Planning report · Clare County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 19:20

Crag

52.92808, -9.34577

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%).

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Distance

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Clare County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 2024 98%of home extensions approved nearbyn=52 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–54 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. Here 51 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

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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 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

2024
2460179 · apartments · refused 2024
approvedstartedsigned off?

On this site

Zoning · Existing residential

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningR2 · Existing residential

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.

lahinch settlement plan · 20 Apr 2023 – 19 Apr 2029

ZoningR2 · Existing residential

What it says

lahinch settlement plan variation no 1 · 20 Apr 2023 – 19 Apr 2029

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: Lahinch (914 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	1	hotel
Monuments	9	Cliff-edge fort; Enclosure

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), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:21	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
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	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.

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open

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: 88% approved, and 1 in 6 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site17 decided · more info asked 18%

88% · council 90%

Approved nearbyClare 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 · 17 nearby, 1,607 council-wide

Figure 3

Crag, file by file since 2022

5 of 5 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

10 files with "Crag" 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 · 2022–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 5 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 5 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

5 of 5 approved (100%) · most common: garden room

5 approved

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Other	3	3	—
Garden room	1	1	—
Rear	1	1	—

On An Creag: 6 extensions in 10 years, 90% of all applications approved; most common dormer or attic.

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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

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	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 51 days.

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

Calculated52 decided home extensions, 4 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

0 of 3 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed3 decided

0 became permissions

Approvals appealed1 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

Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months

502072 Pending · Cragg, Lahinch, Co. Clare. · 234 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	31 Oct 2026, 23:12	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Crag with 12 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseWindow closingApproved

1Crag, Lahinch 2660537Approved with conditions · 73 m
2Hy-Brazil Seapark, Lahinch 2660309Approved with conditions · 271 m
35 Cregg Ard, Lahinch 2660201Approved with conditions · 149 m
4School Road, Lahinch 26171Approved · 156 m
55 An Creag, Lahinch 2660512Approved with conditions · 233 m
6Cragg, Lahinch 2660409Approved with conditions · 234 m
7Seapark, Lahinch 2690Approved with conditions · 237 m
811 An Creag, Lahinch 2660129Approved with conditions · 259 m
912a An Creag Ard, Cragg 2660430Approved with conditions · 299 m
10Sea Haven, Station Road Lahinch 2660502Approved with conditions · 340 m
1112 Bay View, Lahinch 2660089Approved with conditions · 356 m
1248 Radharc Na Mara, Lahinch 2660023Approved with conditions · 468 m

Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 51 permissions since 2016, 6 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.

Measured58 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 7

The next 30 days

2 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 3 Nov 2026.

Time to appeal ends

Time to appeal ends 3 Nov 20262 days left
22660309 · CONDITIONAL — to demolish the existing dwelling house, construct a new replacement dwelling house, new boundary walls,…
€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 271 m away
Time to appeal ends 4 Nov 20263 days left
12660537 · CONDITIONAL — for development which will consist of an extension to the existing B&B, removal of garden room and mobile…
€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 73 m away

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

Figure 8

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 6 and 10 a year; busiest 2022. 90% of decisions were approvals.

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 14 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

