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Planning report · Clare County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 18 Oct 2026, 06:28

L1036, Gortaclob

53.02430, -9.36191

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2022.

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Not held yet for Clare County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 202252 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 49–550open 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 52 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 2023.

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 BallyvoeBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2023: 22882 · new house, approved2020: 2 files on Ballyvoe2022: 1 file on Ballyvoe2025: 1 file on Ballyvoe2026: 1 file on Ballyvoe5 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. 2023
    22882 · new house · approved 2023 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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
Heritage inventory buildings1Catholic Church of the Holy Rosary
Monuments4Ringfort - rath; 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.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
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: 89% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site18 decided · more info asked 56%
89% · council 90%
Approved nearbyClare 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 · 18 nearby, 2,601 council-wide

Figure 3

Ballyvoe, file by file since 2020

New houses in side gardens or on sites: 3 of 3.

5 planning files on Ballyvoe since 2020, by kind and decision.2020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsPorches, roofs, otherNo number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20255No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20633New house in a side gardenNo number · 2022 · new house · approved · 22882No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 25207No number · 2026 · new house · approved · 2670
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

5 files with "Ballyvoe" 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 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 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 52 days. 1 in 2 is asked for more information, which adds about 77 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 52 days; If more info asked (1 in 2): 130 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 52 days, middle half 49–55 (n=11)52 daysIf more info asked (1 in 2)With further information: median 130 days (n=10)130 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off50% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated21 decided home extensions, 6 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. 2 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed2 decided
    2 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
    • 501460 Granted with conditions · Ballyvoe , Doolin , Co. Clare · 48 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), 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
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher18 Oct 2026, 01:35open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 02:06open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around L1036, Gortaclob with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseAppeal
    1. 1Ballyvoe, Doolin 501460Appeal: approved with conditions · 48 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 16 permissions since 2016, 8 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    17 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 17 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 16 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 7 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 3 with no start notice found, 5 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT17: lodged → approved16: approved → approved1 approved by the council, refused after an appeal3: approved → no start notice found7: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off5: approved → ran out17 lodged17 lodged17 approved17 approved16 approved16 approved1 refused1 refused3 no start notice found3 no start notice found7 built, owner opted out7 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off5 ran out5 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.

    Measured17 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 11 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-11 ACP 501460: Grant permission with conditionstoday23 Oct28 Oct2 Nov7 Nov12 Nov17 NovACP 501460: Grant permission with conditions · 48 m away · 2026-11-11
    High Court window ends
    • Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 11 Nov 202624 days left
      Grant permission with conditions
      48 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. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 2, 2021: 2, 2022: 4, 2023: 3, 2025: 2, 2026: 105102017: 1 approved1’17*2018: 1 approved1’182019: 1 approved1’192020: 2 approved2’202021: 2 approved2’212022: 4 approved4’222023: 3 approved3’232025: 2 approved2’252026: 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 1 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    • Ballyvoe , Doolin , Co. Clare Approved with conditions
      to build a dwelling house, garage, install a wastewater treatment system & all other associated site and…
      267011 May 20261 homes48 m
    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 1 in the last 12 months
    1 no sign-off needed
    • Toomullin, Doolin, Clare, V95 VHP4 · 24 Oct 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2360476 · 429 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
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Clare County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here3
    Council middle2
    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 9

    This street block against the council

    85% owner-occupied (council 72%).

    Homes built before 1971
    20% · council 26%
    Homes built since 2001
    39% · council 32%
    Owner-occupied
    85% · council 72%
    Rented
    6% · council 21%
    Children under 15
    19% · council 20%
    Aged 65 and over
    18% · council 17%
    Households with 2+ cars
    55% · council 47%
    Work mainly from home
    13% · council 11%
    This small area (309 people)Clare

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 037086005

    Bus
    777 m
    Killilagh · 350, 351
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 2

      • Killilagh · 350, 351 · 1/hour at peak · 777 m
      • Killilagh · 350, 351 · 1/hour at peak · 792 m
      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 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
      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. New house (22882) built without official sign-off: built properly?
        Ask for: An engineer's 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
      Ballyvoe
      Electoral division
      Killilagh
      Electoral area
      Ennistimon
      Council
      Clare County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 1 application on this site; latest 22882, approved 2023, started, no sign-off needed.
      • No vacant land tax.
      • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
      • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Killilagh, 777 m away (14 a day).
      • Here (2022 census): 84% owner-occupied (council 72%); 33% of homes empty (council 17%); most built 2001–2010; 52% drive to work (council 66%).
      • The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
      • 1 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • 3 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
      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—
      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 4.016 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
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC 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, 06:28 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.