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Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 11 Oct 2026, 05:11

Beladd, Portlaoise

53.03216, -7.27117

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2025. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (99%). 94 homes approved 465 m away haven't started.

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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 202599%of home extensions approved nearbyn=90 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 47–541open for comments nearbyclose 3 Nov94homes approved nearby, not startednearest 368 m · 17396

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. Here about 5 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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2025.

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 1971–1980. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of BeladdBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2025: 2560199 · extension, approved2017: 3 files on Beladd2018: 2 files on Beladd2020: 2 files on Beladd2021: 1 file on Beladd2022: 2 files on Beladd2023: 3 files on Beladd2025: 1 file on Beladd14 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. 2025
    2560199 · extension · approved 2025 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing 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
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities.

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.

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

ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities.

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.

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.

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1Bloomfield 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: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 21 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
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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.niahCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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: 90–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 86% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear13 decided · more info asked 23%
100% · council 99%
Attic or dormer13 decided · more info asked 23%
100% · council 94%
First-floor10 decided · more info asked 50%
90% · council 96%
New house in a garden or site14 decided · more info asked 36%
86% · 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 · 50 nearby, 1,926 council-wide

Figure 3

Beladd, file by file since 2017

7 of 7 decided extensions on the road were approved.

14 planning files on Beladd since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo. 40 · 2017 · single-storey rear · approved · 17120No. 11 · 2017 · other extension · approved · 1729No. 14 · 2017 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 17715No. 2 · 2018 · other extension · approved · 18452No. 23 · 2018 · single-storey rear · approved · 18603No number · 2020 · rear · approved · 20499No. 34 · 2025 · single-storey side · approved · 2560199Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20307420No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21395No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22182No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22586No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2341No. 20 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360044No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 239New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

14 files with "Beladd" 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 · 2017–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 approved
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Side11—

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 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 50 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 113 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 50 days; If more info asked (1 in 4): 168 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 157 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 50 days, middle half 47–54 (n=67)50 daysIf more info asked (1 in 4)With further information: median 168 days (n=23)168 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 157 days after permission (n=19)157 days after permissionSigned off74% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated90 decided home extensions, 19 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    1 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 9 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed9 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
    • 500151 Granted · Inchacooly, Ullard (Controversyland), Clonanny, Kilmullen,… · 352 m
    Sources: acp, courts, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
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    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    courtsall-rights-reserved11 Oct 2026, 01:26open
    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Beladd, Portlaoise with 13 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved, not startedEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 1in the townlands of Ballymackan Ballymooney, Beladd Kilminchy Ballyroan and Borris Little 2660696No decision yet · 127 m
    2. 2Summerhill 19727Approved, no sign building has started · 465 m
    3. 30.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 19 m
    4. 40.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 71 m
    5. 51.0 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 73 m
    6. 61.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 91 m
    7. 71.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 95 m
    8. 80.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 105 m
    9. 9Ballymooney, Stradbally Road 2660308Approved with conditions · 105 m
    10. 1051 Beladd Lower, Beladd 2660598No decision yet · 268 m
    11. 1121 Chantiere Gate, Portlaoise 2560838Approved with conditions · 384 m
    12. 12Summerhill, Portlaoise 2619Approved · 434 m
    13. 13Summerhill, Portlaoise 2618Approved · 462 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 42 permissions since 2016, 9 show a start notice and 3 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    43 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 43 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 42 approved. Of those: 3 signed off, 6 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 18 with no start notice found, 15 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT43: lodged → approved42: approved → approved1 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal18: approved → no start notice found6: approved → built, owner opted out3: approved → signed off15: approved → ran out43 lodged43 lodged43 approved43 approved42 approved42 approved1 withdrawn1 withdrawn18 no start notice found18 no start notice found6 built, owner opted out6 built, owner opted out3 signed off3 signed off15 ran out15 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.

    Measured43 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 3 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-03 2660696: application received — apply for a 10-year permission for development of a district heating energy centre at a site located at Ballymackan, Portoday16 Oct21 Oct26 Oct31 Oct5 Nov10 Nov2660696: application received — apply for a 10-year permission for development of a district heating energy centre at a site located at Ballymackan, Por · 127 m away · 2026-11-03
    Comments close
    • Comments close 3 Nov 202623 days left
      12660696 · application received — apply for a 10-year permission for development of a district heating energy centre at a site…
      €20 to the council · 127 m away

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

    Figure 8

    Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

    94 homes 465 m away were approved Mar 2021 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Mar 2028.

    Summerhill · 94 homes: 94 homes approved Mar 2021, not started202120222023202420252026202720282029Summerhill · 94 homes465 m · 1972794 homes approved Mar 2021, not started94 homes approved Mar 2021, 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 11 within 500 m

    Approved, not started 1

    • Summerhill · 94 homes approved Mar 2021, not started · 465 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 10

    • 30.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 19 m
    • 40.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 71 m
    • 51.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 73 m
    • 61.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 91 m
    • 71.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 95 m
    • 80.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 105 m
    • 5.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 141 m
    • 4.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 154 m
    • 1.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 197 m
    • 0.6 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).

