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Planning report · Wicklow County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 27 Oct 2026, 10:18

Rath Luáin, Dunlavin

53.05723, -6.69076

Homes here mostly date from after 2016. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Time
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51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 49–521open for comments nearbyclose 28 Oct

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
  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 after 2016, with building records online.

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 2016–2021.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Dunlavin UpperBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2016–2021 (census estimate)most built2021: 3 files on Dunlavin Upper2025: 1 file on Dunlavin Upper2026: 1 file on Dunlavin Upper5 files

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
1 in 10
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas.

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.

dunlavin town plan · 23 Oct 2022 – 23 Oct 2028

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 taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas of Myra
Radon grid squares1
Monuments1R147455
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 council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 4 on the draft 2027 map; 4 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA radon map, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
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
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
How we work this out
Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
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: 78% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site9 decided · more info asked 44%
78% · council 82%
Approved nearbyWicklow 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, 852 council-wide

Figure 3

Dunlavin Upper, file by file since 2021

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

5 planning files on Dunlavin Upper since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsPorches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 211141No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21870New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21661No number · 2025 · new house · refused · 2560547No number · 2026 · new house · refused · 2660005
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

5 files with "Dunlavin 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 · 2021–2026

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

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

    How we work this out
    Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.
    Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 01:33
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 51 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 51 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 51 days, middle half 49–52 (n=9)51 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off50% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated16 decided home extensions, 2 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    1 of 3 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed3 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed2 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

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Rath Luáin, Dunlavin with 7 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsLarge schemeEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 1Sparrow Road, Dunlavin Upper 2660859No decision yet · 259 m
    2. 2Sparrow Road, Dunlavin 2660742No decision yet · 306 m
    3. 32.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 301 m
    4. 42.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 301 m
    5. 51.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 350 m
    6. 60.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 466 m
    7. 7Pound Road, Dunlavin Upper 25307Approved · 404 m
    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 28 Oct 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-28 2660859: application received — construction of a single-story 3-bedroom bungalow, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area and all ancillary sittoday1 Nov6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov26 Nov2660859: application received — construction of a single-story 3-bedroom bungalow, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area and all ancillary sit · 259 m away · 2026-10-28
    Comments close
    • Comments close 28 Oct 20261 day left
      12660859 · application received — construction of a single-story 3-bedroom bungalow, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation…
      €20 to the council · 259 m away

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

    Sites that could change 4 within 500 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 4

    • 32.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 301 m
    • 42.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 301 m
    • 51.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 350 m
    • 60.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 466 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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 3 and 3 a year; busiest 2023. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 2, 2023: 3, 2025: 305102021: 2 approved2’21*2023: 3 approved3’232025: 3 approved3’25
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2021 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 3 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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Dunlavin Community Playgroup · Crèche11 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate919 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 21 Oct 2026, 23:37
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register21 Oct 2026, 23:37open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Wicklow County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here176
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here96
    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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 8

    This street block against the council

    6% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 55% owner-occupied (council 71%).

    Homes built before 1971
    6% · council 26%
    Homes built since 2001
    61% · council 32%
    Owner-occupied
    55% · council 71%
    Rented
    40% · council 24%
    Children under 15
    32% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    9% · council 15%
    Households with 2+ cars
    58% · council 48%
    Work mainly from home
    9% · council 14%
    This small area (445 people)Wicklow

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 257033001/01

    Bus
    722 m
    Dunlavin · 885, 892
    Radon
    1 in 10
    homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
    Nearest school
    532 m
    St Kevin's Community College, 829 pupils
    Homes sold nearby
    1
    in 3 years (Property Price Register)
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • St Kevin's Community College · postprimary · 829 pupils · 532 m
    • S N Nicolais Naofa · primary · 250 pupils · 586 m
    • Jonathan Swift Ns · primary · 24 pupils · 908 m

    Stops 2

    • Dunlavin · 885, 892 · 722 m
    • Dunlavin · 885, 892 · 1/hour at peak · 733 m

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

    • St Kevin's Community College · 532 m+3.2% pupils (829)
    • S N Nicolais Naofa · 586 m+2.9% pupils (250)
    • Jonathan Swift Ns · 908 m-42.9% pupils (24)
    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 27 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Council consultation portalsPublic27 Oct 2026, 00:57open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public27 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    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. High radon area (1 in 10 homes): has it been tested?
      Ask for: Radon test results.
      Seller
    2. Application 259 m away open for comments until 28 Oct 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      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
    Dunlavin Upper
    Electoral division
    Dunlavin
    Electoral area
    Baltinglass
    Council
    Wicklow County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax; high radon area.
    • 4 sites nearby could change: 4 empty zoned plots.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 28 Oct 2026.
    • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Dunlavin, 733 m away (1 an hour).
    • Here (2022 census): 55% owner-occupied (council 71%); 2% of homes empty (council 7%); most built 2016 or later; 76% drive to work (council 58%); population up 16% since 2016.
    • The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 39% are asked for more information.
    • Homes started within 1 km: 0 in the last year, 40 three years before.
    • 3 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
    What the terms mean 4 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.
    • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
    • 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
    SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
    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 4.023 Oct 2026
    data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.027 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
    gis.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection AgencyCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public27 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher26 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.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
    transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
    meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public27 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
    propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence27 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
    tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register21 Oct 2026
    water.ie—© the publisher · flag only—
    water.ie—© the publisher · flag only—
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 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 27 Oct 2026, 10:18 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.