100 Heather Hill Avenue, Carlow
Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (97%). 1 application nearby open for comments.
Not held yet for Laois County Council: council consultations.
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 49 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 2 months after
- 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
What's the planning story of this house?
When it was built, and the rules since
Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
What it says
Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services
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.
carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 · 9 Sept 2024 – 8 Sept 2030
What it says
Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities.
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.
laois county development plan 2021 2027 including ministerial direction as varied by variation no 1 no 2 and no 3 · 8 Mar 2022 – 7 Mar 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.
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Radon grid squares | 1 | |
| Monuments | 1 | Burnt spread |
How we work this out
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), EPA radon map, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development plan zoning (councils) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:06 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
| Constraint layers (bundle) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | 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
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
Extensions are almost always approved here: 100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 100% approved, and 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
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 · 22 nearby, 998 council-wide
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
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 49 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 95 days. Building starts about 2 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated59 decided home extensions, 15 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 9 appealed approvals were reversed.
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
- 501175 Granted with conditions · Tirl?n Farmlife Graiguecullen Branch , Portlaoise Road Carlow town ,… · 476 m
- 501153 Invalid · Tirl?n Farmlife Graiguecullen Branch , Portlaoise Road Carlow town ,… · 476 m
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews) | © the publisher | 31 Oct 2026, 23:12 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
What's changing around you?
- 1Portlaoise road, Carlow 2660714
- 2Sleaty Road, Carlow 2660360
- 30.8 ha zoned for homes
- 40.5 ha zoned for homes
- 50.7 ha zoned for homes
- 62.5 ha zoned for homes
- 70.1 ha zoned for homes
- 815.3 ha zoned for homes
- 9Fr. Maher Park, Sleaty Road Graiguecullen 2660365
- 10Unit 16, Barrow Valley Retail Park 2660360
- 11NO.9 Oakley Crescent, Graiguecullen 2660166
- 12No. 23 Oakley Crescent, Graiguecullen Carlow 2660445
- 1343 Barrowvale, Graiguecullen 2660045
- 14Sleaty St., Graiguecullen 2660117
- 15Tirlán Farmlife Graiguecullen Branch, Portlaoise Road Carlow town 2660034
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 27 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 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.
Measured28 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 10 Nov 2026.
- Comments close 10 Nov 20269 days left12660714 · application received — retain a takeaway coffee unit, seated waiting area, existing signage and all associated site…€20 to the council · 412 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Sites that could change 6 within 500 m
Empty land zoned for homes 6
- 30.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 192 m
- 40.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 305 m
- 50.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 389 m
- 62.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 401 m
- 70.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 426 m
- 815.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| Derelict sites registers | CC BY 4.0 | 26 Oct 2026, 23:09 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 2 and 5 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.
2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Open for comments €20 to comment
- 1Portlaoise road , Carlow , Co. Laois. comments close 10 Nov 2026retain a takeaway coffee unit, seated waiting area, existing signage and all associated site works
Every application within 500 m 18 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- Portlaoise road , Carlow , Co. Laois. Withdrawn or not validretain a takeaway coffee unit, seated waiting area, existing signage and all associated site works
- 12No. 23 Oakley Crescent , Graiguecullen Carlow , Co. Laois. Approved with conditionsconstruct a single storey extension to the West elevation of my existing dwelling and all associated site…
- No. 23 Oakley Crescent , Graiguecullen Carlow , Co. Laois. Withdrawn or not validconstruct a single storey extension to the West elevation of existing dwelling and all associated site works…
- 9Fr. Maher Park , Sleaty Road Graiguecullen , Carlow Co. Laois Approved with conditionsconstruct the following works: a) a running embankment, b) the erection of 3no. Pitch side LED Floodlights c)…
- 10Unit 16 , Barrow Valley Retail Park , Sleaty Road Graigue Carlow Co. Laois Approved with conditionsmake alterations to the existing commercial/warehouse unit, including proposed external signage and…
- Unit 16 , Barrow Valley Retail Park , Sleaty Road Graigue Carlow Co. Laois Withdrawn or not validPermission for development consisting of alterations to the existing commercial/warehouse unit, including…
- Fr. Maher Park , Sleaty Road Graiguecullen , Carlow Co. Laois Withdrawn or not validconstruct the following works: a) a running embankment, b) the erection of 3no. Pitch side LED Floodlights c)…
- Unit 16 , Barrow Valley Retail Park , Sleaty Road Graigue Carlow Co. Laois Withdrawn or not validmake alterations to the existing commercial/warehouse unit, including proposed external signage and…
