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Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 23:17

Bull Lane, Portlaoise

53.03361, -7.30029

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2022. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%). 36 homes approved 367 m away haven't started.

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Not held yet for Laois County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 202298%of home extensions approved nearbyn=63 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–540open for comments nearbywithin 500 m78homes approved nearby, not startednearest 296 m · 2460422

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. Here about 6 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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2022.

Timeline from 1896: 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 1900–1918. 1 planning file on this house.1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1900–1918 (census estimate)most built2022: 22274 · work already done, approved

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
    22274 · work already done · approved 2022 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
M2
Zoning · Major town centre
Yes
Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (LA013-041007-)
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says

Town Centre (Primary / Core Retail Area): To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the existing town centre and to provide for and improve retailing and commercial activities

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

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

ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says

Town Centre (Primary / Core Retail Area): To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the existing town centre and to provide for and improve retailing and commercial activities

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

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

Protected building17 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished); on the council's record (not republished)
Heritage inventory29 within 100 m house; house
Monument zoneOn this site Burial, Borris Little; Graveyard, Maryborough

Not on this site: conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Smith & McLaurin Ltd. (518 m); Tretorn Sport Ltd. (592 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings152Greenbank; Maryville
Monuments13Historic town; 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: 39 on the draft 2027 map; 58 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record, SMR zones of notification, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Records of Protected Structures, 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
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
SMR zones of notificationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:34open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
Records of Protected StructuresNo licence stated · shown as a yes/no only—open
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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
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: 82% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear10 decided · more info asked 40%
100% · council 100%
Attic or dormer10 decided · more info asked 30%
90% · council 94%
New house in a garden or site11 decided · more info asked 45%
82% · 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 · 31 nearby, 1,116 council-wide

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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 51 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 82 days. Building starts about 6 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 51 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 132 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 174 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 mo21 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 51 days, middle half 48–54 (n=45)51 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 132 days (n=18)132 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 174 days after permission (n=14)174 days after permissionSigned off64% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated63 decided home extensions, 14 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    1 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 8 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed8 decided
    1 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 2 in the last 12 months
    • 501545 Granted · Hapurs Lane , Portlaoise , Co. Laois (part of former Minch Norton… · 329 m
    • 324341 Withdrawn · Lands located between Harpur?s Lane and Mountrath Road (former… · 489 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 23:12
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher31 Oct 2026, 23:12open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Bull Lane, Portlaoise with 15 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedLarge schemeEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yetApproved
    1. 1Maryville House 2460422Approved, no sign building has started · 296 m
    2. 2Block 5 2460623Approved, no sign building has started · 367 m
    3. 3Harpur’s Lane 2460056Approved, no sign building has started · 440 m
    4. 4Lands located between Harpur’s Lane and Mountrath Road (former Centrepoint Shopping Centre), Maryborough Portlaoise 2660008Approved with conditions · 489 m
    5. 50.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 169 m
    6. 60.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 173 m
    7. 70.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 196 m
    8. 80.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 224 m
    9. 92.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 241 m
    10. 100.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 252 m
    11. 11First Floor, No. 6 Market Square 2660656No decision yet · 134 m
    12. 12Rear Building at 99 Main Street, Portlaoise 2660068Approved with conditions · 252 m
    13. 135 Wesley Terrace, Railway Street 2660380Approved with conditions · 279 m
    14. 14Hapurs Lane, Portlaoise 2560884Approved with conditions · 329 m
    15. 15Harpur's Lane, Portlaoise 2560894Approved with conditions · 444 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 69 permissions since 2016, 22 show a start notice and 11 have a completion certificate.

    73 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 69 approved, 4 refused. After appeals: 69 approved. Of those: 11 signed off, 3 built with the owner's opt-out, 8 started, 43 with no start notice found, 4 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT69: lodged → approved4: lodged → refused68: approved → approved3: refused → refused1 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal1 refused by the council, approved after an appeal43: approved → no start notice found3: approved → built, owner opted out8: approved → started, not signed off11: approved → signed off4: approved → ran out73 lodged73 lodged69 approved69 approved4 refused4 refused69 approved69 approved3 refused3 refused1 withdrawn1 withdrawn43 no start notice found43 no start notice found3 built, owner opted out3 built, owner opted out8 started, not signed off8 started, not signed off11 signed off11 signed off4 ran out4 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.

    Measured73 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 3 Dec 2026.

    0 deadlines in the next 30 days: today5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov30 Nov
    High Court window ends
    • Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 3 Dec 202633 days left
      Grant permission
      329 m away

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

    Figure 7

    Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

    36 homes 367 m away were approved Jan 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jan 2030.

