R462, Tulla
Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024. 39 homes approved 124 m away haven't started.
Not held yet for Clare 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 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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 20252460509 · extension · approved 2025 · started, no sign-off neededapprovedstartedsigned off?
- 20242460125 · extension · approved 2024 · not started, runs out 2029approvedstartedsigned off
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
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.
tulla settlement plan · 20 Apr 2023 – 19 Apr 2029
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.
tulla settlement plan variation no 1 · 20 Apr 2023 – 19 Apr 2029
Not on this site: protected building, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 7 | Tulla Library; Tulla Constabulary Barrack |
| Monuments | 6 | Enclosure; Burnt mound |
How we work this out
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), 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 |
| National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | 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 |
| 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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 31 Oct 2026, 02:56 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 | open |
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: 100% approved, and 1 in 7 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 · 13 nearby, 1,607 council-wide
Tulla, file by file since 2021
10 of 11 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 4 of 4.
32 files with "Tulla" 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 1 | 1 | — |
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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
| 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 | 31 Oct 2026, 02:56 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 | open |
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 54 days.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated14 decided home extensions, 4 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions.
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?
- 1Church Road 2460622
- 20.2 ha zoned for homes
- 32.0 ha zoned for homes
- 43.3 ha zoned for homes
- 52.2 ha zoned for homes
- 60.2 ha zoned for homes
- 71.6 ha zoned for homes
- 8Tulla, Co. Clare 25381
- 9Bunavory Td, Tulla 26147
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 26 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 0 have 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.
Measured28 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
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
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
39 homes 124 m away were approved Sept 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Sept 2030.
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 10 within 500 m
Approved, not started 1
- Church Road · 39 homes approved Sep 2025, not started · 124 m
Empty land zoned for homes 9
- 20.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 35 m
- 32.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 62 m
- 43.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 146 m
- 52.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 147 m
- 60.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 154 m
- 71.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 170 m
- 0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 171 m
- 0.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 183 m
- 0.3 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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
| 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 | 31 Oct 2026, 02:56 | open |
| Derelict sites registers | CC BY 4.0 | 26 Oct 2026, 23:09 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 4 and 8 a year; busiest 2024. 93% of decisions were approvals.
2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Every application within 500 m 2 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 9Bunavory Td , Tulla , Co. Clare Approved with conditionsto modify existing entrance to include new agricultural gate entrance alongside relocated vehicular entrance…
- 8Tulla , Co. Clare Approvedto Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission for P24/60475 to alter house types approved under…
How we work this out
Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 | 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 | 31 Oct 2026, 02:56 | open |
Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
- church street, Tulla, Clare · 11 Apr 2026 · 39 homes · start notice not signed off · P24/60622 & APB322462-25 & P25/60633 · 295 m
How we work this out
Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 02:56
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 31 Oct 2026, 02:56 | open |
Homes coming 39 not started
- 1Church Road · 39 homes · not started · runs out 10 Sept 2030 · 124 m
- Bunavory and Tulla Townlands · 30 homes · building started · 274 m
- Bunavory and Tulla Townlands · 12 homes · building started · 290 m
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
| 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 | 31 Oct 2026, 02:56 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 | open |
| Social housing construction status report | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:02 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bright Sparks Montessori · Crèche | 25 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | approx. 172 m |
| Tulla Community Preschool · Crèche | 2 Dec 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 513 m |
How we work this out
How busy is this area Busier than most of Clare 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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
| 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 | 31 Oct 2026, 02:56 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 | open |
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
50% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 80% owner-occupied (council 72%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 037150004
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- St Mochullas N.S. · primary · 259 pupils · 123 m
- St. Joseph's Secondary School Tulla · postprimary · 727 pupils · 383 m
Stops 4
- Tulla West · 318, 342, 344 · 1/hour at peak · 244 m
- Tulla West · 318, 342, 344 · 1/hour at peak · 247 m
- Tulla · 318, 342, 344 · 1/hour at peak · 373 m
- Tulla · 318, 342, 344 · 1/hour at peak · 383 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- St Mochullas N.S. · 123 m+1.2% pupils (259) · a pitch or play area 2025, approved with conditions
- St. Joseph's Secondary School Tulla · 383 m-0.1% pupils (727)
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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
| 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 | 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 | open |
| Council consultation portals | Public | 31 Oct 2026, 01:06 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | Public | 31 Oct 2026, 02:21 | 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
- Extension (2460509) built without official sign-off: built properly?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
- Extension (2460125) approved 2024, not started: still planned?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
- On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?SolicitorAsk for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
- 39 homes approved 124 m away (Church Road), not started: what is planned?CouncilAsk for: The planning file for 2460622.
- 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
- Tulla
- Electoral division
- Tulla
- Electoral area
- Killaloe
- Council
- Clare County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 2 applications on this site; latest 2460509, approved 2025, started, no sign-off needed.
- Zoned R2 (existing residential); on the vacant land tax map.
- 10 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 9 empty zoned plots.
- 39 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 39 at Church Road.
- Tulla West (bus 318, 342) 244 m away: 10 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak; 3 from all stops within 500 m.
- Here (2022 census): 80% owner-occupied (council 72%); 20% of homes empty (council 17%); most built before 1919; 64% drive to work (council 66%); population up 4% since 2016.
- 1 home extension within 250 m since 2025.
- The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
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.
Sources and licences 26
| 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 | 31 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | 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 | 31 Oct 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 |
| 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 | 31 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC BY 4.0 | 31 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) | © PSRA, PSI licence | 31 Oct 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 |