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Planning report · Wicklow County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 11 Oct 2026, 06:07

Ocean View

52.97334, -6.04541

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2017. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (97%).

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2planning files on this houselatest 201797%of home extensions approved nearbyn=175 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs49 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 46–540open 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 49 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 3 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 1981–90, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2017.

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 1981–1990. 2 planning files 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small area date from 1981–1990 (census estimate)most built2017: 17170 · extension, approved2017: 17136 · extension, withdrawn or invalid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. 2017
    17170 · extension · approved 2017 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2017
    17136 · extension · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
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 lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Radon grid squares1
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 council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 2 on the draft 2027 map; 2 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.radon · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:11open
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
constraints.radonCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
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 10 Oct 2026, 23:46
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bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
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

Extensions are almost always approved here: 93–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 92% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear25 decided · more info asked 24%
96% · council 96%
Two-storey rear16 decided · more info asked 50%
94% · council 91%
Single-storey side14 decided · more info asked 14%
100% · council 97%
Attic or dormer29 decided · more info asked 24%
93% · council 92%
First-floor12 decided · more info asked 17%
100% · council 90%
Porch or front12 decided · more info asked 0%
100% · council 94%
New house in a garden or site24 decided · more info asked 29%
92% · 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 · 132 nearby, 3,355 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: npad, acp · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 01:43
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    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-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 49 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 51 days. Building starts about 3 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 49 days; If more info asked (1 in 4): 102 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 97 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 49 days, middle half 46–54 (n=132)49 daysIf more info asked (1 in 4)With further information: median 102 days (n=43)102 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 97 days after permission (n=25)97 days after permissionSigned off72% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated175 decided home extensions, 25 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    8 of 15 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 17 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed15 decided
    8 became permissions
    Approvals appealed17 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 Ocean View with 10 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yetApproved
    1. 10.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 27 m
    2. 22.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 316 m
    3. 3Ballyguile More, Wicklow Town 26139No decision yet · 32 m
    4. 4102 Mount Carmel Avenue, Wicklow Town 2560825Approved with conditions · 263 m
    5. 5"Himmelstor" No. 9 Ballyguilemore, Wicklow Town 2660507Approved with conditions · 325 m
    6. 6No. 10 Halpin Court, Wicklow Town 2660225Approved with conditions · 336 m
    7. 7Ballyguile Beg, Wicklow Town 2660521Approved with conditions · 353 m
    8. 825 Kilmantin Road, Wicklow Town 26176Approved with conditions · 436 m
    9. 925 Kilmantin Road, Wicklow Town 2646Approved with conditions · 436 m
    10. 1019 Saint Patricks Road, Wicklow Town 2660271No decision yet · 491 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 37 permissions since 2016, 6 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    41 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 37 approved, 4 refused. After appeals: 37 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 6 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 17 with no start notice found, 14 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT37: lodged → approved4: lodged → refused37: approved → approved4: refused → refused17: approved → no start notice found6: approved → built, owner opted out14: approved → ran out41 lodged41 lodged37 approved37 approved4 refused4 refused37 approved37 approved4 refused4 refused17 no start notice found17 no start notice found6 built, owner opted out6 built, owner opted out14 ran out14 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.

    Measured41 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    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 2 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 2

      • 10.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 27 m
      • 22.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 316 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-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
      derelictCC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026, 09:35open
      npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 6 a year; busiest 2018. 90% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 6, 2018: 6, 2019: 3, 2020: 2, 2021: 5, 2022: 2, 2023: 4, 2024: 5, 2025: 3, 2026: 505102017: 5 approved2017: 1 refused6’17*2018: 6 approved6’182019: 3 approved3’192020: 1 approved2020: 1 refused2’202021: 4 approved2021: 1 refused5’212022: 2 approved2’222023: 3 approved2023: 1 refused4’232024: 5 approved5’242025: 3 approved3’252026: 5 approved5’26*
      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 11 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 11 Oct 2026, 01:43
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
      Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
      2 no sign-off needed
      • 25 Kilmantin Road, Wicklow, A67 DE68 · 6 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 26/46 · 447 m
      • 102 Mount Carmel Avenue, Wicklow, A67 X296 · 20 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560825 · 275 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 10 Oct 2026, 23:46
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Estate: Ballyguile · 6 applications in 10 years · most common: single-storey side

