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Planning report · Clare County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 10 Oct 2026, 18:30

12 R352

52.93247, -8.42663

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024. 13 homes approved 81 m away haven't started.

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Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
1planning file on this houselatest 202453 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 52–540open for comments nearbywithin 500 m13homes approved nearby, not startednearest 81 m · 22269

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 53 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  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 2025.

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 houseAll of MountshannonBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2025: 24414 · garden room, approved2017: 1 file on Mountshannon2020: 2 files on Mountshannon2021: 2 files on Mountshannon2022: 4 files on Mountshannon2023: 3 files on Mountshannon2024: 3 files on Mountshannon2025: 3 files on Mountshannon2026: 2 files on Mountshannon20 files

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

  1. 2025
    24414 · garden room · approved 2025 · not started, runs out 2030
    approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
M2
Zoning · Major town centre
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says

Mixed Use: The use of land for ‘mixed use’ developments shall incl. the use of land for a range of uses, making provision, where appropriate, for primary and secondary uses e.g. commercial/retail development as the primary use with residential dev. as secondary

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

mountshannon settlement plan · 20 Apr 2023 – 19 Apr 2029

Heritage inventory3 within 100 m Saint Caimin's Church (Kilfintinan); The Old School House

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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Mountshannon (616 m)

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings5The Old Rectory; Mountshannon Market House
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: 31 on the draft 2027 map; 31 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, constraints.niah, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:11open
constraints.niahCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
epa_leapCC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026, 23:09open
rzltCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:59open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 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: bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:23
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
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: 100% approved, and 1 in 8 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site16 decided · more info asked 12%
100% · 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 · 16 nearby, 2,593 council-wide

Figure 3

Mountshannon, file by file since 2017

4 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 3 of 3.

20 planning files on Mountshannon since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2022 · porch / front · approved · 22124No. 3 · 2023 · other extension · approved · 2360172No number · 2025 · first-floor · approved · 2560281No number · 2026 · other extension · approved · 2660166Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2017 · other work · approved · 17695No. 4 · 2020 · other work · approved · 20941No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21253No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 218000No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22123No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22269No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22340No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 238001No number · 2024 · other work · refused · 24153No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460460No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 25205No. 17 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560203No. 8 · 2026 · other work · approved · 261New house in a side gardenNo number · 2020 · new house · approved · 20939No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23597No number · 2024 · new house · approved · 24414
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

20 files with "Mountshannon" 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 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: npad, acp · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 01:42
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
    npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 53 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 53 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 53 days, middle half 52–54 (n=9)53 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeks

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

    Calculated10 decided home extensions, 0 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed1 decided
    0 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 12 R352 with 9 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 1Mountshannon 22269Approved, no sign building has started · 81 m
    2. 20.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 7 m
    3. 30.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 24 m
    4. 40.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 110 m
    5. 51.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 119 m
    6. 61.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 123 m
    7. 70.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 180 m
    8. 8No. 8 Sandycove, Mountshannon 261Approved with conditions · 123 m
    9. 9Main Street, Mountshannon 2660166Approved with conditions · 305 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 19 permissions since 2016, 1 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    20 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 19 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 19 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 14 with no start notice found, 4 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT19: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused19: approved → approved1: refused → refused14: approved → no start notice found1: approved → signed off4: approved → ran out20 lodged20 lodged19 approved19 approved1 refused1 refused19 approved19 approved1 refused1 refused14 no start notice found14 no start notice found1 signed off1 signed off4 ran out4 ran out

    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.

    Measured20 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    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 8

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      13 homes 81 m away were approved May 2023 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to May 2028.

      Mountshannon · 13 homes: 13 homes approved May 2023, not started2023202420252026202720282029Mountshannon · 13 homes81 m · 2226913 homes approved May 2023, not started13 homes approved May 2023, not startedtoday

      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 11 within 500 m

      Approved, not started 1

      • Mountshannon · 13 homes approved May 2023, not started · 81 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 10

      • 20.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 7 m
      • 30.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 24 m
      • 40.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 110 m
      • 51.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 119 m
      • 61.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 123 m
      • 70.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 180 m
      • 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 192 m
      • 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 203 m
      • 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 210 m
      • 0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 348 m

      Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).

      Sources: acp, bcms, derelict, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      derelictCC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026, 09:35open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      Figure 9

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 4 a year; busiest 2022. 95% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 1, 2020: 2, 2021: 2, 2022: 4, 2023: 3, 2024: 3, 2025: 3, 2026: 205102017: 1 approved1’17*2020: 2 approved2’202021: 2 approved2’212022: 4 approved4’222023: 3 approved3’232024: 2 approved2024: 1 refused3’242025: 3 approved3’252026: 2 approved2’26*
      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 2 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: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 01:42
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      Homes coming 13 not started
      • 1Mountshannon · 13 homes · not started · runs out 2 May 2028 · 81 m
      How we work this out
      Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).
      Sources: acp, bcms, npad, social_housing · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      social_housingCC-BY-SA-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Mountshannon Childcare Centre · Crèche17 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 437 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: schools, tusla_ey · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 23:32
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      tusla_eypublic (Tusla statutory register; acknowledgement required, no open licence stated)5 Oct 2026, 23:33open
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Clare County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here1
      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: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 10

      This street block against the council

      63% owner-occupied (council 72%).

      Homes built before 1971
      17% · council 26%
      Homes built since 2001
      50% · council 32%
      Owner-occupied
      63% · council 72%
      Rented
      29% · council 21%
      Children under 15
      15% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      16% · council 17%
      Households with 2+ cars
      31% · council 47%
      Work mainly from home
      8% · council 11%
      This small area (209 people)Clare

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 037121003

      Bus
      160 m
      Mountshannon · 344 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 4

        • Mountshannon · 344 · 160 m
        • Mountshannon · 344 · 0/hour at peak · 163 m
        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
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        gtfsCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:41open
        schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        consultpublic10 Oct 2026, 01:23open
        moderngovpublic10 Oct 2026, 01:24open
        lda_landsCC-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. Garden room (24414) approved 2025, not started: still planned?
          Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
          Seller · solicitor
        2. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
          Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
          Solicitor
        3. 13 homes approved 81 m away (Mountshannon), not started: what is planned?
          Ask for: The planning file for 22269.
          Council
        4. 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
        Mountshannon
        Electoral division
        Mountshannon
        Electoral area
        Killaloe
        Council
        Clare County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 1 application on this site; latest 24414, approved 2025, not started, runs out 2030.
        • Zoned M2 (major town centre); on the vacant land tax map.
        • 11 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 10 empty zoned plots.
        • 13 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 13 at Mountshannon.
        • Mountshannon (bus 344) 163 m away: 4 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
        • Here (2022 census): 63% owner-occupied (council 72%); 39% of homes empty (council 17%); most built 2001–2010; 73% drive to work (council 66%); population up 10% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
        • 2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        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.
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        Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
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        National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
        services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026
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        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 10 Oct 2026, 18:30 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.