- 14Sleaty St. , Graiguecullen , Carlow No decision yetto erect pitch flood lighting and associated poles and all necessary site works
- 11NO.9 Oakley Crescent , Graiguecullen , Carlow Approved with conditionsconstruct a two-storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling house, together with a pedestrian gate…
- NO.9 OAKLEY CRESCENT , GRAIGUECULLEN , CARLOW Withdrawn or not validCONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH A GATE TO THE SIDE BOUNDARY…
- 1343 Barrowvale , Graiguecullen , Co. Laois. Approved with conditionsconstruct a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing two storey dwelling, connection to…
- 43 Barrowvale , Graiguecullen , Co. Laois. Withdrawn or not validconstruct a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing two storey dwelling, connection to…
- 15Tirlán Farmlife Graiguecullen Branch , Portlaoise Road Carlow town , Co. Laois Approved with conditions1) Retain permission for the removal of existing trees and hedges to a 22.5m portion of the front boundary…
- 43 Barrowvale , Graiguecullen , Co. Laois. Withdrawn or not validconstruct a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing two storey dwelling, connection to…
- Fr. Maher Park , Sleaty Road Graiguecullen , Carlow Co. Laois Withdrawn or not validconstruct a running embankment and all ancillary site works
- Fr. Maher Park , Sleaty Road Graiguecullen , Carlow Co. Laois Withdrawn or not validCONSTRUCT A RUNNING EMBANKMENT AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
How we work this out
Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
- 2Sleaty Road, Carlow, Laois · 18 Sept 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 2660360 · 139 m
How we work this out
Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Estate: Heather Hill · 2 applications in 10 years
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Play Together Montessori Preschool · Crèche | 21 Aug 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 663 m |
How we work this out
Sources: Housing estates, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing estates | ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026, 23:03 | open |
| Department of Education school list | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026, 23:04 | open |
| Tusla early years register | Public register | 28 Oct 2026, 23:19 | open |
How busy is this area Busier than most of Laois County Council.
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
4% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 58% owner-occupied (council 71%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107052016
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- S N Naomh Fhiach · primary · 570 pupils · 743 m
Stops 9
- Sleaty Road · CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 170 m
- Sleaty Road · CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 176 m
- Barrow Valley · 822, CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 180 m
- Sleaty Street · CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 475 m
- Sleaty Street · CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 542 m
- Maryborough Street · CW2 · 2/hour at peak · 732 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- S N Naomh Fhiach · 743 m-5.2% pupils (570) · temporary classrooms 2025, approved with conditions · a pitch or play area 2024, approved with conditions · a pitch or play area 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:02 | open |
| Department of Education school list | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026, 23:04 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
| Council consultation portals | Public | 1 Nov 2026, 01:08 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | Public | 1 Nov 2026, 02:24 | 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 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?SolicitorAsk for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
- Application 412 m away open for comments until 10 Nov 2026: comment?CouncilAsk for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Townland
- Graigue
- Electoral division
- Graigue Rural
- Electoral area
- Graiguecullen -Portarlington-Lea-6
- Council
- Laois County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
- 6 sites nearby could change: 6 empty zoned plots.
- 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 10 Nov 2026.
- Barrow Valley (bus 822, CW2) 180 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 8 from all stops within 500 m.
- Here (2022 census): 58% owner-occupied (council 71%); 2% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 58% drive to work (council 65%); population up 11% since 2016.
- Around here the council decides in a median 57 days (about 8 weeks); 42% are asked for more information.
- Homes started within 1 km: 8 in the last year, 46 three years before.
- 18 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 93%).
What the terms mean 7 terms
- Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
- Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
- Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
- Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
- Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
- Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
- What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
Sources and licences 27
| 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 | 30 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 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 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | Local authorities (consultation portals) | Public | 1 Nov 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | © the publisher | 31 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 | 26 Oct 2026 |
| overpass-api.de | OpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County Council | ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | Public | 1 Nov 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 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 | 1 Nov 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | Public register | 28 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |