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Planning report · Laois County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 21 Oct 2026, 22:29

R424

53.15045, -7.12640

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2021.

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Not held yet for Laois County Council: council consultations.

2planning files on this houselatest 202152 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–550open 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 52 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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2021.

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 1971–1980. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of LeaBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2021: 21825 · work already done, withdrawn or invalid2019: 18687 · extension, approved2019: 2 files on Lea2025: 1 file on Lea3 files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. 2021
    21825 · work already done · withdrawn
    approved?startedsigned off?
  2. 2019
    18687 · extension · approved 2019 · 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.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
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

Extensions here: 83% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 71% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

Attic or dormer12 decided · more info asked 25%
83% · council 94%
New house in a garden or site24 decided · more info asked 62%
71% · 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 · 36 nearby, 1,727 council-wide

Figure 3

Lea, file by file since 2019

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

3 planning files on Lea since 2019, by kind and decision.20192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2019 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 19656Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2025 · other work · refused · 2560611New house in a side gardenNo number · 2019 · new house · approved · 19482
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

3 files with "Lea" 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 · 2019–2026

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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 52 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 52 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 52 days, middle half 48–55 (n=16)52 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off100% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated21 decided home extensions, 3 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    2 of 4 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed4 decided
    2 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

    Appeals nearby 2 in the last 12 months
    • 500706 Granted with conditions · Kilmullen, Ullard or Controversyland, Clonanny Lea and Loughmansland… · 90 m
    • 324055 Pending · located across various townlands in County Kildare, Offaly and Laois.… · 91 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher21 Oct 2026, 01:40open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around R424 with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingAppealBuilding started
    1. 1Loughmanlands Glebe, Portarlington 2660350Approved with conditions · 75 m
    2. 2Kilmullen, Ullard or Controversyland 500706Appeal: approved with conditions · 90 m
    3. 3located across various townlands in County Kildare, Offaly and Laois. (www.derrynadarraghplanning.ie). 324055Appeal: no decision yet · 91 m
    4. 4LOUGHMANSLAN GLEBE, Portarlington 2560681Building started · 136 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 14 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    14 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 13 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 14 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 4 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 6 with no start notice found, 4 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT13: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused13: approved → approved1 refused by the council, approved after an appeal6: approved → no start notice found4: approved → built, owner opted out4: approved → ran out14 lodged14 lodged13 approved13 approved1 refused1 refused14 approved14 approved6 no start notice found6 no start notice found4 built, owner opted out4 built, owner opted out4 ran out4 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.

    Measured14 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 9 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-09 2660350: CONDITIONAL — change the design on previously approved planning permission ref 23/60113 to new designed Bungalow Type Dwelling with Eftoday26 Oct31 Oct5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov2660350: CONDITIONAL — change the design on previously approved planning permission ref 23/60113 to new designed Bungalow Type Dwelling with Ef · 75 m away · 2026-11-09
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 9 Nov 202619 days left
      12660350 · CONDITIONAL — change the design on previously approved planning permission ref 23/60113 to new designed Bungalow Type…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 75 m away

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

    Figure 8

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2019. 93% of decisions were approvals.

    2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 3, 2020: 2, 2021: 1, 2023: 2, 2025: 3, 2026: 105102017: 1 approved1’17*2018: 1 approved1’182019: 3 approved3’192020: 2 approved2’202021: 1 approved1’212023: 2 approved2’232025: 2 approved2025: 1 refused3’252026: 1 approved1’26*
    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 1 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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
    Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    1 no sign-off needed
    • 4LOUGHMANSLAN GLEBE, Portarlington, Laois · 25 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560681 · 136 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 21 Oct 2026, 01:58
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
    0
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Laois County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here6
    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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 9

    This street block against the council

    13% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 93% owner-occupied (council 71%).

    Homes built before 1971
    13% · council 23%
    Homes built since 2001
    26% · council 44%
    Owner-occupied
    93% · council 71%
    Rented
    3% · council 24%
    Children under 15
    22% · council 22%
    Aged 65 and over
    15% · council 13%
    Households with 2+ cars
    66% · council 49%
    Work mainly from home
    15% · council 9%
    This small area (339 people)Laois

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 107060001

    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 0

        Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, 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 21 Oct 2026, 02:35
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        Council consultation portalsPublic21 Oct 2026, 01:42open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public21 Oct 2026, 02:35open
        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. Extension (18687) built without official sign-off: built properly?
          Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
          Seller · solicitor
        2. Decision 75 m away can be appealed until 9 Nov 2026: appeal?
          Ask for: The decision on the council's website (€220 to appeal).
          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
        Lea
        Electoral division
        Kilmullen
        Electoral area
        Graiguecullen -Portarlington-Lea-6
        Council
        Laois County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 2 applications on this site; latest 21825, withdrawn.
        • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
        • Here (2022 census): 93% owner-occupied (council 71%); 2% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1971–1980; 69% drive to work (council 65%); population up 6% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 41% are asked for more information.
        • 1 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        • 1 building job started within 250 m in the last six months.
        What the terms mean 7 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.
        • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
        • Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
        • 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 4.016 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public21 Oct 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 21 Oct 2026, 22:29 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.