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Planning report · Offaly County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 10 Oct 2026, 08:35

School Road

53.08040, -7.89735

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2019. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (94%).

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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 201994%of home extensions approved nearbyn=34 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs55 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 53–550open 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. Here 55 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 1981–90, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2019.

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 1981–1990. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of CrinkillBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1981–1990 (census estimate)most built2019: 1927 · extension, approved2018: 1 file on Crinkill2019: 2 files on Crinkill2020: 2 files on Crinkill2021: 2 files on Crinkill2022: 7 files on Crinkill2023: 2 files on Crinkill2024: 3 files on Crinkill2025: 3 files on Crinkill22 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. 2019
    1927 · extension · approved 2019 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned off
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
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential: This zoning allows for the conservation and enhancement of the quality and character of existing residential areas, to protect residential amenities and to allow for small scale infill development.

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.

birr local area plan 2023 2029 · 26 Jun 2023 – 26 Jun 2029

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

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Grant Engineering (Ireland) Unlimited Company (365 m); EJ Ireland Access Solutions Limited (540 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings11Williamsbrook; Birr Barracks
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: 6 on the draft 2027 map; 6 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
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zoningCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:11open
epa_leapCC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026, 23:09open
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 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: 91% approved, and 73% are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site22 decided · more info asked 73%
91% · council 87%
Approved nearbyOffaly 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 · 22 nearby, 1,402 council-wide

Figure 3

Crinkill, file by file since 2018

8 of 10 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 4 of 4.

22 planning files on Crinkill since 2018, by kind and decision.201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2019 · rear · approved · 1927No number · 2019 · other extension · approved · 1929No number · 2021 · garage conversion · approved · 2128No number · 2022 · two-storey rear · approved · 22365No number · 2022 · rear · approved · 22627No number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 22643No number · 2024 · other extension · approved · 24103No number · 2024 · single-storey rear · refused · 2460213No number · 2025 · single-storey rear · refused · 2560338No number · 2025 · side · approved · 2560636Porches, roofs, otherNo. 10 · 2020 · other work · approved · 207No number · 2022 · other work · refused · 22171No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22403No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22469No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23408No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360093No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2490No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560529New house in a side gardenNo number · 2018 · new house · approved · 1831No number · 2020 · new house · approved · 2075No number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21150No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 2298
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

22 files with "Crinkill" 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 · 2018–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 2 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 2 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 approved1 no decision or withdrawn
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Other10—
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 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

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 55 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 91 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 55 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 148 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 55 days, middle half 53–55 (n=24)55 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 148 days (n=10)148 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.

    Calculated34 decided home extensions, 4 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

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

    Refusals appealed2 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 School Road with 5 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 11.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 39 m
    2. 20.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 158 m
    3. 30.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 203 m
    4. 4Commercial Premises, School Street 2560636Approved with conditions · 237 m
    5. 5Boherdeel Road, Ballinree 2560529Approved with conditions · 484 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 27 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    30 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 27 approved, 3 refused. After appeals: 27 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 3 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 14 with no start notice found, 9 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT27: lodged → approved3: lodged → refused27: approved → approved3: refused → refused14: approved → no start notice found3: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off9: approved → ran out30 lodged30 lodged27 approved27 approved3 refused3 refused27 approved27 approved3 refused3 refused14 no start notice found14 no start notice found3 built, owner opted out3 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off9 ran out9 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.

    Measured30 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    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 3 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 3

      • 11.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 39 m
      • 20.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 158 m
      • 30.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 203 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
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      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 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 6 a year; busiest 2021. 90% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 4, 2020: 1, 2021: 6, 2022: 6, 2023: 2, 2024: 3, 2025: 505102017: 1 approved1’17*2018: 2 approved2’182019: 4 approved4’192020: 1 approved1’202021: 6 approved6’212022: 5 approved2022: 1 refused6’222023: 2 approved2’232024: 2 approved2024: 1 refused3’242025: 4 approved2025: 1 refused5’25
      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 4 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
      Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months
      1 not signed off2 no sign-off needed
      • BOHERDEEL ROAD,, CRINKLE, BIRR,, Offaly · 14 Nov 2025 · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/60003 · 407 m
      • Whiteford, Clonoghill Upper,, Birr, Offaly · 10 Oct 2025 · short notice no sign-off needed · 21/581 · 365 m
      • Whiteford, Clonoghill Upper,, Birr, Offaly · 10 Oct 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 21/581 · 372 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 9 Oct 2026, 23:23
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      bcmsCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:23open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Happy Days Montessori School · Crèche12 Jun 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 346 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 Offaly County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here223
      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 9

      This street block against the council

      77% owner-occupied (council 72%).

      Homes built before 1971
      28% · council 30%
      Homes built since 2001
      5% · council 34%
      Owner-occupied
      77% · council 72%
      Rented
      16% · council 22%
      Children under 15
      17% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      19% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      38% · council 47%
      Work mainly from home
      3% · council 8%
      This small area (321 people)Offaly

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 187012003

      Bus
      195 m
      Crinkill · 823, 850 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      90 m
      Croinchoill NS, 243 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Croinchoill NS · primary · 243 pupils · 90 m

      Stops 2

      • Crinkill · 823, 850 · 1/hour at peak · 195 m
      • Crinkill · 823, 850 · 1/hour at peak · 197 m

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

      • Croinchoill NS · 90 m-0.8% pupils (243)
      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
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      gtfsCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:41open
      schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      npadCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 01:42open
      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. Extension (1927) ran out unbuilt in 2024: built anyway?
        Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. 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
      Crinkill
      Electoral division
      Birr Rural
      Electoral area
      Birr
      Council
      Offaly County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 1 application on this site; latest 1927, approved 2019, ran out unbuilt.
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 3 sites nearby could change: 3 empty zoned plots.
      • Crinkill (bus 823, 850) 195 m away: 11 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 77% owner-occupied (council 72%); 10% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1981–1990; 72% drive to work (council 65%); population up 6% since 2016.
      • 2 home extensions within 250 m since 2025.
      • The council decides in a median 80 days (about 11 weeks); 51% are asked for more information.
      • Homes started within 1 km: 222 in the last year, 2 three years before.
      What the terms mean 6 terms
      • Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
      • Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
      • Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
      • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
      • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
      • 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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      National Transport Authority—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 10 Oct 2026, 08:35 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.