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Planning report · Kildare County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 29 Oct 2026, 19:27

L8007

53.08638, -6.82038

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. A building site 1.3 km away stopped before it was finished.

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Time
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1open for comments nearbyclose 23 Nov

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.

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 2001–2010.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of BallyshannonBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2021: 2 files on Ballyshannon2023: 1 file on Ballyshannon2024: 1 file on Ballyshannon2025: 1 file on Ballyshannon5 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
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
1 in 10
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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 not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km
Within 2.0 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings4Saint James's Church (Ballyshannon); Calverstown Cottage
Radon grid squares1
Monuments36Moated site; Ringfort - rath
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.
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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
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: 100% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site7 decided · more info asked 29%
100% · 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 · 7 nearby, 1,067 council-wide

Figure 3

Ballyshannon, file by file since 2021

1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

5 planning files on Ballyshannon since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo. 1 · 2023 · porch / front · approved · 23363Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21231No. 9 · 2021 · other work · approved · 21416No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460414New house in a side gardenNo number · 2025 · new house · approved · 2561334
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

5 files with "Ballyshannon" 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around L8007 with 9 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsWindow closingBuilding site that stoppedApprovedRefused
    1. 1MC CANNS NEWSAGENTS, MAIN STREET CALVERSTOWN 2661152No decision yet · 1.5 km
    2. 2No 39 Cluain Aobhinn, Calverstown 2660844Approved with conditions · 1.3 km
    3. 337 Cluain Aoibhinn, Kilcullen 21373Building site that stopped · 1.3 km
    4. 4Cluain Aoibhinn, Calverstown 211372Building site that stopped · 1.3 km
    5. 5Ballyshannon, Kilcullen 2561334Approved with conditions · 488 m
    6. 64 Priory Village, Co. Kildare 2660210Approved with conditions · 1.4 km
    7. 7Calverstown Gate, Calverstown 2660188Refused · 1.5 km
    8. 8Calverstown, Kilcullen 2660298Refused · 1.5 km
    9. 9The Stream Inn, Calverstown 2561278Approved with conditions · 1.5 km
    Figure 4

    The next 30 days

    2 deadlines within 2.0 km; the first closes 5 Nov 2026.

    2 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-05 2660844: CONDITIONAL — to construct 2 no. three bed semi-detached houses instead of the single four bed detached house permitted all at site nu; 2026-11-23 2661152: application received — RETENTION OF EXISTING OFF LICENCE AREA FOR THE SALE OF BEERS AND SPIRITS FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE PREMISES IN EXISTING SHtoday3 Nov8 Nov13 Nov18 Nov23 Nov28 Nov2660844: CONDITIONAL — to construct 2 no. three bed semi-detached houses instead of the single four bed detached house permitted all at site nu · 1.3 km away · 2026-11-052661152: application received — RETENTION OF EXISTING OFF LICENCE AREA FOR THE SALE OF BEERS AND SPIRITS FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE PREMISES IN EXISTING SH · 1.5 km away · 2026-11-23
    Comments closeTime to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 5 Nov 20267 days left
      22660844 · CONDITIONAL — to construct 2 no. three bed semi-detached houses instead of the single four bed detached house permitted…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 1.3 km away
    • Comments close 23 Nov 202625 days left
      12661152 · application received — RETENTION OF EXISTING OFF LICENCE AREA FOR THE SALE OF BEERS AND SPIRITS FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE…
      €20 to the council · 1.5 km away

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

    Figure 5

    Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

    2 building sites nearby stopped before sign-off.

    37 Cluain Aoibhinn,… · 32 homes: 32 homes, started Sep 2023, never signed off; Cluain Aoibhinn,… · 32 homes: 32 homes, started Mar 2022, never signed off202220232024202520262027202837 Cluain Aoibhinn,… · 32 homes1.3 km · 2137332 homes, started Sep 2023, never signed off32 homes, started Sep 2023, never signed offCluain Aoibhinn,… · 32 homes1.3 km · 21137232 homes, started Mar 2022, never signed off32 homes, started Mar 2022, never signed offtoday

    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 2 within 2.0 km

    Building site that stopped 2

    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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 6

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 1 a year; busiest 2023. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 105102021: 2 approved2’21*2023: 1 approved1’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 1 approved1’25
    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 2.0 km 8 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
    2 no sign-off needed
    • Thomastown, Calverstown, Kildare, R56 FH63 · 17 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2561213 · 1.4 km
    • ballyshannon, kilcullen, Kildare · 22 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2561334 · 523 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 29 Oct 2026, 02:33
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Kildare County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here3
    Council middle2
    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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 7

    This street block against the council

    89% owner-occupied (council 71%).

    Homes built before 1971
    24% · council 16%
    Homes built since 2001
    48% · council 40%
    Owner-occupied
    89% · council 71%
    Rented
    5% · council 24%
    Children under 15
    21% · council 22%
    Aged 65 and over
    11% · council 12%
    Households with 2+ cars
    75% · council 51%
    Work mainly from home
    17% · council 12%
    This small area (414 people)Kildare

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 087010002

    Bus
    263 m
    Ballyshannon · 130, 130A, 880 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
    Radon
    1 in 10
    homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
    Nearest school
    381 m
    Ballyshannon NS, 115 pupils
    Homes sold nearby
    11
    in 3 years (Property Price Register)
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Ballyshannon NS · primary · 115 pupils · 381 m

    Stops 4

    • Ballyshannon · 130, 130A, 880 · 0/hour at peak · 263 m
    • Ballyshannon · 130, 880 · 1/hour at peak · 272 m

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

    • Ballyshannon NS · 381 m-6.5% pupils (115)
    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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    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 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Council consultation portalsPublic29 Oct 2026, 01:01open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public29 Oct 2026, 02:14open
    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 1.5 km away open for comments until 23 Nov 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
    Ballyshannon Demesne
    Electoral division
    Ballyshannon
    Electoral area
    Athy
    Council
    Kildare County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Not protected; no vacant land tax; high radon area.
    • 2 sites nearby could change: 2 stalled builds.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 23 Nov 2026.
    • Ballyshannon (bus 130, 880) 272 m away: 11 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
    • Here (2022 census): 89% owner-occupied (council 71%); 3% of homes empty (council 5%); most built 2001–2010; 61% drive to work (council 61%); population up 1% since 2016.
    • The council decides in a median 61 days (about 9 weeks); 44% are asked for more information.
    • 8 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 67% approved (council 80%).
    • 3 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
    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.
    • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
    • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
    • What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
    • Building site that stopped (Commenced, no completion certificate): A housing build that told the council it was starting at least three years ago, passed its own planned finish date, and has never been signed off as finished.
    Sources and licences 28
    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 4.029 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)Public29 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher28 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)Public29 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.029 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 licence29 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 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 29 Oct 2026, 19:27 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.