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Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 10 Oct 2026, 20:50

L2120

53.10285, -7.30666

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2019.

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1planning file on this houselatest 201948 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 44–500open 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 48 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2020.

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 AcragarBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2020: 19691 · garden room, approved2017: 1 file on Acragar2018: 1 file on Acragar2019: 2 files on Acragar2020: 2 files on Acragar2021: 1 file on Acragar2022: 1 file on Acragar2023: 1 file on Acragar2025: 2 files on Acragar11 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. 2020
    19691 · garden room · approved 2020 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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 500 m
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: 5 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, rzlt, constraints · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:11open
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
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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
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: 95% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site21 decided · more info asked 62%
95% · council 91%
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 · 21 nearby, 1,491 council-wide

Figure 3

Acragar, file by file since 2017

3 of 3 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 4 of 5.

11 planning files on Acragar since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2018 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 18389No number · 2021 · two-storey rear · approved · 21579No number · 2023 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 23148Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2019 · other work · approved · 19375No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20670No. 60 · 2022 · other work · approved · 22713New house in a side gardenNo number · 2017 · new house · approved · 17223No number · 2019 · new house · approved · 19691No number · 2020 · new house · approved · 20663No number · 2025 · new house · refused · 2560041No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 2560426
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

11 files with "Acragar" 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 · 2017–2026

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

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 48 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 48 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 48 days, middle half 44–50 (n=16)48 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off75% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated20 decided home extensions, 4 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    2 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed4 decided
    2 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 L2120 with 6 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseBuilding startedEmpty land zoned for homes
    1. 1Acragar, Hill 60 2560426Building started · 37 m
    2. 23.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 270 m
    3. 30.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 367 m
    4. 43.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 368 m
    5. 50.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 372 m
    6. 61.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 486 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 13 permissions since 2016, 2 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    15 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 13 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 13 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 4 with no start notice found, 7 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT13: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused13: approved → approved2: refused → refused4: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out7: approved → ran out15 lodged15 lodged13 approved13 approved2 refused2 refused13 approved13 approved2 refused2 refused4 no start notice found4 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out7 ran out7 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.

    Measured15 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 5 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 5

      • 23.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 270 m
      • 30.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 367 m
      • 43.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 368 m
      • 50.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 372 m
      • 61.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 486 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 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2020. 87% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 3, 2020: 4, 2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2025: 205102017: 1 approved1’17*2018: 1 approved1’182019: 2 approved2019: 1 refused3’192020: 4 approved4’202021: 1 approved1’212022: 2 approved2’222023: 1 approved1’232025: 1 approved2025: 1 refused2’25
      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 0 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 1 in the last 12 months
        1 no sign-off needed
        • 1Acragar, Hill 60, Laois · 5 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560426 · 37 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
        Claire's Montessori · Crèche11 Dec 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 318 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 About as busy as most of Laois County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here0
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here4
        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

        91% owner-occupied (council 71%).

        Homes built before 1971
        25% · council 23%
        Homes built since 2001
        37% · council 44%
        Owner-occupied
        91% · council 71%
        Rented
        5% · council 24%
        Children under 15
        17% · council 22%
        Aged 65 and over
        15% · council 13%
        Households with 2+ cars
        66% · council 49%
        Work mainly from home
        5% · council 9%
        This small area (198 people)Laois

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107039001/02

        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        None nearby.

          Stops 0

            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. Garden room (19691) built without official sign-off: built properly?
              Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
              Seller · solicitor
            2. Building work started 37 m away: for how long?
              Ask for: The planning conditions for 2560426.
              Agent · 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
            Acragar
            Electoral division
            Mountmellick Rural
            Electoral area
            Borris-In-Ossory -Mountmellick
            Council
            Laois County Council
            Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
            • 1 application on this site; latest 19691, approved 2020, started, no sign-off needed.
            • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
            • 5 sites nearby could change: 5 empty zoned plots.
            • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
            • Here (2022 census): 91% owner-occupied (council 71%); 4% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 73% drive to work (council 65%).
            • The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 41% are asked for more information.
            • 1 building job started within 250 m in the last six months.
            • 4 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.
            • 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.
            • 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—
            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-4.09 Oct 2026
            data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026
            data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC…27 Sept 2026
            dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https:Local authorities (consultation portals)public10 Oct 2026
            www2.courts.ie—all-rights-reserved10 Oct 2026
            cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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            services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026
            transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026
            lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026
            meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)public10 Oct 2026
            services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026
            services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC-BY-4.011 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, 20:50 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.