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Planning report · Wicklow County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 22 Oct 2026, 10:31

Dunbur Road

52.96829, -6.01593

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2026. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%). 1 application nearby open for comments.

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2planning files on this houselatest 2026100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=34 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–541open for comments nearbyclose 3 Nov

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 50 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. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2026.

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. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Dunbur LowerBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2026: 26203 · extension, undecided2022: 21798 · new house, approved2017: 1 file on Dunbur Lower2018: 2 files on Dunbur Lower2020: 1 file on Dunbur Lower2021: 1 file on Dunbur Lower2022: 3 files on Dunbur Lower2023: 1 file on Dunbur Lower2026: 1 file on Dunbur Lower10 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. 2026
    26203 · extension · no decision yet
    approved?started?signed off?
  2. 2022
    21798 · new house · approved 2022 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas.

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.

wicklow town rathnew local area plan · 23 Jun 2025 – 23 Jun 2031

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 mCountFor example
Monuments1R148687
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), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
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: 83% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site6 decided · more info asked 33%
83% · council 81%
Approved nearbyWicklow 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 · 6 nearby, 1,273 council-wide

Figure 3

Dunbur Lower, file by file since 2017

6 of 6 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 2.

10 planning files on Dunbur Lower since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2018 · other extension · approved · 181202No. 9 · 2018 · rear · approved · 18934No number · 2020 · porch / front · approved · 20370No. 64 · 2022 · single-storey rear · approved · 221071No number · 2022 · side · approved · 2284No. 64 · 2023 · other extension · approved · 2360327Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2017 · other work · approved · 171462No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22481New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21798No number · 2026 · new house · refused · 2637
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

10 files with "Dunbur Lower" 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 · 1 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 1 in the last 12 months

  • 2637 · new house · refused 2 Apr 2026 · 38 m
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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 50 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 44 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.

Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 50 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 104 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 136 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 50 days, middle half 48–54 (n=24)50 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 104 days (n=10)104 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 136 days after permission (n=16)136 days after permissionSigned off56% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

Calculated34 decided home extensions, 16 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed1 decided
0 became permissions
Approvals appealed4 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

Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months
  • 501249 Refused · Dunbur Lower , Wicklow Town , Co. Wicklow · 38 m
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher21 Oct 2026, 01:40open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Dunbur Road with 3 numbered planning items
⌖ the houseOpen for commentsWindow closingRefused
  1. 1Dunbar Road, Dunbar Lower 26203No decision yet · 0 m
  2. 268 Seapoint, Wicklow Town 2660792Approved with conditions · 444 m
  3. 3Dunbur Lower, Wicklow Town 2637Refused · 38 m
Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 15 permissions since 2016, 8 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

16 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 15 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 15 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 6 built with the owner's opt-out, 2 started, 4 with no start notice found, 3 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT15: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused15: approved → approved1: refused → refused4: approved → no start notice found6: approved → built, owner opted out2: approved → started, not signed off3: approved → ran out16 lodged16 lodged15 approved15 approved1 refused1 refused15 approved15 approved1 refused1 refused4 no start notice found4 no start notice found6 built, owner opted out6 built, owner opted out2 started, not signed off2 started, not signed off3 ran out3 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.

Measured16 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 7

The next 30 days

3 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 23 Oct 2026.

3 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-23 ACP 501249: Refuse permission; 2026-11-03 26203: application received — section 42 - extension of appropriate period – 21/798 erect a two-storey dwelling, connect to existing services and open; 2026-11-10 2660792: CONDITIONAL — the installation of 3 new ground-floor window openings on the north facing gable end wall, to serve the existing kitchentoday27 Oct1 Nov6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 NovACP 501249: Refuse permission · 38 m away · 2026-10-2326203: application received — section 42 - extension of appropriate period – 21/798 erect a two-storey dwelling, connect to existing services and open · 0 m away · 2026-11-032660792: CONDITIONAL — the installation of 3 new ground-floor window openings on the north facing gable end wall, to serve the existing kitchen · 444 m away · 2026-11-10
Comments closeTime to appeal endsHigh Court window ends
  • Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 23 Oct 20261 day left
    Refuse permission
    38 m away
  • Comments close 3 Nov 202612 days left
    126203 · application received — section 42 - extension of appropriate period – 21/798 erect a two-storey dwelling, connect to…
    €20 to the council · 0 m away
  • Time to appeal ends 10 Nov 202619 days left
    22660792 · CONDITIONAL — the installation of 3 new ground-floor window openings on the north facing gable end wall, to serve the…
    €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 444 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 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2022. 94% of decisions were approvals.

2017: 1, 2018: 2, 2020: 1, 2021: 3, 2022: 4, 2023: 2, 2025: 1, 2026: 205102017: 1 approved1’17*2018: 2 approved2’182020: 1 approved1’202021: 3 approved3’212022: 4 approved4’222023: 2 approved2’232025: 1 approved1’252026: 1 approved2026: 1 refused2’26*
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Open for comments €20 to comment

Every application within 500 m 3 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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
1 no sign-off needed
  • Dunbur Upper, Wicklow Town, Wicklow, A67EC42 · 13 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560703 · 477 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 22 Oct 2026, 02:10
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
0
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

NameLatest inspectionDistance
Treasures Montessori Preschool · Crèche9 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate170 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 21 Oct 2026, 23:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
Tusla early years registerPublic register21 Oct 2026, 23:37open
How busy is this area About as busy as most of Wicklow County Council.
Homes approved
Here0
Council middle0
Homes started
Here2
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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 9

This street block against the council

9% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 91% owner-occupied (council 71%).

Homes built before 1971
9% · council 26%
Homes built since 2001
49% · council 32%
Owner-occupied
91% · council 71%
Rented
6% · council 24%
Children under 15
19% · council 21%
Aged 65 and over
15% · council 15%
Households with 2+ cars
81% · council 48%
Work mainly from home
22% · council 14%
This small area (270 people)Wicklow

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 257077001

Homes sold nearby
10
in 3 years (Property Price Register)
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 22 Oct 2026, 02:38
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      Council consultation portalsPublic22 Oct 2026, 01:44open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public22 Oct 2026, 02:38open
      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. Extension (26203) awaits a decision: what is planned?
        Ask for: The application on the council's website.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. New house (21798) built without official sign-off: built properly?
        Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
        Seller · solicitor
      3. Application 0 m away open for comments until 3 Nov 2026: comment?
        Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
        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
      Dunbur Lower
      Electoral division
      Wicklow Rural
      Electoral area
      Wicklow
      Council
      Wicklow County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 2 applications on this site; latest 26203, no decision yet.
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
      • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 3 Nov 2026.
      • 1 application refused within 100 m since 2025; latest a new house (2026).
      • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
      • Here (2022 census): 91% owner-occupied (council 71%); 5% of homes empty (council 7%); most built 2001–2010; 68% drive to work (council 58%); population up 26% since 2016.
      • Around here the council decides in a median 51 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
      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.
      • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
      • 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.
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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 22 Oct 2026, 10:31 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.