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Planning report · Carlow County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 15:43

Mill Street, Hacketstown Lower

52.86584, -6.55825

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. 4 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

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

4planning files on this houselatest 20250open 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
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law
  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 1981–90, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 4 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

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 1981–1990. 4 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1981–1990 (census estimate)most built2025: 2560390 · extension, undecided2024: 2360178 · extension, approved2022: 22363 · change of use, withdrawn or invalid2022: 22298 · change of use, withdrawn or invalid

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

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

  1. 2025
    2560390 · extension · no decision yet
    approved?started?signed off?
  2. 2024
    2360178 · extension · approved 2024 · not started, runs out 2029
    approvedstartedsigned off
  3. 2022
    22363 · change of use · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  4. 2022
    22298 · change of use · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
On this site
M2
Zoning · Major town centre
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says

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

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

carlow county development plan 2022 2028 hacketstown small town plan · 4 Jul 2022 – 3 Jul 2028

Monument zone1 within 100 m Battlefield, Borough,Brownbog,Curragh,Eaglehill (Hacketstown Ed),Hacketstown Lower,Scotland

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

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Hacketstown Wastewater Treatment Plant (824 m)

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings2Church of Saint John the Baptist (Hacketstown); Saint Brigid's Catholic Church
Radon grid squares1
Monuments2Battlefield; R145956
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: 6 on the draft 2027 map; 7 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Sites and Monuments Record, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, EPA radon map · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
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
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
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: 100% approved, and 83% are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site6 decided · more info asked 83%
100% · council 86%
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 · 6 nearby, 418 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
    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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    What appeals changed

    0 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

    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

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Mill Street, Hacketstown Lower with 13 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yetApproved
    1. 10.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 29 m
    2. 20.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 74 m
    3. 30.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 90 m
    4. 40.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 106 m
    5. 53.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 237 m
    6. 61.0 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 265 m
    7. 7Fruit Street, Hacketstown 2660173No decision yet · 84 m
    8. 8Main Street, Hacketstown 2660128Approved with conditions · 112 m
    9. 9Main Street, Hacketstown 2660284No decision yet · 164 m
    10. 10Eagle Hill Road Eaglehill, Hacketstown 2660235No decision yet · 246 m
    11. 11The Rectory, Hacketstown 2660039Approved with conditions · 339 m
    12. 12Hacketstown Lower, Hacketstown 2660273No decision yet · 357 m
    13. 13Main Street / Mill Street, Hacketstown 2560390No decision yet · 0 m
    Figure 4

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 19 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    19 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 19 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 19 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 3 started, 13 with no start notice found, 1 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT19: lodged → approved19: approved → approved13: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out3: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off1: approved → ran out19 lodged19 lodged19 approved19 approved19 approved19 approved13 no start notice found13 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out3 started, not signed off3 started, not signed off1 signed off1 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.

    Measured19 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 5

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

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

      Sites that could change 8 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 8

      • 10.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 29 m
      • 20.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 74 m
      • 30.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 90 m
      • 40.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 106 m
      • 53.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 237 m
      • 61.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 265 m
      • 0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 266 m
      • 0.1 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
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 6

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 5 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.

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

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

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 10 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 no sign-off needed
      • Hacketstown Lower, Hacketstown, Carlow, R93 H2W6 · 23 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 2518 · 418 m
      How we work this out
      Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.
      Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Apple Tree Pre- School · Crèche24 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 100 m
      Anne’s Montessori · Crèche15 Oct 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 100 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 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Carlow County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here3
      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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 7

      This street block against the council

      44% owner-occupied (council 65%).

      Homes built before 1971
      35% · council 27%
      Homes built since 2001
      13% · council 35%
      Owner-occupied
      44% · council 65%
      Rented
      52% · council 29%
      Children under 15
      23% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      14% · council 15%
      Households with 2+ cars
      31% · council 44%
      Work mainly from home
      6% · council 11%
      This small area (292 people)Carlow

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 017022004

      Bus
      54 m
      Hacketstown · 132, 874 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      310 m
      St Josephs Ns, 149 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • St Josephs Ns · primary · 149 pupils · 310 m
      • Coláiste Eoin · postprimary · 358 pupils · 583 m

      Stops 3

      • Hacketstown · 132, 874 · 54 m
      • Hacketstown · 874 · 0/hour at peak · 58 m
      • Hacketstown · 132 · 70 m

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

      • St Josephs Ns · 310 m+8% pupils (149)
      • Coláiste Eoin · 583 m-1.9% pupils (358)
      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
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Council consultation portalsPublic1 Nov 2026, 01:08open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public1 Nov 2026, 02:24open
      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. Extension (2560390) awaits a decision: what is planned?
        Ask for: The application on the council's website.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. Extension (2360178) approved 2024, not started: still planned?
        Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
        Seller · solicitor
      3. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
        Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
        Solicitor
      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
      Hacketstown Lower
      Electoral division
      Hacketstown
      Electoral area
      Tullow
      Council
      Carlow County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 4 applications on this site; latest 2560390, no decision yet.
      • Zoned M2 (major town centre); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
      • 8 sites nearby could change: 8 empty zoned plots.
      • Hacketstown (bus 874) 58 m away: 2 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 52% rent (council 29%); 14% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1981–1990; 59% drive to work (council 62%); population up 10% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 83 days (about 12 weeks); 53% are asked for more information.
      • 10 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • 3 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
      What the terms mean 5 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.
      • 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.
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      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 4.030 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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
      gis.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection AgencyCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public1 Nov 2026
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      cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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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 1 Nov 2026, 15:43 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.