Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 9 Oct 2026, 20:45
L7972
52.93994, -7.04430
Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 46 homes approved 25 m away haven't started.
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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
On this site
R1
Zoning · New 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
ZoningR3 · Rural cluster
What it says
Residential 2: To provide for new residential development, residential services and community facilities. Housing Density approximately 12-25 houses per Hectare.
A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.
laois county development plan 2021 2027 · 8 Mar 2022 – 7 Mar 2028
ZoningR1 · New residential
What it says
Residential 2: To provide for new residential development, residential services and community facilities. Housing Density approximately 12-25 houses per Hectare.
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
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.
Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 1 | court house |
| Monuments | 1 | R186781 |
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: 10 on the draft 2027 map; 25 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah, 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.niah | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | 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: 88% approved, and 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
New house in a garden or site8 decided · more info asked 25%
88% · 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 · 8 nearby, 1,491 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.
How long, and what if someone objects?
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
What's changing around you?
- 12, Linden Drive 2660534
- 2Ballylinan 2560768
- 30.3 ha zoned for homes
- 40.8 ha zoned for homes
- 50.3 ha zoned for homes
- 61.0 ha zoned for homes
- 70.8 ha zoned for homes
- 80.2 ha zoned for homes
- 9Rahin Towers, Ballylinan 2560872
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 19 permissions since 2016, 2 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.
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.
Measured22 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 19 Oct 2026.
Time to appeal ends
- Time to appeal ends 19 Oct 202610 days left12660534 · CONDITIONAL — Retain existing domestic garage and all ancillary site development works€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 254 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
46 homes 25 m away were approved May 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to May 2031.
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
- Ballylinan · 46 homes approved May 2026, not started · 25 m
Empty land zoned for homes 10
- 30.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 99 m
- 40.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 111 m
- 50.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 119 m
- 61.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 126 m
- 70.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 146 m
- 80.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 158 m
- 0.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 202 m
- 0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 217 m
- 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 242 m
- 2.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2024. 91% 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 8 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 12 , Linden Drive , Ballylinan Approved with conditionsRetain existing domestic garage and all ancillary site development works
- 2 , Linden Drive , Ballylinan Withdrawn or not validretain an existing domestic garage and all ancillary site development works
- 9Rahin Towers , Ballylinan , Co Laois Approved with conditionsconstruct 30 residential units, consisting of 12 no. 2-storey 4-bedroom semi-detached houses (House Type A),…
- 2Ballylinan , Ballylinan , Co Laois Approved with conditionsConstruct 46 no houses comprising of; 40 no semi-detached 3 bedroom houses and 6 no detached 3 bedroom…
- Ballylinan , Ballylinan , Co Laois Withdrawn or not validConstruct 46 no houses comprising of; 40 no semi-detached 3 bedroom houses and 6 no detached 3 bedroom…
- Rahin Towers , Ballylinan , Co Laois Withdrawn or not validconstruct 32 residential units, consisting of 12 no. 2-storey 4-bedroom semi-detached houses (House Type A),…
- Rahin Towers , Ballylinan , Co Laois Withdrawn or not validconstruct 32 residential units, consisting of 12 no. 2-storey 4-bedroom semi-detached houses (House Type A),…
- Rahim Towers , Ballylinan , Co Laois Withdrawn or not validconstruct 32 residential units, consisting of 12 no. 2-storey 4-Bedroom semi-detached houses (Type A),8 no…
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.
Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
- Main Street, Ballylynan, Laois · 6 Mar 2026 · 6 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60083 · 499 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: bcms · fetched 8 Oct 2026, 06:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 8 Oct 2026, 06:04 | open |
Homes coming 46 not started
- 2Ballylinan · 46 homes · not started · runs out 18 May 2031 · 25 m
- 9Rahin Towers · 30 homes · under appeal · runs out 25 Aug 2031 · 405 m
- Doírín Alaínn · 12 homes · ran out · runs out 28 Aug 2023 · 284 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).
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
How busy is this area Busier than most of Laois County Council.
Homes approved
Here174
Council middle0
Homes started
Here13
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
44% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 95% owner-occupied (council 71%).
Homes built before 1971
44% · council 23%
Homes built since 2001
33% · council 44%
Owner-occupied
95% · council 71%
Rented
2% · council 24%
Children under 15
17% · council 22%
Aged 65 and over
19% · council 13%
Households with 2+ cars
60% · council 49%
Work mainly from home
2% · council 9%
This small area (168 people)Laois
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107014004
Bus
368 m
Ballylynan · 897 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
Nearest school
810 m
Scoil Padraig, 218 pupils
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Scoil Padraig · primary · 218 pupils · 810 m
Stops 3
- Ballylynan · 897 · 368 m
- Ballylynan · 897, IW02, IW06 · 1/hour at peak · 461 m
- Ballylynan · IW02, IW06 · 465 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Scoil Padraig · 809 m+2.3% pupils (218)
Sources: gtfs, schools, npad, 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 |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026, 01:41 | open |
| consult | public | 9 Oct 2026, 01:21 | open |
| moderngov | public | 9 Oct 2026, 01:22 | 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
- On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?SolicitorAsk for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
- 46 homes approved 25 m away (Ballylinan), not started: what is planned?CouncilAsk for: The planning file for 2560768.
- 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
- Ballylynan
- Electoral division
- Ballylynan
- Electoral area
- Graiguecullen -Portarlington-Lea-6
- Council
- Laois County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned R1 (new residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
- 11 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 10 empty zoned plots.
- 46 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 46 at Ballylinan.
- Ballylynan (bus 897, IW02) 461 m away: 5 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
- Here (2022 census): 95% owner-occupied (council 71%); 5% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 79% drive to work (council 65%); population up 5% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 41% are asked for more information.
- 8 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
- 13 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
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.
- Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
- Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
- 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
| 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 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 | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 9 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 9 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 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 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… | 9 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 9 Oct 2026, 20:45 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.