Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 11 Oct 2026, 20:26
45 Rockview Square
53.03214, -7.31436
Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2023. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (99%).
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
1planning file on this houselatest 202399%of home extensions approved nearbyn=82 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–530open 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- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 50 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 6 months after
- 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
What's the planning story of this house?
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.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 20232360529 · new house · withdrawnapproved?started?signed off?
On this site
R1
Zoning · New residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR3 · Rural cluster
What it says
Residential 2: To provide for new residential development, residential services and community facilities. Housing Density approximately 12-25 houses per Hectare.
A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.
laois county development plan 2021 2027 · 8 Mar 2022 – 7 Mar 2028
ZoningR1 · New residential
What it says
Residential 2: To provide for new residential development, residential services and community facilities. Housing Density approximately 12-25 houses per Hectare.
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
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: Enva Ireland Limited (Portlaoise) (309 m); Atlas Oil Laboratories Limited (349 m); Corcoran Autobody Works (Portlaoise) Limited (650 m)
Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 2 | Wellfield; Rockview House |
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. This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 6 on the draft 2027 map; 26 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:11 | open |
| epa_leap | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026, 23:09 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:59 | open |
| constraints | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false) | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| constraints.niah | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
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.
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
A new house in a garden is harder: 95% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.
New house in a garden or site19 decided · more info asked 63%
95% · 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 · 19 nearby, 1,491 council-wide
Knockmay, file by file since 2019
2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid
9 files with "Knockmay" 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 · 2019–2026
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.
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 50 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 85 days. Building starts about 6 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated82 decided home extensions, 16 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 8 appealed approvals were reversed.
Refusals appealed1 decided
0 became permissions
Approvals appealed8 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
- 324341 Withdrawn · Lands located between Harpur?s Lane and Mountrath Road (former… · 358 m
What's changing around you?
- 1Lands located between Harpur’s Lane and Mountrath Road (former Centrepoint Shopping Centre), Maryborough Portlaoise 2660008
- 20.5 ha zoned for homes
- 30.1 ha zoned for homes
- 40.4 ha zoned for homes
- 52.1 ha zoned for homes
- 60.6 ha zoned for homes
- 71.9 ha zoned for homes
- 8Rockview, Portlaoise 2560898
- 92 Ardan Glas Portlaoise 2625
- 107 Maglona Terrace, Mountrath Road 2660264
- 11Knockmay, Portlaoise 2660328
- 12No. 88 Marian Avenue, Portlaoise 2660548
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 34 permissions since 2016, 9 show a start notice and 3 have a completion certificate.
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.
Measured38 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 13 Oct 2026.
High Court window ends
- Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 13 Oct 20262 days leftAppeal withdrawn358 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
- 20.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 13 m
- 30.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 14 m
- 40.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 73 m
- 52.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 74 m
- 60.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 83 m
- 71.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 113 m
- 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 149 m
- 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 149 m
- 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 155 m
- 3.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 3 and 5 a year; busiest 2020. 92% of decisions were approvals.
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 9 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 12No. 88 Marian Avenue , Portlaoise , Co. Laois No decision yetsubdivide Existing Two Storey to Form 2 No. Dwellings and (b) Single Storey Extension to the Front Southwest…
- 11Knockmay , Portlaoise , Co. Laois Approved with conditionsretain a garage To The Side Of Existing Dwelling And All Associated Site Works
- 107 Maglona Terrace , Mountrath Road , Portlaoise Refuseddemolish existing sheds. Permission is also sought to erect a new dwelling house to the rear of the existing…
- 92 Ardan Glas Portlaoise , Approved with conditionsconvert the existing garage to a gym/exercise area and to alter the front elevation of the garage by removing…
- 7 Maglona Terrace , Mountrath Road , Portlaoise Withdrawn or not validdemolish existing sheds. Permission is also sought to erect a new dwelling house to the rear of the existing…
- 1Lands located between Harpur’s Lane and Mountrath Road (former Centrepoint Shopping Centre) , Maryborough Portlaoise , Co. Laois Approved with conditionscarry out development which will consist of: A proposed residential and commercial development on a…
- 8Rockview , Portlaoise , Co Laois Approved with conditionsAmend the as-built single storey childcare facility (in accordance with Planning Ref No; 16/527) to add an…
- No. 88 Marian Avenue , Portlaoise , Co. Laois Withdrawn or not valid(a) Subdivision of Existing Two Storey to Form 2 No. Dwellings and (b) Single Storey Extension to the Front…
- No. 88 Marian Avenue , Portlaoise , Co. Laois Withdrawn or not valid(a) The Subdivision of Existing Two Storey to Form 2 No. Dwellings and (b) Single Storey Extension to the…
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.
