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Planning report · Kildare County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 10 Oct 2026, 22:44

18 L8030, Narraghmore

53.04596, -6.83152

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2017.

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1planning file on this houselatest 20170open 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
  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 2018.

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 Lipstown UpperBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2018: 17644 · attic or dormer, approved2023: 5 files on Lipstown Upper2025: 1 file on Lipstown Upper6 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. 2018
    17644 · attic or dormer · approved 2018 · work already done
    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
1 in 10
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential / Infill: To protect and improve existing residential amenity, to provide for appropriate infill residential development and to provide for new and improved ancillary services.

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.

kildare county development plan 2023 2029 narraghmore · 28 Jan 2023 – 23 Mar 2029

Radon1 in 10 homes have high radon (EPA)

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 buildings5monument; house
Radon grid squares1
Monuments1R147428
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: 13 on the draft 2027 map; 13 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, constraints.radon, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah, constraints.smr · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
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zoningCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:11open
constraints.radonCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
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
constraints.smrCC-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: bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:23
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bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
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: 33% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site9 decided · more info asked 33%
33% · council 57%
Approved nearbyKildare 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 · 9 nearby, 2,003 council-wide

Figure 3

Lipstown Upper, file by file since 2023

New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 3.

6 planning files on Lipstown Upper since 2023, by kind and decision.2023202420252026Extensions, atticsPorches, roofs, otherNo number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360207No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23956No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560917New house in a side gardenNo number · 2023 · new house · refused · 23179No number · 2023 · new house · refused · 2360016No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 2360481
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

6 files with "Lipstown Upper" 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 · 2023–2026

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: npad, acp · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 01:42
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
    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-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
    npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    0 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions.

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    0 became permissions
    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
    • 500414 Refused · Mel's Pub Narraghmore, Narraghmore, Co. Kildare · 346 m
    Sources: acp, courts, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    courtsall-rights-reserved10 Oct 2026, 01:25open
    npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around 18 L8030, Narraghmore with 7 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 10.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 209 m
    2. 20.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 342 m
    3. 32.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 355 m
    4. 40.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 380 m
    5. 50.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 388 m
    6. 60.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 388 m
    7. 72 No. Vacant sites at Oakpark Housing Estate, Narraghmore 2561268Approved with conditions · 150 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 11 permissions since 2016, 1 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    12 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 11 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 11 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 8 with no start notice found, 2 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT11: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused11: approved → approved1: refused → refused8: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out2: approved → ran out12 lodged12 lodged11 approved11 approved1 refused1 refused11 approved11 approved1 refused1 refused8 no start notice found8 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out2 ran out2 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.

    Measured12 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

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

      Sites that could change 10 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 10

      • 10.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 209 m
      • 20.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 342 m
      • 32.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 355 m
      • 40.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 380 m
      • 50.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 388 m
      • 60.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 388 m
      • 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 403 m
      • 0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 406 m
      • 1.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 421 m
      • 5.0 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-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      derelictCC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026, 09:35open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2023. 92% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 1, 2019: 2, 2021: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 205102017: 1 approved1’17*2019: 2 approved2’192021: 1 approved1’212022: 1 approved1’222023: 3 approved3’232024: 1 approved2024: 1 refused2’242025: 2 approved2’25
      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

      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 10 Oct 2026, 01:42
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      0
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Kildare County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here1
      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-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      81% owner-occupied (council 71%).

      Homes built before 1971
      10% · council 16%
      Homes built since 2001
      76% · council 40%
      Owner-occupied
      81% · council 71%
      Rented
      16% · council 24%
      Children under 15
      28% · council 22%
      Aged 65 and over
      5% · council 12%
      Households with 2+ cars
      81% · council 51%
      Work mainly from home
      9% · council 12%
      This small area (375 people)Kildare

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 087072003

      Bus
      338 m
      Narraghmore · 880 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
      Radon
      1 in 10
      homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
      Homes sold nearby
      5
      in 3 years (Property Price Register)
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 2

        • Narraghmore · 880 · 1/hour at peak · 338 m
        • Narraghmore · 880 · 1/hour at peak · 347 m

        Open consultations

        Sources: gtfs, schools, 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
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        gtfsCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:41open
        schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        consultpublic10 Oct 2026, 01:23open
        moderngovpublic10 Oct 2026, 01:24open
        lda_landsCC-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. Attic or dormer (17644): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
          Ask for: The retention grant and an 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. High radon area (1 in 10 homes): has it been tested?
          Ask for: Radon test results.
          Seller
        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
        Lipstown Upper
        Electoral division
        Narraghmore
        Electoral area
        Athy
        Council
        Kildare County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 1 application on this site; latest 17644, approved 2018, work already done.
        • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map; high radon area.
        • 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
        • Narraghmore (bus 880) 338 m away: 7 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
        • Here (2022 census): 81% owner-occupied (council 71%); 5% of homes empty (council 5%); most built 2001–2010; 74% drive to work (council 61%); population up 5% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 61 days (about 9 weeks); 43% are asked for more information.
        • 1 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        • 1 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
        What the terms mean 5 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.
        • 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.
        • 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.
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        Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
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        National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
        services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026
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        gis.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection AgencyCC-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 10 Oct 2026, 22:44 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.