    Block 5 · 36 homes: 36 homes approved Jan 2025, not started; Harpur’s Lane · 28 homes: 28 homes approved Aug 2024, not started; Maryville House · 14 homes: 14 homes approved Jan 2025, not started2024202520262027202820292030Block 5 · 36 homes367 m · 246062336 homes approved Jan 2025, not started36 homes approved Jan 2025, not startedHarpur’s Lane · 28 homes440 m · 246005628 homes approved Aug 2024, not started28 homes approved Aug 2024, not startedMaryville House · 14 homes296 m · 246042214 homes approved Jan 2025, not started14 homes approved Jan 2025, 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 13 within 500 m

    Approved, not started 3

    • Maryville House · 14 homes approved Jan 2025, not started · 296 m
    • Block 5 · 36 homes approved Jan 2025, not started · 367 m
    • Harpur’s Lane · 28 homes approved Aug 2024, not started · 440 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 10

    • 50.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 169 m
    • 60.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 173 m
    • 70.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 196 m
    • 80.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 224 m
    • 92.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 241 m
    • 100.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 252 m
    • 1.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 252 m
    • 2.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 281 m
    • 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 329 m
    • 1.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 342 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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 8

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 13 and 16 a year; busiest 2022. 95% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 14, 2022: 16, 2023: 13, 2024: 13, 2025: 14, 2026: 3051015202021: 13 approved2021: 1 refused14’21*2022: 16 approved16’222023: 13 approved13’232024: 12 approved2024: 1 refused13’242025: 12 approved2025: 2 refused14’252026: 3 approved3’26*
    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 12 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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    Building work nearby 4 in the last 12 months
    3 not signed off1 no sign-off needed
    • 99 Main Street, Portlaoise, Laois, R32 X015 · 28 Sept 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 26/60068 · 262 m
    • Mountrath Road, Portlaoise, Laois · 12 Aug 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 464 m
    • 2 Abbeyleix Road, Portlaoise, Laois · 29 Jun 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 2560469 · 423 m
    • 1 Church Avenue, Portlaoise, Laois, R32 EV65 · 18 Dec 2025 · 1 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 2560490 · 346 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 31 Oct 2026, 02:56
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    Homes coming 78 not started
    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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Laois International School · Crèche14 Jul 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate278 m
    Elaines Little Treasures Preschool Limited · Crèche4 Jun 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 597 m
    The Maples Creche · Crèche9 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate795 m
    The Hive at Maples Early Years · Crèche3 Jun 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate795 m
    Maples 2 · Crèche13 Jan 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate795 m
    The Stables@Maples · Crèche25 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate795 m
    The Rainbow Castle Ltd. · Crèche1 Jul 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate966 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: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Laois County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here303
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here169
    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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 9

    This street block against the council

    42% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 32% owner-occupied (council 71%).

    Homes built before 1971
    42% · council 23%
    Homes built since 2001
    12% · council 44%
    Owner-occupied
    32% · council 71%
    Rented
    63% · council 24%
    Children under 15
    17% · council 22%
    Aged 65 and over
    8% · council 13%
    Households with 2+ cars
    16% · council 49%
    Work mainly from home
    4% · council 9%
    This small area (158 people)Laois

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107080017

    Bus
    101 m
    Kellyville Park · PL1, PL2 · busiest stop within 500 m: 8 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    177 m
    Dunamase College (Coláiste Dhún Másc), 506 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Dunamase College (Coláiste Dhún Másc) · postprimary · 506 pupils · 177 m
    • St Francis S S · primary · 121 pupils · 814 m
    • Portlaoise College · postprimary · 1005 pupils · 897 m

    Stops 34

    • Kellyville Park · PL1, PL2 · 4/hour at peak · 101 m
    • Kellyville Park · 858, 858a, 858b, PL1, PL2 · 4/hour at peak · 109 m
    • Market Square · IW08 · 0/hour at peak · 181 m
    • Market Sq · 823, 834, 858, 858a, 858b, PL1 · 5/hour at peak · 181 m
    • Portlaoise JFL Ave · 73, 735, 823, 832, 834, 858 · 5/hour at peak · 190 m
    • Portlaoise JFL Ave · 726 · 1/hour at peak · 191 m
    • Portlaoise JFL Ave · 827, 829, 830, 831, 838 · 2/hour at peak · 191 m
    • Market Square · IW08 · 202 m

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

    • Dunamase College (Coláiste Dhún Másc) · 177 m-12.3% pupils (506)
    • St Francis S S · 814 m+1.7% pupils (121) · temporary classrooms 2025, approved with conditions · 4 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
    • Portlaoise College · 897 m+5.6% pupils (1,005)
    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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    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 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Council consultation portalsPublic31 Oct 2026, 01:06open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public31 Oct 2026, 02:21open
    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. Work already done (22274): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
      Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
      Seller · solicitor
    2. Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
      Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
      Seller · 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
    Maryborough
    Electoral division
    Portlaoighise Urban
    Electoral area
    Portlaoise
    Council
    Laois County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • 1 application on this site; latest 22274, approved 2022, work already done.
    • Zoned M2 (major town centre); monument zone; no vacant land tax.
    • 13 sites nearby could change: 3 approved schemes, 10 empty zoned plots.
    • 78 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 36 at Block 5.
    • Portlaoise JFL Ave (bus 726, 73) 284 m away: 8 an hour at morning peak; 50 from all stops within 500 m.
    • Here (2022 census): 63% rent (council 24%); 44% of homes empty (council 8%); most built before 1919; 29% drive to work (council 65%); population up 1% since 2016.
    • Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 48% are asked for more information.
    • 12 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 83% approved (council 93%).
    What the terms mean 8 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.
    • Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
    • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
    • 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 29
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    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 4.031 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
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR zones)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public31 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 Oct 2026
    cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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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 31 Oct 2026, 23:17 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.