Homes coming 0 not started
- Grattan Street · 67 homes · building started · 240 m
- Rockview · 12 homes · building started · 87 m
How we work this out
Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, 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).
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Estate: Millers Crest · 21 applications in 10 years · 90% approved
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Darling Buds Montessori & Daycare · Crèche | 14 Feb 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 776 m |
| Baby Bear's Pre- School · Crèche | 13 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 881 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
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| estates | ODbL-1.0 (OSM) + CC-BY-SA-4.0 (NHDS) + CC-BY-4.0 (Kildare) | 27 Sept 2026, 20:18 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| tusla_ey | public (Tusla statutory register; acknowledgement required, no open licence stated) | 5 Oct 2026, 23:33 | open |
How busy is this area Busier than most of Laois County Council.
Homes approved
Here220
Council middle0
Homes started
Here113
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.
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
7% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 59% owner-occupied (council 71%).
Homes built before 1971
7% · council 23%
Homes built since 2001
73% · council 44%
Owner-occupied
59% · council 71%
Rented
33% · council 24%
Children under 15
23% · council 22%
Aged 65 and over
6% · council 13%
Households with 2+ cars
40% · council 49%
Work mainly from home
6% · council 9%
This small area (356 people)Laois
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107079007
Bus
245 m
Mountrath Rd · 834, LS1 · busiest stop within 500 m: 3 an hour at peak
Nearest school
386 m
Portlaoise College, 1005 pupils
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Portlaoise College · postprimary · 1005 pupils · 386 m
- Scoil Bhride Ns · primary · 727 pupils · 588 m
Stops 24
- Mountrath Rd · 834, LS1 · 0/hour at peak · 245 m
- Dromadoon · 834, LS1, PL2 · 3/hour at peak · 268 m
- Mountrath Rd · 834, LS1 · 0/hour at peak · 290 m
- Dromadoon · 834, LS1, PL2 · 2/hour at peak · 323 m
- Portlaoise College · PL2 · 2/hour at peak · 327 m
- Portlaoise College · PL2 · 2/hour at peak · 377 m
- Maryborough Village · 834, LS1, PL2 · 2/hour at peak · 533 m
- Harpur's Crescent · PL2 · 2/hour at peak · 552 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Portlaoise College · 386 m+5.6% pupils (1,005)
- Scoil Bhride Ns · 588 m-1.4% pupils (727)
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
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtfs | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:41 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 01:43 | open |
| consult | public | 11 Oct 2026, 01:25 | open |
| moderngov | public | 11 Oct 2026, 01:26 | open |
| lda_lands | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 16:43 | open |
| cso_saps_2022 | CC BY 4.0 | — | open |
| National Transport Authority | CC 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 maps | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| Fingal County Council | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?SolicitorAsk for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Townland
- Knockmay
- Electoral division
- Portlaoighise Rural
- Electoral area
- Portlaoise
- Council
- Laois County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 1 application on this site; latest 2360529, withdrawn.
- Zoned R1 (new residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
- 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
- Dromadoon (bus 834, LS1) 268 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 10 from all stops within 500 m.
- Here (2022 census): 59% owner-occupied (council 71%); 4% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 64% drive to work (council 65%); population up 8% since 2016.
- Around here the council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 36% are asked for more information.
- Homes started within 1 km: 2 in the last year, 139 three years before.
- 9 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 80% approved (council 93%).
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.
Sources and licences 27
| Source | Publisher | Licence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.com | An Coimisiún Pleanála | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC-BY-4.0 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC… | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 11 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 11 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.com | Local authorities (derelict sites registers) | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| data.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register) | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| overpass-api.de | OpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County Council | ODbL-1.0 (OSM) + CC-BY-SA-4.0 (NHDS) +… | 27 Sept 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | public | 11 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Tailte Éireann | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| propertypriceregister.ie | Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR) | PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use… | 11 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | public (Tusla statutory register; ackn… | 5 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 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 11 Oct 2026, 20:26 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.