Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 19 Oct 2026, 16:19

L16566

52.91016, -7.37705

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2019.

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12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Laois County Council: council consultations.

3planning files on this houselatest 2019 0open 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
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

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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed. 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

2019
19223 · work already done · approved 2019 · work already done
approvedstartedsigned off?
2017
17491 · driveway · approved 2017 · ran out unbuilt
approvedstartedsigned off
2018
17419 · extension · approved 2018 · ran out unbuilt
approvedstartedsigned off

On this site

Protected or listed · on the council's list

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 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	1	Norefields

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 · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:24	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 00:29	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	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.

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 02:08

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 01:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 02:08	open

Question 2

Could you extend?

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

Figure 2

Tullyroe, file by file since 2017

4 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

5 files with "Tullyroe" 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 4 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 4 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

2 approved2 no decision or withdrawn

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Other	2	1	—
Single-storey side	2	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

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 19 Oct 2026, 02:08

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 02:08	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 02:08

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 01:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 02:08	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

What appeals changed

1 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

Approvals appealed2 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 L16566 with 3 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseApprovedNo decision yet

1Oldtown, Abbeyleix 2660199Approved with conditions · 46 m
2Oldtown, Abbeyleix 2660285No decision yet · 72 m
3Verdant Cottage, Old Town Tullyroe 2560862Approved with conditions · 172 m

Figure 4

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

Figure 5

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2019. 100% 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 6 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

2Oldtown , Abbeyleix , Co. Laois No decision yet
construct a two-storey detached five-bedroom house and single-storey detached garage, new on-site sewage…
266028519 May 20262 homes72 m
Oldtown , Abbeyleix , Co. Laois Withdrawn or not valid
construct a two-storey detached five-bedroom house and single-storey detached garage, new on-site sewage…
266028015 May 202672 m
1Oldtown , Abbeyleix , Co. Laois R32 X2D5 Approved with conditions
retain permission for fuel shed, utility shed and classic car storage garage, b) planning permission for new…
266019926 May 20261 homes46 m
Oldtown , Abbeyleix , Co. Laois R32 X2D5 Withdrawn or not valid
a) retention permission for fuel shed, utility shed and classic car storage garage, b) planning permission…
26601832 Apr 202646 m
3Verdant Cottage , Old Town Tullyroe , Co. Laois Approved with conditions
Restore and alter the existing dwelling and outhouses, extension to the existing dwelling, new vehicular…
256086216 Feb 20261 homes172 m
Verdant Cottage , Old Town Tullyroe , Co. Laois Withdrawn or not valid
The development consists of, the restoration and alteration of the existing dwelling and outhouses, extension…
25607981 Dec 2025172 m

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 19 Oct 2026, 02:08

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 02:08	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 01:33	open

How busy is this area About as busy as most of Laois County Council.

Homes approved

Here47

Council middle0

Homes started

Here0

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 19 Oct 2026, 02:08

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 01:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 02:08	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 6

This street block against the council

41% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 91% owner-occupied (council 71%).

Homes built before 1971

41% · council 23%

Homes built since 2001

13% · council 44%

Owner-occupied

91% · council 71%

Rented

8% · council 24%

Children under 15

21% · council 22%

Aged 65 and over

21% · council 13%

Households with 2+ cars

53% · council 49%

Work mainly from home

8% · council 9%

This small area (192 people)Laois

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107001002

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

None nearby.

Stops 0

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, 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 19 Oct 2026, 02:28

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:44	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Council consultation portals	Public	19 Oct 2026, 01:38	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	19 Oct 2026, 02:28	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	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Work already done (19223): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Driveway (17491) ran out unbuilt in 2022: built anyway?
Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Extension (17419) ran out unbuilt in 2023: built anyway?
Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
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: Tullyroe
Electoral division: Abbeyleix
Electoral area: Portlaoise
Council: Laois County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

3 applications on this site; latest 19223, approved 2019, work already done.
Not protected; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Here (2022 census): 91% owner-occupied (council 71%); 8% of homes empty (council 8%); most built before 1919; 67% drive to work (council 65%); population up 7% since 2016.
4 home extensions within 250 m since 2025. Most were single-storey side extensions.
Around here the council decides in a median 84 days (about 12 weeks); 53% are asked for more information.
6 applications nearby in the last 12 months.

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.
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.
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	16 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	19 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
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	19 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	19 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	12 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	19 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	19 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	19 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	18 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	18 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 19 Oct 2026, 16:19 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.

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