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Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 04:05

R445, Mountrath

52.99313, -7.48119

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 21 homes approved 393 m away haven't started.

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Not held yet for Laois County Council: council consultations.

51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–540open for comments nearbywithin 500 m21homes approved nearby, not startednearest 393 m · 2560850

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 51 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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations.

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 1991–2000.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of KnockaninaBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1991–2000 (census estimate)most built2021: 1 file on Knockanina2024: 2 files on Knockanina2026: 1 file on Knockanina4 files

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
C6
Zoning · Waterfront
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningC6 · Waterfront
What it says

Industrial: To provide for and improve industrial and warehousing development.

Zoned for waterfront and harbour-related development.

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

ZoningC6 · Waterfront
What it says

Industrial: To provide for and improve industrial and warehousing development.

Zoned for waterfront and harbour-related development.

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: Mountrath (685 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
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: 8 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
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 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site5 decided · more info asked 40%
100% · council 90%
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 · 5 nearby, 889 council-wide

Figure 3

Knockanina, file by file since 2021

1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved.

4 planning files on Knockanina since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · other extension · approved · 21138Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460054No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460121No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660164New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

4 files with "Knockanina" 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 · 2021–2026

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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 02:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 51 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 51 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 51 days, middle half 50–54 (n=9)51 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off0% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated11 decided home extensions, 2 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 R445, Mountrath with 9 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 1Ard Erin 2560850Approved, no sign building has started · 393 m
    2. 20.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 46 m
    3. 30.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 249 m
    4. 40.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 264 m
    5. 50.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 314 m
    6. 61.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 371 m
    7. 70.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 393 m
    8. 8Castletown Road, Mountrath 2660518Approved with conditions · 471 m
    9. 9Knockanina, Castletown Road 2660164Approved with conditions · 0 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 13 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 2 have a completion certificate.

    13 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 13 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 13 approved. Of those: 2 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 10 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT13: lodged → approved13: approved → approved10: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out2: approved → signed off13 lodged13 lodged13 approved13 approved13 approved13 approved10 no start notice found10 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out2 signed off2 signed off

    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.

    Measured13 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

      21 homes 393 m away were approved Oct 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Oct 2031.

      Ard Erin · 21 homes: 21 homes approved Oct 2026, not started202420252026202720282029203020312032Ard Erin · 21 homes393 m · 256085021 homes approved Oct 2026, not started21 homes approved Oct 2026, 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 8 within 500 m

      Approved, not started 1

      • Ard Erin · 21 homes approved Oct 2026, not started · 393 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 7

      • 20.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 46 m
      • 30.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 249 m
      • 40.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 264 m
      • 50.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 314 m
      • 61.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 371 m
      • 70.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 393 m
      • 1.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 425 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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 9

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2023. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 4, 2024: 3, 2025: 1, 2026: 205102021: 1 approved1’21*2022: 2 approved2’222023: 4 approved4’232024: 3 approved3’242025: 1 approved1’252026: 2 approved2’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 7 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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Homes coming 21 not started
      • 1Ard Erin · 21 homes · not started · runs out 12 Oct 2031 · 393 m
      How we work this out
      Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, 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: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Laois County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here21
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here16
      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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 10

      This street block against the council

      84% owner-occupied (council 71%).

      Homes built before 1971
      33% · council 23%
      Homes built since 2001
      22% · council 44%
      Owner-occupied
      84% · council 71%
      Rented
      6% · council 24%
      Children under 15
      16% · council 22%
      Aged 65 and over
      16% · council 13%
      Households with 2+ cars
      55% · council 49%
      Work mainly from home
      10% · council 9%
      This small area (208 people)Laois

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107073006

      Nearest school
      305 m
      Mountrath Community School, 789 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Mountrath Community School · postprimary · 789 pupils · 305 m
      • St Fintans NS · primary · 108 pupils · 607 m
      • Scoil Bhride · primary · 95 pupils · 833 m

      Stops 2

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

        • Mountrath Community School · 305 m-1.9% pupils (789)
        • St Fintans NS · 607 m+1.9% pupils (108)
        • Scoil Bhride · 833 m+10.5% pupils (95)
        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 1 Nov 2026, 02:24
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 02:01open
        Council consultation portalsPublic1 Nov 2026, 01:08open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public1 Nov 2026, 02:24open
        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 C6 (waterfront), not for homes: could you extend?
          Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
          Solicitor · planner
        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
        Knockanina
        Electoral division
        Mountrath
        Electoral area
        Borris-In-Ossory -Mountmellick
        Council
        Laois County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • Zoned C6 (waterfront); not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • 8 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 7 empty zoned plots.
        • 21 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 21 at Ard Erin.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
        • Here (2022 census): 84% owner-occupied (council 71%); 3% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1991–2000; 69% drive to work (council 65%); population up 13% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 40% are asked for more information.
        • Homes started within 1 km: 3 in the last year, 20 three years before.
        • 7 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.
        • Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
        • 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 24
        SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
        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.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public1 Nov 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 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.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
        data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public1 Nov 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
        propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence1 Nov 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 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 1 Nov 2026, 04:05 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.