2026 · 2 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 2460401 · 569 m
    • Castlecomer Road, Carlow, Laois · 1 Aug 2026 · 47 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/887 25/60833 · 1.7 km
    • 19 Kennedy Avenue, Carlow · 28 Jul 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/60415 · 272 m
    • Park Lane, Carlow · 10 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560258 · 593 m
    • 7 Centaur Street, Carlow · 30 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 22196 · 281 m
    • 40 Sycamore Road, Carlow, R93 WE20 · 30 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2660070 · 1.1 km
    • 33 Tullow Street, Carlow, R93 W9V2 · 29 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/60337 · 143 m
    • 2 Larkfield, Rathnapish, Carlow, R93 RH39 · 18 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560407 · 953 m
    • 11-14 Meadows Grove, Ceatharlach, Laois · 8 Jun 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/60487 · 1.3 km
    • O'Brien Road, Carlow · 23 Apr 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/60282 · 1.3 km
    • Meadows Way, Carlow, Laois · 13 Apr 2026 · 98 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/60210 · 1.5 km
    • 139/140 Tullow Street, Carlow, R93 V621 · 30 Mar 2026 · 12 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 2560066 · 223 m
    • Ballickmoyler Road, Derrymoyle Lane, Laois, R93Y4X9 · 27 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560708 · 1.9 km
    • O'Brien Road, Carlow, R93 X293 · 23 Mar 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/60282 · 1.3 km
    • Meadows Way (off), Carlow, Laois · 16 Feb 2026 · 98 homes · start notice not signed off · 2560210 · 1.5 km
    • O'Brien Road, Carlow · 11 Feb 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/60282 · 1.3 km
    • O'Brien Road, Carlow, R93 X293 · 11 Feb 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/60282 · 1.3 km
    • Castlecomer Road, Carlow, Laois · 5 Jan 2026 · 38 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/887 · 1.6 km
    • The Orchard, Burrin Road, Carlow · 2 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2514 · 1.2 km
    • Castlecomer Road, Carlow, Laois · 22 Dec 2025 · 20 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/887 · 1.6 km
    • 18 Governey Square, Carlow, R93WV91 · 10 Dec 2025 · 3 homes · start notice not signed off · 21519 & 315130-22 · 626 m
    • Barrack Street, Carlow, R93 W638 · 14 Nov 2025 · 7-day notice signed off · 408 m
    • Carrigowen, Carlow · 12 Nov 2025 · short notice no sign-off needed · 2560057 · 1.7 km
    • KILLESHIN ROAD, Carlow · 10 Nov 2025 · 7-day notice signed off · 24/60173 · 1.0 km
    • KILLESHIN ROAD, Carlow · 5 Nov 2025 · 7-day notice signed off · 24/60173 · 1.1 km
    • Burrin Street, Carlow, R93KX62 · 5 Nov 2025 · start notice not signed off · 2360175 · 497 m
    • Tullow Road, Carlow, R93X225 · 3 Nov 2025 · start notice signed off · 2460348 · 1.2 km
    • 21 The Numbers, Carlow, R93 ND82 · 3 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560049 · 960 m
    • Barrack Street, Carlow, R93 C6R2 · 29 Oct 2025 · 1 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 24/60322 · 258 m
    • Meadows Way (off), Carlow, Laois · 27 Oct 2025 · 98 homes · start notice signed off · 2560210 · 1.5 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    Homes coming 287 not started
    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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    St. Catherine's Community Services Centre · Crèche12 Jun 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate443 m
    Dolmen Nursery and Montessori School · Crèche10 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 838 m
    Kilkenny Road Community Childcare & Family Centre · Crèche3 Sept 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 838 m
    The Creative Kids · Crèche30 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 838 m
    Play Together Montessori & Afterschool · Crèche4 Dec 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 838 m
    Clareville Montessori School · Crèche21 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 838 m
    Jigsaw Childcare · Crèche9 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 838 m
    Naoinra Aras na nOg · Crèche30 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 838 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
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register21 Oct 2026, 23:37open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Carlow County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here71
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here295
    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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 10

    This street block against the council

    12% of homes built before 1971 (council 27%). 12% owner-occupied (council 65%).

    Homes built before 1971
    12% · council 27%
    Homes built since 2001
    38% · council 35%
    Owner-occupied
    12% · council 65%
    Rented
    86% · council 29%
    Children under 15
    19% · council 20%
    Aged 65 and over
    9% · council 15%
    Households with 2+ cars
    8% · council 44%
    Work mainly from home
    8% · council 11%
    This small area (281 people)Carlow

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 017011011

    Bus
    311 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
    316 m
    St. Leo's College, 842 pupils
    Homes sold nearby
    10
    in 3 years (Property Price Register)
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • St. Leo's College · postprimary · 842 pupils · 316 m
    • S N Muire Gan Smal · primary · 345 pupils · 339 m
    • Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa · primary · 111 pupils · 347 m
    • Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch · primary · 165 pupils · 486 m
    • St Mary's Academy CBS · postprimary · 367 pupils · 530 m
    • St Laserians Special Sc · primary · 146 pupils · 768 m
    • Holy Family National School · primary · 592 pupils · 988 m
    • Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach · postprimary · 342 pupils · 1.1 km

    Stops 58

    • Kennedy Avenue · CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 311 m
    • Kennedy Avenue · CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 322 m
    • Fire Station · 365, 822, 880, CW1, CW2 · 5/hour at peak · 328 m
    • Fire Station · 365, 822, 880, CW1, CW2 · 5/hour at peak · 337 m
    • Carlow Bus Stn · 365, 376, 73, 736, 880, 897 · 14/hour at peak · 390 m
    • Carlow Bus Stn · 822, 887 · 1/hour at peak · 391 m
    • Hanover Bus Park · 874, IW02 · 398 m
    • Carlow Bus Stn · 800, IW08 · 1/hour at peak · 403 m

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

    • St. Leo's College · 316 m-4.9% pupils (842)
    • S N Muire Gan Smal · 338 m-8.5% pupils (345)
    • Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa · 347 m-0.9% pupils (111)
    • Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch · 486 m-15.4% pupils (165)
    • St Mary's Academy CBS · 530 m-9.6% pupils (367) · 4 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
    • St Laserians Special Sc · 768 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:54
    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 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Council consultation portalsPublic26 Oct 2026, 00:55open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public26 Oct 2026, 01:54open
    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. Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
      Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
      Seller · council
    2. High radon area (1 in 10 homes): has it been tested?
      Ask for: Radon test results.
      Seller
    3. Application 126 m away open for comments until 20 Nov 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      Council
    4. 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
    • Zoned M2 (major town centre); monument zone; no vacant land tax; high radon area.
    • 18 sites nearby could change: 1 stalled build, 7 approved schemes, 10 empty zoned plots.
    • 7 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 20 Nov 2026.
    • 287 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 90 at Leighlin Road.
    • Carlow Bus Stn (bus 365, 376) 390 m away: 14 an hour at morning peak; 31 from all stops within 500 m.
    • Here (2022 census): 86% rent (council 29%); 13% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 33% drive to work (council 62%); population up 11% since 2016.
    • Around here the council decides in a median 73 days (about 10 weeks); 50% are asked for more information.
    • Homes started within 1 km: 25 in the last year, 110 three years before.
    What the terms mean 10 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.
    • Building site that stopped (Commenced, no completion certificate): A housing build that told the council it was starting at least three years ago, passed its own planned finish date, and has never been signed off as finished.
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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 26 Oct 2026, 16:39 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.