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Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 30 Oct 2026, 19:00

Rathmiles Avenue

53.13530, -7.15060

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s.

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Not held yet for Laois County Council: council consultations.

49 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 47–520open 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 49 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.

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 houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built

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
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities.

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.

laois county development plan 2021 2027 · 8 Mar 2022 – 7 Mar 2028

ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Residential 1 - Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities.

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.

laois county development plan 2021 2027 including ministerial direction as varied by variation no 1 no 2 and no 3 · 8 Mar 2022 – 7 Mar 2028

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 buildings1Saint John's Catholic Church
Monuments2Burial ground; R143355
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 final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), 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
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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
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: 64% approved, and 79% are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site14 decided · more info asked 79%
64% · council 90%
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 · 14 nearby, 888 council-wide

Extensions and refusals right beside you 3 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 3 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 approved2 no decision or withdrawn
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Two-storey rear31—

On Heritage Golf and Spa Resort: 7 extensions in 10 years, 100% of all applications approved; most common single-storey rear.

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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
    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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 49 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 49 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 49 days, middle half 47–52 (n=14)49 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off71% 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, 7 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    1 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed4 decided
    1 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 Rathmiles Avenue with 9 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 1Killenard Community Centre/Old School House, Killenard 2660344Approved with conditions · 426 m
    2. 20.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 79 m
    3. 32.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 92 m
    4. 40.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 179 m
    5. 54.0 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 190 m
    6. 60.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 232 m
    7. 70.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 272 m
    8. 849 ARLINGTON GREEN, CARRAIGLEA KILLENARD 2660192Approved with conditions · 209 m
    9. 94 MOUNT HENRY DRIVE, KILLENARD 2660070Approved with conditions · 380 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 18 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    21 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 19 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 18 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 14 with no start notice found, 1 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT19: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused18: approved → approved2: refused → refused1 approved by the council, refused after an appeal14: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → ran out21 lodged21 lodged19 approved19 approved2 refused2 refused18 approved18 approved3 refused3 refused14 no start notice found14 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off1 ran out1 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.

    Measured21 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 4 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-04 2660344: CONDITIONAL — alter internal layouts by way of removal of handball alley, additional first floor area to the same, new stairwell, intetoday4 Nov9 Nov14 Nov19 Nov24 Nov29 Nov2660344: CONDITIONAL — alter internal layouts by way of removal of handball alley, additional first floor area to the same, new stairwell, inte · 426 m away · 2026-11-04
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 4 Nov 20265 days left
      12660344 · CONDITIONAL — alter internal layouts by way of removal of handball alley, additional first floor area to the same, new…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 426 m away

    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

    • 20.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 79 m
    • 32.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 92 m
    • 40.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 179 m
    • 54.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 190 m
    • 60.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 232 m
    • 70.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 272 m
    • 0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 321 m
    • 12.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 332 m
    • 5.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 380 m
    • 4.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 2 and 5 a year; busiest 2024. 90% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 4, 2022: 3, 2023: 4, 2024: 5, 2025: 2, 2026: 305102021: 4 approved4’21*2022: 3 approved3’222023: 4 approved4’232024: 3 approved2024: 2 refused5’242025: 2 approved2’252026: 3 approved3’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Every application within 500 m 9 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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Estate: Heritage Golf and Spa Resort · 15 applications in 10 years · 100% approved · most common: single-storey rear

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Giggles Creche ltd · Crèche17 Jul 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 351 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: Housing estates, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Housing estatesODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Laois County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here83
    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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 8

    This street block against the council

    3% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 78% owner-occupied (council 71%).

    Homes built before 1971
    3% · council 23%
    Homes built since 2001
    92% · council 44%
    Owner-occupied
    78% · council 71%
    Rented
    18% · council 24%
    Children under 15
    22% · council 22%
    Aged 65 and over
    12% · council 13%
    Households with 2+ cars
    63% · council 49%
    Work mainly from home
    15% · council 9%
    This small area (394 people)Laois

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107009003

    Bus
    379 m
    Killenard · 827, 829 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    508 m
    S N Naomh Eoin, 374 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • S N Naomh Eoin · primary · 374 pupils · 508 m

    Stops 2

    • Killenard · 827, 829 · 0/hour at peak · 379 m
    • Killenard · 827, 829 · 1/hour at peak · 393 m

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

    • S N Naomh Eoin · 508 m-1.6% pupils (374)
    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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
    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 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
    Council consultation portalsPublic30 Oct 2026, 01:04open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public30 Oct 2026, 02:17open
    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. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
      Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
      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
    Rathmiles
    Electoral division
    Ballybrittas
    Electoral area
    Graiguecullen -Portarlington-Lea-6
    Council
    Laois County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
    • 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
    • Killenard (bus 827, 829) 393 m away: 6 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
    • Here (2022 census): 78% owner-occupied (council 71%); 11% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 65% drive to work (council 65%); population up 18% since 2016.
    • 3 home extensions within 250 m since 2026. Most were two-storey rear extensions. On Heritage Golf and Spa Resort: 7 in 10 years, 100% approved.
    • The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 40% are asked for more information.
    • Homes started within 1 km: 1 in the last year, 106 three years before.
    • 9 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.
    • 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.
    Sources and licences 27
    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 4.030 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
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public30 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher29 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
    overpass-api.deOpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County CouncilODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 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)Public30 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.030 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 licence30 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
    tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register28 Oct 2026
    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 30 Oct 2026, 19:00 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.