Planning report · Clare County Council · 1000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 17 Oct 2026, 18:00

L1022, Finavarra Demesne

53.14790, -9.08994

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2019.

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Clare County Council: council consultations.

2planning files on this houselatest 2019 52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–54 0open for comments nearbywithin 1 km

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years

1ApplySite notice up, plans online
2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 52 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council
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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2020.

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

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

2020
191018 · for additions to · approved 2020 · started, no sign-off needed
approvedstartedsigned off?
2019
19848 · for additions to · withdrawn
approved?started?signed off?

On this site

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Monument zone1 within 100 m Leacht cuimhne, Ballyvelaghan

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, 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 1.0 km

Within 1.0 km	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	1	Finavarra House
Monuments	19	Ringfort - rath; Souterrain

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), Sites and Monuments Record, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026, 23:18	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 00:14	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open

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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 01:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open

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: 70% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site10 decided · more info asked 40%

70% · council 90%

Approved nearbyClare 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 · 10 nearby, 2,601 council-wide

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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 01:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 52 days.

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

Calculated11 decided home extensions, 2 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 4

What appeals changed

0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions.

Refusals appealed1 decided

0 became permissions

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 L1022, Finavarra Demesne with 4 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseApprovedNo decision yetRefused

1Mortyclough, New Quay 2660418Approved with conditions · 268 m
2Finavara, Burrin 2660335No decision yet · 789 m
3Mortyclough, Burren 2660024Refused · 899 m
4Ballyvelaghan, Newquay 2660307No decision yet · 901 m

Figure 5

The next 30 days

Nothing closes within 1.0 km in the next 30 days.

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

Figure 6

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2019. 86% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2018 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Every application within 1.0 km 4 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

1Mortyclough , New Quay , Co. Clare Approved with conditions
for (1) The Retention of the partial refurbishment of the existing cottage, previously granted under Pl. Ref.…
266041819 Aug 20261 homes268 m
2Finavara , Burrin , Co. Clare No decision yet
to construct a new dwelling house, a garage, a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated…
266033522 May 20261 homes789 m
4Ballyvelaghan , Newquay , Co. Clare No decision yet
for the following (A) To renovate and refurbish the existing dwelling to include removal of the front porch,…
266030712 May 20261 homes901 m
3Mortyclough , Burren , Co. Clare Refused
of the following a) The development of a hardstanding area used for the storage of agricultural and…
266002416 Mar 2026899 m

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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 01:09	open

Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months

2 no sign-off needed

finavarra, Clare · 29 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560589 · 960 m
Mortyclogh, New Quay, Clare, H91DWR3 · 6 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · PP21149 · 281 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 17 Oct 2026, 01:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 01:09	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Burren Preschool · Crèche	17 Jun 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	779 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 14 Oct 2026, 23:20

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	14 Oct 2026, 23:20	open

How busy is this area About as busy as most of Clare County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here5

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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 01:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 7

This street block against the council

90% owner-occupied (council 72%).

Homes built before 1971

32% · council 26%

Homes built since 2001

26% · council 32%

Owner-occupied

90% · council 72%

Rented

2% · council 21%

Children under 15

11% · council 20%

Aged 65 and over

27% · council 17%

Households with 2+ cars

39% · council 47%

Work mainly from home

35% · council 11%

This small area (147 people)Clare

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 037001001

Nearest school

779 m

New Quay Ns, 31 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

New Quay Ns · primary · 31 pupils · 779 m

Stops 0

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

New Quay Ns · 779 m-6.1% pupils (31)

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 17 Oct 2026, 02:12

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026, 23:43	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open
Council consultation portals	Public	17 Oct 2026, 01:36	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	17 Oct 2026, 02:12	open
Land Development Agency public land register	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026, 16:43	open
cso_saps_2022	CC BY 4.0	—	open
National Transport Authority	CC 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 maps	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council	CC BY 4.0	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

For additions to (191018) built without official sign-off: built properly?
Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
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: Ballyvelaghan
Electoral division: Abbey
Electoral area: Ennistimon
Council: Clare County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

2 applications on this site; latest 191018, approved 2020, started, no sign-off needed.
No vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Here (2022 census): 90% owner-occupied (council 72%); 31% of homes empty (council 17%); most built before 1919; 44% drive to work (council 66%); population up 16% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
5 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).

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.

Sources and licences 26

Source	Publisher	Licence	Fetched
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.com	An Coimisiún Pleanála	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	17 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	17 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.com	Local authorities (derelict sites registers)	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	17 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Tailte Éireann	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors	CC BY 4.0	4 Oct 2026
propertypriceregister.ie	Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)	© PSRA, PSI licence	17 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	9 Oct 2026
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	14 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	11 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 17 Oct 2026, 18:00 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.

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