Planning report · Clare County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 12 Oct 2026, 09:10
Lahinch Road
52.85518, -9.01355
Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2019. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%).
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
3planning files on this houselatest 2019100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=31 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs54 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–550open for comments nearbywithin 500 m
How planning works, with this area's numbers
steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 54 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council
- 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. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2019.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 201919587 · work already done · approved 2019 · work already doneapprovedstartedsigned off?
- 20181830 · new house · approved 2018 · ran out unbuiltapprovedstartedsigned off
- 201717568 · new house · withdrawnapproved?started?signed off?
- 29 May 2019 · notice that building work was starting · no official sign-off needed for this kind of work
- 29 May 2019 · notice that building work was starting · not signed off as finished (no completion certificate on file)
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says
Existing Residential: The obj. for land zoned ‘existing residential’ is to conserve & enhance the quality and character of the areas, to protect residential amenities and to allow for small scale infill development which is appropriate to the character and pattern of Dev
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.
ennis and environs · 20 Apr 2023 – 19 Apr 2029
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 taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Monuments | 4 | Ringfort - rath; Ringfort - cashel |
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 final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 27 on the draft 2027 map; 27 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:18 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 00:14 | open |
| constraints | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false) | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| constraints.smr | 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.
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
A new house in a garden is harder: 90% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
New house in a garden or site30 decided · more info asked 30%
90% · 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 · 30 nearby, 2,593 council-wide
Loughvella, file by file since 2017
2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 0 of 1.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid
9 files with "Loughvella" 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 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m
Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months
| Kind | Applied | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dormer or attic | 1 | 0 | — |
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.
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 54 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 77 days.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated31 decided home extensions, 5 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
1 of 3 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.
Refusals appealed3 decided
1 became permissions
Approvals appealed1 decided
0 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
What's changing around you?
- 1Woodlawn Lahinch Rd, Loughville Ennis 2660498
- 21.2 ha zoned for homes
- 32.9 ha zoned for homes
- 41.6 ha zoned for homes
- 54.0 ha zoned for homes
- 64.2 ha zoned for homes
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes
- 8Lahinch Road, Loughvella 26144
- 91 Woodlawn, Lahinch Road 25337
- 10Lahinch Road, Ennis 2660051
- 1115 Garrán na Coille, Shanaway Road Ennis 2660473
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 38 permissions since 2016, 6 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.
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.
Measured38 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 21 Oct 2026.
Time to appeal ends
- Time to appeal ends 21 Oct 20269 days left12660498 · CONDITIONAL — for (a) demolition of existing rear garage and the construction of a rear single storey extension, (b)…€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 78 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Sites that could change 10 within 500 m
Empty land zoned for homes 10
- 21.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 8 m
- 32.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 50 m
- 41.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 108 m
- 54.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 113 m
- 64.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 197 m
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 208 m
- 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 223 m
- 1.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 245 m
- 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 248 m
- 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 1 and 9 a year; busiest 2025. 97% 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
Every application within 500 m 5 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 1Woodlawn Lahinch Rd , Loughville Ennis , Co. Clare Approved with conditionsfor (a) demolition of existing rear garage and the construction of a rear single storey extension, (b)…
- 1115 Garrán na Coille , Shanaway Road Ennis , Co. Clare Approved with conditionsthe development will consist of alterations to existing detached house including construction of an extension…
- 8Lahinch Road , Loughvella , Ennis Co. Clare (V95 P2D8) No decision yetof (a) a single storey extension to the rear, (b) an attic conversion, (c) first floor windows to both…
- 10Lahinch Road , Ennis , Co. Clare Approved with conditionsto refurbish an existing dwelling house to include the reconfiguration of existing window openings and the…
- 91 Woodlawn , Lahinch Road , Loughville Ennis Co. Clare V95 W1H1 Approved with conditionsof the demolition of parts of the original dwelling house structure which were to be utilized as part of…
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.
Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months
- Lahinch Road, Ennis, Clare, V95 X2X3 · 18 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · P26/60051 · 314 m
- Lahinch Road, Ennis, Clare, V95 A6P2 · 17 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2559 · 226 m
- 1 Woodlawn, Lahinch Road, Ennis, Clare, V95 W1H1 · 16 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25337 · 240 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: bcms · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:09
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 00:09 | open |
Homes coming 0 not started
- Loughvella · 48 homes · building started · 447 m
- Loughville · 26 homes · building started · 204 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).
How busy is this area Busier than most of Clare County Council.
Homes approved
Here26
Council middle0
Homes started
Here108
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.
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
3% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 79% owner-occupied (council 72%).
Homes built before 1971
3% · council 26%
Homes built since 2001
68% · council 32%
Owner-occupied
79% · council 72%
Rented
19% · council 21%
Children under 15
26% · council 20%
Aged 65 and over
13% · council 17%
Households with 2+ cars
62% · council 47%
Work mainly from home
17% · council 11%
This small area (367 people)Clare
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 037057072
Bus
678 m
Woodview · NS2
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
None nearby.
Stops 6
- Woodview · NS2 · 2/hour at peak · 678 m
- Woodview · NS2 · 2/hour at peak · 686 m
- Shanaway Road · NS2 · 2/hour at peak · 785 m
- Shanaway Road · NS2 · 2/hour at peak · 787 m
Sources: gtfs, schools, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, 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 11 Oct 2026, 23:43
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtfs | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| consult | public | 12 Oct 2026, 01:26 | open |
| moderngov | public | 12 Oct 2026, 01:27 | open |
| lda_lands | 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
- Work already done (19587): work kept with permission. Done as approved?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
- New house (1830) ran out unbuilt in 2023: built anyway?Seller · solicitorAsk for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
- On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?SolicitorAsk for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
- Decision 78 m away can be appealed until 21 Oct 2026: appeal?CouncilAsk for: The decision on the council's website (€220 to appeal).
- 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
- Loughvella
- Electoral division
- Ennis Rural
- Electoral area
- Ennis
- Council
- Clare County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 3 applications on this site; latest 19587, approved 2019, work already done.
- Zoned R2 (existing residential); on the vacant land tax map.
- 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
- No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Woodview, 678 m away (2 an hour).
- Here (2022 census): 79% owner-occupied (council 72%); 6% of homes empty (council 17%); most built 2001–2010; 75% drive to work (council 66%); population up 9% since 2016.
- 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
- Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
- Homes started within 1 km: 5 in the last year, 19 three years before.
What the terms mean 8 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.
- Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
- Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
- 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 24
| 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 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC… | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Monuments Service (SMR) | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 12 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 12 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 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | public | 12 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 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) | PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use… | 12 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 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 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 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 12 Oct 2026, 09:10 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.