    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 9

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 3 and 9 a year; busiest 2025. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2017: 5, 2018: 5, 2019: 6, 2020: 3, 2021: 3, 2022: 8, 2023: 3, 2025: 9, 2026: 105102017: 5 approved5’17*2018: 5 approved5’182019: 6 approved6’192020: 3 approved3’202021: 3 approved3’212022: 8 approved8’222023: 3 approved3’232025: 9 approved9’252026: 1 approved1’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    Every application within 500 m 6 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 not signed off
    • Holy Family Senior School, Aghnaharra, Portlaoise, Laois · 19 Aug 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 484 m
    • Aghnaharna Court, Portlaoise, Laois · 12 Aug 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 489 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
    Homes coming 94 not started
    • 2Summerhill · 94 homes · not started · runs out 14 Mar 2028 · 465 m
    • Summerhill Lane · 87 homes · building started · 368 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).
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad, social_housing · 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
    social_housingCC-BY-SA-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Portlaoise Nursery and Montessori School · Crèche24 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate707 m
    Little Scholars Montessori School · Crèche16 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate917 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: schools, tusla_ey · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 23:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    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 Laois County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here315
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here538
    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 10

    This street block against the council

    11% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 90% owner-occupied (council 71%).

    Homes built before 1971
    11% · council 23%
    Homes built since 2001
    0% · council 44%
    Owner-occupied
    90% · council 71%
    Rented
    9% · council 24%
    Children under 15
    13% · council 22%
    Aged 65 and over
    25% · council 13%
    Households with 2+ cars
    49% · council 49%
    Work mainly from home
    8% · council 9%
    This small area (310 people)Laois

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107079008

    Road noise
    45–49 dB
    day–night average (EPA 2022)
    Bus
    306 m
    Block Road · PL2 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    297 m
    The Kolbe Special School, 49 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • The Kolbe Special School · primary · 49 pupils · 297 m
    • Holy Family Junior School · primary · 599 pupils · 485 m
    • Holy Family Senior School · primary · 644 pupils · 486 m
    • Maryboro NS · primary · 96 pupils · 892 m
    • Portlaoise Educate Together NS · primary · 457 pupils · 941 m
    • Gaelscoil Phort Laoise · primary · 369 pupils · 946 m

    Stops 14

    • Block Road · PL2 · 2/hour at peak · 306 m
    • Block Road · PL2 · 2/hour at peak · 308 m
    • Summerhill · PL2 · 2/hour at peak · 565 m
    • Laois Eductn Centre · 823, 858, 858a, 858b, PL2 · 3/hour at peak · 601 m
    • Summerhill · PL2 · 2/hour at peak · 616 m
    • Laois Education Centre · PL2 · 2/hour at peak · 663 m
    • Portlaoise Hosp · 726, 827, 829, 830, 832, 834 · 5/hour at peak · 793 m

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

    • The Kolbe Special School · 297 m+11.4% pupils (49)
    • Holy Family Junior School · 485 m-0.3% pupils (599)
    • Holy Family Senior School · 486 m+0.2% pupils (644)
    • Maryboro NS · 892 m+3.2% pupils (96)
    • Portlaoise Educate Together NS · 941 m-1.5% pupils (457) · temporary classrooms 2025, approved with conditions · temporary classrooms 2025, approved with conditions
    • Gaelscoil Phort Laoise · 946 m-1.9% pupils (369) · temporary classrooms 2025, approved with conditions · temporary classrooms 2025, approved with conditions
    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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    consultpublic11 Oct 2026, 01:25open
    moderngovpublic11 Oct 2026, 01:26open
    lda_landsCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
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    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——
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    Question 6

    What to ask, and who

    1. Extension (2560199) built without official sign-off: built properly?
      Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
      Seller · solicitor
    2. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
      Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
      Solicitor
    3. Application 127 m away open for comments until 3 Nov 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      Council
    4. 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
    Beladd
    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 2560199, approved 2025, started, no sign-off needed.
    • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
    • 11 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 10 empty zoned plots.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 3 Nov 2026.
    • 94 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 94 at Summerhill.
    • Block Road (bus PL2) 306 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 4 from all stops within 500 m.
    • Noise from road traffic mapped at 45–49 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
    • Here (2022 census): 90% owner-occupied (council 71%); 2% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1971–1980; 70% drive to work (council 65%); population up 8% since 2016.
    What the terms mean 7 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.
    • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
    • 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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    gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC-BY-SA-4.09 Oct 2026
    tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)public (Tusla statutory register; ackn…5 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC-BY-4.04 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, 05:11 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.