PlanningRegister.ie
Back
Planning report · Offaly County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 16 Oct 2026, 08:00

L50182

53.15744, -7.21582

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2019. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%).

See on the mapWatch this area
Distance
250 m500 m1 km2 km
Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Offaly County Council: council consultations.

3planning files on this houselatest 2019100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=30 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs53 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 51–550open 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 53 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 1981–90, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2019.

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 1981–1990. 3 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of ShanderryBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1981–1990 (census estimate)most built2019: 1985 · new house, approved2019: 1944 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2018: 18237 · new house, approved2018: 2 files on Shanderry2019: 1 file on Shanderry2021: 4 files on Shanderry2022: 1 file on Shanderry2023: 1 file on Shanderry2024: 1 file on Shanderry10 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. 2019
    1985 · new house · approved 2019 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2019
    1944 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  3. 2018
    18237 · new house · approved 2018 · ran out unbuilt
    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 12 Oct 2026, 00:14
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
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 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site14 decided · more info asked 57%
64% · council 87%
Approved nearbyOffaly 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, 1,402 council-wide

Figure 3

Shanderry, file by file since 2018

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

10 planning files on Shanderry since 2018, by kind and decision.201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2022 · porch / front · approved · 22205Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2018 · other work · approved · 18237No number · 2018 · other work · approved · 1898No number · 2019 · other work · approved · 1985No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21157No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21185No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21445No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23196No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460410New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21356
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

10 files with "Shanderry" 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 · 2018–2026

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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 57 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 53 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 109 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 53 days, middle half 51–55 (n=19)53 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 109 days (n=11)109 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off80% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated30 decided home extensions, 5 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

    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

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    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.

    15 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 14 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 14 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 2 started, 6 with no start notice found, 4 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT14: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused14: approved → approved1: refused → refused6: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out2: approved → started, not signed off4: approved → ran out15 lodged15 lodged14 approved14 approved1 refused1 refused14 approved14 approved1 refused1 refused6 no start notice found6 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out2 started, not signed off2 started, not signed off4 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.

    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

      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 6 a year; busiest 2021. 93% of decisions were approvals.

      2018: 2, 2019: 1, 2021: 6, 2022: 3, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 105102018: 2 approved2’18*2019: 1 approved1’192021: 5 approved2021: 1 refused6’212022: 3 approved3’222023: 1 approved1’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 1 approved1’25
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2018 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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
        0
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

        Named places estate, developments, inspections

        Crèches and schools inspected

        NameLatest inspectionDistance
        Muddy Puddles Montessori · Crèche30 Jan 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate964 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
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        Tusla early years registerPublic register14 Oct 2026, 23:20open
        How busy is this area About as busy as most of Offaly County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here28
        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: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 9

        This street block against the council

        89% owner-occupied (council 72%).

        Homes built before 1971
        23% · council 30%
        Homes built since 2001
        27% · council 34%
        Owner-occupied
        89% · council 72%
        Rented
        6% · council 22%
        Children under 15
        21% · council 21%
        Aged 65 and over
        13% · council 16%
        Households with 2+ cars
        64% · council 47%
        Work mainly from home
        14% · council 8%
        This small area (485 people)Offaly

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 187069001

        Bus
        637 m
        Avondale Estate · 829
        Nearest school
        825 m
        Coláiste Íosagáin, 1182 pupils
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        • Coláiste Íosagáin · postprimary · 1182 pupils · 825 m

        Stops 6

        • Avondale Estate · 829 · 0/hour at peak · 637 m
        • Avondale Estate · 806, 829 · 1/hour at peak · 642 m

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

        • Coláiste Íosagáin · 825 m+4.1% pupils (1,182) · 48 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
        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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
        Council consultation portalsPublic16 Oct 2026, 01:34open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public16 Oct 2026, 01:42open
        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. New house (1985) ran out unbuilt in 2024: built anyway?
          Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
          Seller · solicitor
        2. New house (18237) ran out unbuilt in 2022: built anyway?
          Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
          Seller · solicitor
        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
        Shanderry
        Electoral division
        Portarlington North
        Electoral area
        Edenderry
        Council
        Offaly County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 3 applications on this site; latest 1985, approved 2019, ran out unbuilt.
        • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Avondale Estate, 637 m away (3 a day).
        • Here (2022 census): 89% owner-occupied (council 72%); 6% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1981–1990; 66% drive to work (council 65%); population up 8% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 80 days (about 11 weeks); 51% are asked for more information.
        • Coláiste Íosagáin, 825 m away: 48 classrooms approved (2024). Pupils up 4% last year.
        • 4 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
        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.
        • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
        • 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 24
        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 4.09 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.015 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)Public16 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher16 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 4.012 Oct 2026
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.011 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public16 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.016 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 licence16 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.09 Oct 2026
        tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register14 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.011 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 16 Oct 2026, 08:00 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.