Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · 8 Oct 2026, 16:26
N77
52.87635, -7.36170
Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024.
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
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
- 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. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 20242460567 · attic or dormer · approved 2024 · not started, runs out 2029approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
None found
Zoning · no zoning in the plans we hold
No
Protected or listed · on our maps
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 riskNo none within 500 m
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Monuments | 1 | R140521 |
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: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:11 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:59 | 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 2 are asked for more information.
New house in a garden or site10 decided · more info asked 60%
90% · council 91%
Approved nearbyLaois 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 · 10 nearby, 1,491 council-wide
Granafallow, file by file since 2018
1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid
5 files with "Granafallow" 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 · 2018–2026
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
No home extensions within 250 m in 5 years.
Refused within 100 m 0 in 5 years
Nothing refused this close in 5 years.
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?
What's changing around you?
The numbered key 6 items
| # | What | Status | Distance | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granafallow, Abbeyleix 21778 | Approved with conditions | 38 m | approved with conditions, 20 Apr 2022 |
| 2 | Dowling Quarries Ltd., Granafallow 2660038 | Approved with conditions | 132 m | approved with conditions, 20 Mar 2026 |
| 3 | Granafallow, Durrow 22295 | Approved with conditions | 298 m | approved with conditions, 8 Aug 2022 |
| 4 | Watercastle Cross, Durrow Road 2639 | Approved | 344 m | approved, 21 Jul 2026 |
| 5 | Brandra, Abbeyleix 2360413 | Approved with conditions | 470 m | approved with conditions, 18 Jan 2024 |
| 6 | Granafallow, Abbeyleix 2460567 | Approved with conditions | 0 m | approved with conditions, 20 Nov 2024 |
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
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2021. 100% of decisions were approvals.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided
2018 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Every application within 500 m 7 in 5 years
See every application on the map
- 4Watercastle Cross , Durrow Road , Abbeyleix ApprovedDemolish old workshop and construct new workshop toilet and entrance
- 2Dowling Quarries Ltd. , Granafallow , Abbeyleix Approved with conditionsretain an office and staff facilities, and the permission for the installation of a new wastewater treatment…
- Granafallow , Abbeyleix , Co. Laois Withdrawn or not validretain structures at Granafallow, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois. The development consists of the retention of an…
- 6Granafallow , Abbeyleix , County Laois Approved with conditionserect a 24m lattice telecommunications support structure on a 1.2 metre high raised foundation (providing an…
- 5Brandra , Abbeyleix , Co. Laois Approved with conditionserect a new dwelling house, septic tank treatment system, new site entrance and all associated site works.
- 3Granafallow , Durrow , Co. Laois Approved with conditionsdemolish existing derelict dwelling house and shed, to construct new single storey dwelling house, upgrade…
- 1Granafallow , Abbeyleix , Co. Laois Approved with conditionsretain an existing domestic workshop/store/carport and all associated site works
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.
How busy is this area About as busy as most of Laois County Council.
Homes approved
Here0
Council middle0
Homes started
Here2
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.
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
51% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 86% owner-occupied (council 71%).
Homes built before 1971
51% · council 23%
Homes built since 2001
18% · council 44%
Owner-occupied
86% · council 71%
Rented
8% · council 24%
Children under 15
16% · council 22%
Aged 65 and over
20% · council 13%
Households with 2+ cars
55% · council 49%
Work mainly from home
11% · council 9%
This small area (187 people)Laois
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107001001
Flood
None
no OPW flood extent within 500 m
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
None nearby.
Stops 0
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 4 Oct 2026, 23:41
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtfs | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:41 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| consult | public | 8 Oct 2026, 01:19 | open |
| moderngov | public | 8 Oct 2026, 01:20 | 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
- Attic or dormer (2460567) approved 2024, not started: still planned?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
- 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
- Granafallow
- Electoral division
- Abbeyleix
- Electoral area
- Portlaoise
- Council
- Laois County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 1 application on this site; latest 2460567, approved 2024, not started, runs out 2029.
- Not protected; no vacant land tax.
- Nothing nearby looks set to change.
- No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
- Here (2022 census): 86% owner-occupied (council 71%); 16% of homes empty (council 8%); most built before 1919; 69% drive to work (council 65%); population up 7% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 41% are asked for more information.
- 7 applications nearby in 5 years; 100% approved (council 93%).
- 2 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
What the terms mean 3 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.
- 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 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 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC-BY-4.0 | 8 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 | 8 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 8 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 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | public | 8 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 8 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… | 8 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | 25 Sept 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 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 8 Oct 2026, 16:26 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.