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Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 2 Nov 2026, 05:19

7 Slí na nÓir, Abbeyleix

52.91925, -7.35682

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2022. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%).

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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Laois County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 2022100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=30 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–540open 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. Here 52 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 4 months after
  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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2022.

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 2001–2010. 1 planning file 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most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2022: 22705 · work already done, withdrawn or invalid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. 2022
    22705 · work already done · withdrawn
    approved?startedsigned off?
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
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
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities.

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.

laois county development plan 2021 2027 · 8 Mar 2022 – 7 Mar 2028

ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities.

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.

laois county development plan 2021 2027 including ministerial direction as varied by variation no 1 no 2 and no 3 · 8 Mar 2022 – 7 Mar 2028

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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: First Ireland Spirits (Manufacturing) Company Limited (169 m); Abbeyleix (643 m)

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
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: 12 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 23:58
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:13open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
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 2 Nov 2026, 05:03
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 03:19open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 05:03open
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: 95% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site22 decided · more info asked 59%
95% · council 90%
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 · 22 nearby, 889 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 2 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    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 2 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 03:19open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 104 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 52 days; If more info asked (1 in 4): 154 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 114 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 52 days, middle half 50–54 (n=22)52 daysIf more info asked (1 in 4)With further information: median 154 days (n=8)154 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 114 days after permission (n=8)114 days after permissionSigned off75% of owners opt out of sign-off

    Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

    Calculated30 decided home extensions, 8 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    3 of 9 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed9 decided
    3 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 7 Slí na nÓir, Abbeyleix with 6 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homes
    1. 11.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 32 m
    2. 20.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 111 m
    3. 31.0 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 118 m
    4. 41.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 122 m
    5. 50.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 201 m
    6. 60.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 282 m
    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 10 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 10

      • 11.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 32 m
      • 20.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 111 m
      • 31.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 118 m
      • 41.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 122 m
      • 50.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 201 m
      • 60.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 282 m
      • 0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 289 m
      • 1.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 323 m
      • 1.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 337 m
      • 1.2 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 2 Nov 2026, 05:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 03:19open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 05:03open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
      Figure 6

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 1 a year; busiest 2023. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 105102022: 1 approved1’22*2023: 1 approved1’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 1 approved1’25
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2022 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 0 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 2 Nov 2026, 05:03
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 05:03open
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 03:19open
        0
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

        Named places estate, developments, inspections

        Crèches and schools inspected

        NameLatest inspectionDistance
        Merry Mornings · Crèche23 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate198 m
        Jelly Tots Community Creche and Playschool · Crèche27 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate802 m
        The Children's House · Crèche20 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate898 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 Laois County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here54
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here5
        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 2 Nov 2026, 05:03
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 03:19open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 05:03open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 7

        This street block against the council

        3% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 33% owner-occupied (council 71%).

        Homes built before 1971
        3% · council 23%
        Homes built since 2001
        81% · council 44%
        Owner-occupied
        33% · council 71%
        Rented
        68% · council 24%
        Children under 15
        29% · council 22%
        Aged 65 and over
        7% · council 13%
        Households with 2+ cars
        21% · council 49%
        Work mainly from home
        5% · council 9%
        This small area (173 people)Laois

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107001011

        Bus
        754 m
        Abbeyleix · 831, 858, 858a
        Nearest school
        941 m
        Abbeyleix Sth NS, 84 pupils
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        • Abbeyleix Sth NS · primary · 84 pupils · 941 m
        • Scoil Mhuire · primary · 269 pupils · 949 m

        Stops 4

        • Abbeyleix · 831, 858, 858a, 858b · 1/hour at peak · 754 m
        • Abbeyleix · 831, 858, 858a, 858b · 1/hour at peak · 774 m

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

        • Abbeyleix Sth NS · 941 m-3.4% pupils (84)
        • Scoil Mhuire · 949 m+3.1% pupils (269)
        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 2 Nov 2026, 05:03
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:05open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 05:03open
        Council consultation portalsPublic2 Nov 2026, 01:11open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public2 Nov 2026, 02:27open
        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. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
          Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
          Solicitor
        2. 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
        Tonduff
        Electoral division
        Abbeyleix
        Electoral area
        Portlaoise
        Council
        Laois County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
        • 1 application on this site; latest 22705, withdrawn.
        • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
        • 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
        • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Abbeyleix, 754 m away (12 a day).
        • Here (2022 census): 68% rent (council 24%); 6% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 59% drive to work (council 65%); population up 7% since 2016.
        • Around here the council decides in a median 84 days (about 12 weeks); 53% are asked for more information.
        • 5 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
        What the terms mean 4 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.
        • 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 25
        SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
        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.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public2 Nov 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher1 Nov 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.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
        data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public2 Nov 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
        propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence2 Nov 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
        tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register28 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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 2 Nov 2026, 05:19 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.