1Crag , Lahinch , Co. Clare Approved with conditions
for development which will consist of an extension to the existing B&B, removal of garden room and mobile…
26605377 Oct 202673 m
55 An Creag , Lahinch , Co. Clare V95 YC42 Approved with conditions
for development which will consist of: (1) The demolition of an existing sunroom. (2) Alterations and an…
266051223 Sept 20261 homes233 m
10Sea Haven , Station Road Lahinch , Co. Clare Approved with conditions
of the rear annex building which is auxiliary to the main dwelling house along with associated site works
266050218 Sept 20261 homes340 m
912a An Creag Ard , Cragg , Lahinch Co. Clare Approved with conditions
for the construction of extensions to our existing dwelling to comprise of (a) construct flat roofed kitchen/…
266043024 Aug 20261 homes299 m
6Cragg , Lahinch , Co. Clare Approved with conditions
of alterations to approved dwelling house (P22/115 Refers) to include alterations to front and side…
266040917 Aug 20261 homes234 m
4School Road , Lahinch , Co. Clare Approved
to Extend the Appropriate Period for P21/693 for the following works (1) PERMISSION sought for change of…
2617112 Aug 20261 homes156 m
2Hy-Brazil Seapark , Lahinch , Co. Clare V95 K7W7 Approved with conditions
to demolish the existing dwelling house, construct a new replacement dwelling house, new boundary walls,…
26603096 Oct 20261 homes271 m
7Seapark , Lahinch , Co. Clare V95 R996 Approved with conditions
for (a) demolition of an existing dwelling and (b) the construction of a new detached dwelling, (c) new…
269027 May 20261 homes237 m
35 Cregg Ard , Lahinch , Co. Clare V95 P9K1 Approved with conditions
for the renovation, alteration, and extension of the existing dwelling house, including changes to the…
266020110 Jul 20261 homes149 m
811 An Creag , Lahinch , Co. Clare Approved with conditions
to construct a new stand-alone two-storey ancillary living unit within the garden to the rear of the existing…
266012929 Apr 20261 homes259 m
Crag , Lahinch , Co Clare Withdrawn or not valid
to demolish existing derelict dwelling and shed, and to construct a replacement dwelling house, with attached…
265125 Feb 20262 homes453 m
1112 Bay View , Lahinch , Co. Clare V95 V566 Approved with conditions
for the construction of a single-storey extension to the front of the existing dwelling. The proposed…
26600899 Apr 20261 homes356 m
1248 Radharc Na Mara , Lahinch , Co. Clare V95 CX78 Approved with conditions
a) to renovate an existing single storey house including elevational changes and overall height changes; b)…
266002311 Mar 20261 homes468 m
Apartment 6 Atlantic Apartments , Second Lane , Lahinch. Co. Clare V95 NX78 Withdrawn or not valid
for the change of use of Apartment 6 granted permission under Planning Reg. Ref. 91529 to short term rental…
256069111 Nov 2025413 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	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	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open

Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months

1 not signed off2 no sign-off needed

Main Street, Lahinch, Clare, V95 W5P1 · 22 Sept 2026 · 3 homes · start notice not signed off · P24/91 · 440 m
12 An Creag, Lahinch, Clare · 29 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2460615 · 248 m
Station Road, Lahinch, Clare, V95 R3W0 · 10 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · P25-60377 · 372 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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Estate: An Creag · 11 applications in 10 years · 90% approved · most common: attic conversion / dormer

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Realtai Beaga Naionra · Crèche	8 Feb 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	120 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: Housing estates, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Housing estates	ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	28 Oct 2026, 23:19	open

How busy is this area Busier than most of Clare County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here17

Council middle2

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

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	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 9

This street block against the council

10% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 71% owner-occupied (council 72%).

Homes built before 1971

10% · council 26%

Homes built since 2001

34% · council 32%

Owner-occupied

71% · council 72%

Rented

12% · council 21%

Children under 15

14% · council 20%

Aged 65 and over

25% · council 17%

Households with 2+ cars

42% · council 47%

Work mainly from home

19% · council 11%

This small area (223 people)Clare

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 037123004/037123005

Bus

625 m

Lahinch · 333, 350

Nearest school

133 m

Saint Marys NS Lahinch, 166 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Saint Marys NS Lahinch · primary · 166 pupils · 133 m

Stops 1

Lahinch · 333, 350 · 2/hour at peak · 625 m

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

Saint Marys NS Lahinch · 133 m-2.4% pupils (166)

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

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	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open
Council consultation portals	Public	1 Nov 2026, 01:08	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	1 Nov 2026, 02:24	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

Keeping apartments was refused (2460179, 2024): was it removed?
Ask for: Proof it was removed, or a later grant.
Seller · solicitor
Decision 73 m away can be appealed until 4 Nov 2026: appeal?
Ask for: The decision on the council's website (€220 to appeal).
Council
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: Crag
Electoral division: Moy
Electoral area: Ennistimon
Council: Clare County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

1 application on this site; latest 2460179, refused 2024.
Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Lahinch, 625 m away (2 an hour).
Here (2022 census): 71% owner-occupied (council 72%); 59% of homes empty (council 17%); most built 1991–2000; 65% drive to work (council 66%); population up 10% since 2016.
5 home extensions within 250 m since 2026: 5 approved (100%). On An Creag: 6 in 10 years, 90% approved.
Around here the council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 5 is asked for more information.
Homes started within 1 km: 9 in the last year, 11 three years before.

What the terms mean 7 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.
Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
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 28

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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	1 Nov 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	1 Nov 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
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026
overpass-api.de	OpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County Council	ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0	27 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	1 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 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	1 Nov 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

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, 19:20 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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