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Planning report · Clare County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 24 Oct 2026, 19:55

R474, Milltown Malbay

52.85306, -9.39623

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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

51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–541open for comments nearbyclose 27 Oct

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 51 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  8. 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 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 Leagard NorthBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2021: 3 files on Leagard North2022: 1 file on Leagard North2024: 1 file on Leagard North2025: 2 files on Leagard North7 files

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

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

On this site
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km
Within 2.0 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings8Saint Joseph's Catholic Church; M. Lynch
Monuments58Ringfort - rath
How we work this out
'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
How we work this out
Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 24 Oct 2026, 02:34
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:34open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

A new house in a garden is harder: 88% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site16 decided · more info asked 31%
88% · council 90%
Approved nearbyClare 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 · 16 nearby, 1,600 council-wide

Figure 3

Leagard North, file by file since 2021

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved.

7 planning files on Leagard North since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · other extension · approved · 211182No number · 2022 · rear · approved · 22321Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 211100No. 10 · 2021 · other work · approved · 211275No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 24121No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560419No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560610New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

7 files with "Leagard North" 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 24 Oct 2026, 02:29
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
    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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:34open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 51 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 51 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 51 days, middle half 48–54 (n=13)51 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off50% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated17 decided home extensions, 2 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed1 decided
    1 reversed
    Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

    Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

    CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around R474, Milltown Malbay with 13 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 12 Cluain Uilinn, Spanish Point Road 2660621No decision yet · 909 m
    2. 2Ballard Road, Miltown Malbay 2611Approved with conditions · 462 m
    3. 3Leagard South, Miltown Malbay 2660025Approved with conditions · 464 m
    4. 4Leagard North, Miltown Malbay 2660552No decision yet · 496 m
    5. 5Ennistymon Road, Miltown Malbay 2660294Approved with conditions · 593 m
    6. 6Leagard South, Mitown Malbay 2660417No decision yet · 729 m
    7. 711 Slí Leag Ard, Ballard Road 2660614No decision yet · 739 m
    8. 8Poulawillin, Miltown Malbay 26170Approved with conditions · 854 m
    9. 9Clonbony, Miltown Malbay 26164Approved with conditions · 1.1 km
    10. 10Knockliscrane, Miltown Malbay 26183Approved with conditions · 1.4 km
    11. 11Knockloskeraun, Miltown Malbay 2660471Approved with conditions · 1.4 km
    12. 12Clonboney, Miltown Malbay 2660581No decision yet · 1.6 km
    13. 13Glebe House, Leagard South Spanish Point 2660310Approved with conditions · 1.8 km
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 22 permissions since 2016, 2 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    23 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 23 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 22 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 19 with no start notice found, 1 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT23: lodged → approved22: approved → approved1 approved by the council, refused after an appeal19: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → ran out23 lodged23 lodged23 approved23 approved22 approved22 approved1 refused1 refused19 no start notice found19 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off1 ran out1 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.

    Measured23 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 2.0 km; the first closes 27 Oct 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-27 2660621: application received — for permission for the following works, a) to construct a single-storey extension to the front of the house, b) to consttoday29 Oct3 Nov8 Nov13 Nov18 Nov23 Nov2660621: application received — for permission for the following works, a) to construct a single-storey extension to the front of the house, b) to const · 909 m away · 2026-10-27
    Comments close
    • Comments close 27 Oct 20263 days left
      12660621 · application received — for permission for the following works, a) to construct a single-storey extension to the front…
      €20 to the council · 909 m away

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

    Figure 8

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 6 a year; busiest 2024. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 6, 2022: 1, 2023: 3, 2024: 6, 2025: 5, 2026: 205102021: 6 approved6’21*2022: 1 approved1’222023: 3 approved3’232024: 6 approved6’242025: 5 approved5’252026: 2 approved2’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    Every application within 2.0 km 15 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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:34open
    Building work nearby 7 in the last 12 months
    7 no sign-off needed
    • Leagard South, Miltown Malbay, Clare · 21 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · P26/60310 · 1.8 km
    • Poulawilliam, Miltown Malbay, Clare, V95 F6X8 · 1 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · P2560620 · 842 m
    • knockliscrane, Clare · 3 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560572 · 1.6 km
    • Breaffy North, Miltown Malbay, Clare · 17 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560397 · 957 m
    • Breaffy North, Miltown Malbay, Clare · 17 Feb 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 2560397 · 954 m
    • Spanish Point Road, Miltown Malbay, Clare · 30 Jan 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 2560348 · 1.2 km
    • Spanish Point Road, Miltown Malbay, Clare · 30 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560348 · 1.2 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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:34open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Clare County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here7
    Council middle2
    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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:34open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 9

    This street block against the council

    82% owner-occupied (council 72%).

    Homes built before 1971
    33% · council 26%
    Homes built since 2001
    38% · council 32%
    Owner-occupied
    82% · council 72%
    Rented
    8% · council 21%
    Children under 15
    21% · council 20%
    Aged 65 and over
    20% · council 17%
    Households with 2+ cars
    55% · council 47%
    Work mainly from home
    13% · council 11%
    This small area (197 people)Clare

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 037118005

    Bus
    394 m
    Miltown Malbay · 333 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    433 m
    Miltown Malbay B NS, 128 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Miltown Malbay B NS · primary · 128 pupils · 433 m

    Stops 2

    • Miltown Malbay · 333 · 0/hour at peak · 394 m
    • Miltown Malbay · 333 · 0/hour at peak · 468 m

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

    • Miltown Malbay B NS · 433 m+3.2% pupils (128)
    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 24 Oct 2026, 02:46
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.024 Oct 2026, 02:29open
    Council consultation portalsPublic24 Oct 2026, 01:49open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public24 Oct 2026, 02:46open
    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. Application 909 m away open for comments until 27 Oct 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      Council
    2. 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
    Leagard North
    Electoral division
    Milltown Malbay
    Electoral area
    Ennistimon
    Council
    Clare County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • No vacant land tax.
    • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 27 Oct 2026.
    • Miltown Malbay (bus 333) 394 m away: 5 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
    • Here (2022 census): 82% owner-occupied (council 72%); 25% of homes empty (council 17%); most built 2001–2010; 64% drive to work (council 66%); population up 8% since 2016.
    • Around here the council decides in a median 53 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
    • 15 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 94%).
    • 7 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
    What the terms mean 6 terms
    • Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
    • Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
    • Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
    • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
    • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
    • 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 25
    SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
    EPA strategic noise maps—CC BY 4.0—
    Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
    Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
    National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
    services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.023 Oct 2026
    data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026
    data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public24 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher23 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.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026
    transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
    lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
    meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public24 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.024 Oct 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
    propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence24 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.018 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 24 Oct 2026, 19:55 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.