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Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 18 Oct 2026, 18:05

L1620

52.97577, -7.49181

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2021.

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Not held yet for Laois County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 202150 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 46–530open 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 50 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 2022.

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 ElderfieldBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2022: 21797 · extension, approved2020: 1 file on Elderfield2021: 1 file on Elderfield2022: 1 file on Elderfield2023: 1 file on Elderfield4 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. 2022
    21797 · extension · approved 2022 · built, signed off
    approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
S5
Zoning · Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningS5 · Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure
What it says

Community Educational and Institutional: To protect and provide for local neighbourhood, community, ecclesiastical, recreational and educational facilities.

Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.

laois county development plan 2021 2027 · 8 Mar 2022 – 7 Mar 2028

ZoningS5 · Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure
What it says

Community-Educational-Institutional: To protect and provide for local neighbourhood, community, ecclesiastical, recreational and educational facilities.

Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.

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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Castletown (238 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings9Castletown Bridge; The Nore Flour Mills
Monuments6Settlement deserted - medieval; Castle - unclassified
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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 3 on the draft 2027 map; 10 on the final 2026 map.
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 12 Oct 2026, 23:31
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 23:31open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 01:21open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
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 4 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site16 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 · 16 nearby, 1,497 council-wide

Figure 3

Elderfield, file by file since 2020

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

4 planning files on Elderfield since 2020, by kind and decision.2020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · single-storey rear · approved · 21797No number · 2023 · single-storey rear · approved · 2360445Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20533New house in a side gardenNo number · 2022 · new house · approved · 22483
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

4 files with "Elderfield" 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 · 2020–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 2 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 2 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

2 approved
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Other11—
Single-storey rear11—

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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
    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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 01:21open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 50 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 50 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 50 days, middle half 46–53 (n=8)50 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off86% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated13 decided home extensions, 7 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around L1620 with 9 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 1Pilgrim MCLC, Castletown 2655Approved · 32 m
    2. 2Churchfield Court, Castletown 2660577Approved with conditions · 314 m
    3. 31.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 27 m
    4. 41.0 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 32 m
    5. 53.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 93 m
    6. 60.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 214 m
    7. 70.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 292 m
    8. 80.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 314 m
    9. 9Gash, Castletown 2560682Approved with conditions · 226 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 23 permissions since 2016, 8 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    23 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 23 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 23 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 6 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 6 with no start notice found, 9 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT23: lodged → approved23: approved → approved6: approved → no start notice found6: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off9: approved → ran out23 lodged23 lodged23 approved23 approved23 approved23 approved6 no start notice found6 no start notice found6 built, owner opted out6 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off1 signed off1 signed off9 ran out9 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.

    Measured23 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    2 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 6 Nov 2026.

    2 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-06 2655: UNCONDITIONAL — Extension of Duration to Planning File Ref 21/246; 2026-11-09 2660577: CONDITIONAL — Alter previously approved Pl. Ref. 24/60224, to include change of house design of House Type B (3 bed semi-detached), chtoday23 Oct28 Oct2 Nov7 Nov12 Nov17 Nov2655: UNCONDITIONAL — Extension of Duration to Planning File Ref 21/246 · 32 m away · 2026-11-062660577: CONDITIONAL — Alter previously approved Pl. Ref. 24/60224, to include change of house design of House Type B (3 bed semi-detached), ch · 314 m away · 2026-11-09
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 6 Nov 202619 days left
      12655 · UNCONDITIONAL — Extension of Duration to Planning File Ref 21/246
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 32 m away
    • Time to appeal ends 9 Nov 202622 days left
      22660577 · CONDITIONAL — Alter previously approved Pl. Ref. 24/60224, to include change of house design of House Type B (3 bed…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 314 m away

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

    Sites that could change 10 within 500 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 10

    • 31.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 27 m
    • 41.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 32 m
    • 53.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 93 m
    • 60.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 214 m
    • 70.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 292 m
    • 80.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 314 m
    • 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 328 m
    • 2.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 333 m
    • 1.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 388 m
    • 1.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 389 m

    Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).

    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 01:21open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
    Figure 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2018. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2017: 2, 2018: 4, 2019: 2, 2020: 3, 2021: 4, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 3, 2025: 1, 2026: 105102017: 2 approved2’17*2018: 4 approved4’182019: 2 approved2’192020: 3 approved3’202021: 4 approved4’212022: 2 approved2’222023: 1 approved1’232024: 3 approved3’242025: 1 approved1’252026: 1 approved1’26*
    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 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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 01:21open
    Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
    2 not signed off
    • Churchfield Court, Castletown, Laois, R32 NX40 · 12 May 2026 · start notice not signed off · 341 m
    • Churchfield Court, Castletown, Laois · 6 Mar 2026 · 3 homes · start notice not signed off · 2460224 · 325 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 18 Oct 2026, 01:21
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 01:21open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Laois County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here10
    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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 01:21open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 8

    This street block against the council

    69% owner-occupied (council 71%).

    Homes built before 1971
    30% · council 23%
    Homes built since 2001
    37% · council 44%
    Owner-occupied
    69% · council 71%
    Rented
    27% · council 24%
    Children under 15
    24% · council 22%
    Aged 65 and over
    20% · council 13%
    Households with 2+ cars
    41% · council 49%
    Work mainly from home
    6% · council 9%
    This small area (454 people)Laois

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107026002

    Bus
    294 m
    Castletown · 831, 832, 834 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    57 m
    Castletown N.S, 111 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Castletown N.S · primary · 111 pupils · 57 m

    Stops 2

    • Castletown · 831, 832, 834, LS1 · 1/hour at peak · 294 m
    • Castletown · 831, 832, 834, LS1 · 1/hour at peak · 297 m

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

    • Castletown N.S · 57 m-1.8% pupils (111)
    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 18 Oct 2026, 02:18
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
    Council consultation portalsPublic18 Oct 2026, 01:37open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public18 Oct 2026, 02:18open
    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. Zoned S5 (sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure), not for homes: could you extend?
      Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
      Solicitor · planner
    2. Decision 32 m away can be appealed until 6 Nov 2026: appeal?
      Ask for: The decision on the council's website (€220 to appeal).
      Council
    3. 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
    Elderfield
    Electoral division
    Castletown
    Electoral area
    Borris-In-Ossory -Mountmellick
    Council
    Laois County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • 1 application on this site; latest 21797, approved 2022, built, signed off.
    • Zoned S5 (sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure); not protected; no vacant land tax.
    • 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
    • Castletown (bus 831, 832) 294 m away: 1 an hour at morning peak.
    • Here (2022 census): 69% owner-occupied (council 71%); 7% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 71% drive to work (council 65%); population up 8% since 2016.
    • 2 home extensions within 250 m since 2025.
    • The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 41% are asked for more information.
    • 3 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
    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.
    • 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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    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 4.016 Oct 2026
    data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
    data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 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 18 Oct 2026, 18:05 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.