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      The Little Rascals Pre-school Wicklow · Crèche21 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate197 m
      Dee's Montessori Pre-school · Crèche10 Feb 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate369 m
      Jellytots Pre School · Crèche17 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate461 m
      Postman Pats Playgroup · Crèche8 Dec 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate540 m
      Balloons Pre-School · Crèche12 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate569 m
      Buttons Preschool Maria Forsyth · Crèche11 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate569 m
      The Cave Preschool · Crèche8 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate777 m
      A Place to Grow Montessori · Crèche1 Dec 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate879 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: estates, schools, tusla_ey · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 20:18
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      estatesODbL-1.0 (OSM) + CC-BY-SA-4.0 (NHDS) + CC-BY-4.0 (Kildare)27 Sept 2026, 20:18open
      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 Busier than most of Wicklow County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here144
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here243
      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: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
      npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      5% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 47% owner-occupied (council 71%).

      Homes built before 1971
      5% · council 26%
      Homes built since 2001
      0% · council 32%
      Owner-occupied
      47% · council 71%
      Rented
      52% · council 24%
      Children under 15
      17% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      13% · council 15%
      Households with 2+ cars
      29% · council 48%
      Work mainly from home
      6% · council 14%
      This small area (354 people)Wicklow

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 257078017

      Bus
      317 m
      Rose Hill · 131, 133, 183 · busiest stop within 500 m: 3 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      596 m
      Padraig Naofa NS, 377 pupils
      Homes sold nearby
      38
      in 3 years, 1 new (Property Price Register)
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Padraig Naofa NS · primary · 377 pupils · 596 m
      • Dominican College · postprimary · 461 pupils · 621 m
      • Scoil An Choroin Mhuire · primary · 432 pupils · 634 m

      Stops 11

      • Rose Hill · 131, 133, 183 · 2/hour at peak · 317 m
      • Convent Road · 131, 133, 183 · 3/hour at peak · 358 m
      • Rose Hill · 131, 133, 183 · 3/hour at peak · 393 m
      • Convent Road · 131, 133, 183 · 2/hour at peak · 402 m
      • Grand Hotel · 131, 133, 740A, UM11 · 3/hour at peak · 759 m
      • Ballynerrin Lwr · 131, 133, 183 · 2/hour at peak · 781 m
      • Grand Hotel · 131, 133, 740, 740A, UM11 · 2/hour at peak · 796 m

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

      • Padraig Naofa NS · 596 m+2.2% pupils (377)
      • Dominican College · 621 m-2.5% pupils (461)
      • Scoil An Choroin Mhuire · 634 m+1.6% pupils (432)
      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
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      gtfsCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:41open
      schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
      consultpublic11 Oct 2026, 01:25open
      moderngovpublic11 Oct 2026, 01:26open
      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. Extension (17170) ran out unbuilt in 2022: built anyway?
        Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
        Seller · 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
      Corporation Lands
      Electoral division
      Wicklow Urban
      Electoral area
      Wicklow
      Council
      Wicklow County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 2 applications on this site; latest 17170, approved 2017, ran out unbuilt.
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 2 sites nearby could change: 2 empty zoned plots.
      • Convent Road (bus 131, 133) 358 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 11 from all stops within 500 m.
      • Here (2022 census): 52% rent (council 24%); 3% of homes empty (council 7%); most built 1981–1990; 56% drive to work (council 58%); population up 5% since 2016.
      • Around here the council decides in a median 56 days (about 8 weeks); 40% are asked for more information.
      • Homes started within 1 km: 55 in the last year, 9 three years before.
      • 11 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 86%).
      What the terms mean 6 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.
      • 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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      National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
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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 11 Oct 2026, 06:07 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.