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Planning report · Offaly County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 23 Oct 2026, 02:10

St. Patrick's Avenue, Portarlington

53.15876, -7.20185

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%). 28 homes approved 254 m away haven't started.

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Time
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Not held yet for Offaly County Council: council consultations.

2planning files on this houselatest 2022100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=41 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–540open for comments nearbywithin 500 m28homes approved nearby, not startednearest 254 m · 23156

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 51 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 3 months after
  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). 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2023.

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. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of KilmalogueBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1981–1990 (census estimate)most built2023: 22531 · porch, approved2022: 22486 · porch, withdrawn or invalid2021: 1 file on Kilmalogue2022: 2 files on Kilmalogue2024: 1 file on Kilmalogue2025: 1 file on Kilmalogue5 files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. 2023
    22531 · porch · approved 2023 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
  2. 2022
    22486 · porch · withdrawn
    approved?startedsigned off?
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Residential: The use ‘Residential’ shall be taken to primarily include the use of land for domestic dwellings

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

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 lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings17The Chestnuts; house
Monuments1R143395
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 council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 6 on the draft 2027 map; 5 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 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
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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
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: 75% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site8 decided · more info asked 62%
75% · 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 · 8 nearby, 1,406 council-wide

Figure 3

Kilmalogue, file by file since 2021

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

5 planning files on Kilmalogue since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 22470No number · 2025 · single-storey rear · approved · 2560226Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22216No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 24100New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21467
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

5 files with "Kilmalogue" 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 · 2021–2026

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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 51 days. 1 in 5 is asked for more information, which adds about 82 days. Building starts about 3 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 51 days; If more info asked (1 in 5): 140 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 83 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 51 days, middle half 48–54 (n=33)51 daysIf more info asked (1 in 5)With further information: median 140 days (n=8)140 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 83 days after permission (n=10)83 days after permissionSigned off90% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated41 decided home extensions, 10 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    0 became permissions
    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 St. Patrick's Avenue, Portarlington with 7 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yet
    1. 1PORTARLINGTON 23156Approved, no sign building has started · 254 m
    2. 20.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 247 m
    3. 30.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 435 m
    4. 40.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 494 m
    5. 5AT THE REAR OF THE HAWTHORN PUBLIC HOUSE, KILMALOGUE PATRICKS STREET 2660449No decision yet · 184 m
    6. 6Riverside Kilmalogue, Portarlington 2660445No decision yet · 194 m
    7. 7Riverside Kilmalogue, Portarlington 2660495No decision yet · 202 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 9 permissions since 2016, 1 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    12 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 9 approved, 3 refused. After appeals: 9 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 8 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT9: lodged → approved3: lodged → refused9: approved → approved3: refused → refused8: approved → no start notice found1: approved → started, not signed off12 lodged12 lodged9 approved9 approved3 refused3 refused9 approved9 approved3 refused3 refused8 no start notice found8 no start notice found1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off

    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.

    Measured12 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

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      28 homes 254 m away were approved Nov 2023 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Nov 2028.

      PORTARLINGTON · 28 homes: 28 homes approved Nov 2023, not started2023202420252026202720282029PORTARLINGTON · 28 homes254 m · 2315628 homes approved Nov 2023, not started28 homes approved Nov 2023, not startedtoday

      Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.

      Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)

      Sites that could change 4 within 500 m

      Approved, not started 1

      • PORTARLINGTON · 28 homes approved Nov 2023, not started · 254 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 3

      • 20.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 247 m
      • 30.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 435 m
      • 40.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 494 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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
      Figure 9

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 7 a year; busiest 2022. 75% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 2, 2022: 7, 2023: 2, 2024: 105102021: 1 approved2021: 1 refused2’21*2022: 5 approved2022: 2 refused7’222023: 2 approved2’232024: 1 approved1’24
      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 5 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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
      Homes coming 28 not started
      • 1PORTARLINGTON · 28 homes · not started · runs out 22 Nov 2028 · 254 m
      How we work this out
      Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).
      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Na Páistí Community Créche · Crèche18 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate880 m
      The Ferns Preschool · Crèche15 Jun 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate929 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 21 Oct 2026, 23:37
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register21 Oct 2026, 23:37open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Offaly County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here66
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here69
      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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 10

      This street block against the council

      46% of homes built before 1971 (council 30%). 74% owner-occupied (council 72%).

      Homes built before 1971
      46% · council 30%
      Homes built since 2001
      5% · council 34%
      Owner-occupied
      74% · council 72%
      Rented
      17% · council 22%
      Children under 15
      14% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      19% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      37% · council 47%
      Work mainly from home
      6% · council 8%
      This small area (212 people)Offaly

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 187069003

      Bus
      150 m
      Patrick Street · 806, 827, 829 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      385 m
      Coláiste Íosagáin, 1182 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Coláiste Íosagáin · postprimary · 1182 pupils · 385 m
      • Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 · primary · 84 pupils · 737 m

      Stops 8

      • Patrick Street · 806, 827, 829, IW04, UM14 · 1/hour at peak · 150 m
      • Patrick Street · 806, 827, 829, IW04, UM14 · 2/hour at peak · 169 m
      • Botley Lane · 806 · 1/hour at peak · 618 m
      • Avondale Estate · 829 · 0/hour at peak · 625 m
      • Avondale Estate · 806, 829 · 1/hour at peak · 649 m
      • Botley Lane · 806 · 1/hour at peak · 667 m

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

      • Coláiste Íosagáin · 385 m+4.1% pupils (1,182) · 48 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
      • Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 · 737 m+6.3% pupils (84)
      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 23 Oct 2026, 01:47
      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
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
      Council consultation portalsPublic23 Oct 2026, 01:47open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public22 Oct 2026, 02:38open
      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. Porch (22531): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
        Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
        Seller · 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
      Kilmalogue
      Electoral division
      Portarlington North
      Electoral area
      Edenderry
      Council
      Offaly County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 2 applications on this site; latest 22531, approved 2023, work already done.
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 4 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 3 empty zoned plots.
      • 28 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 28 at PORTARLINGTON.
      • Patrick Street (bus 806, 827) 168 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 3 from all stops within 500 m.
      • Here (2022 census): 74% owner-occupied (council 72%); 14% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1981–1990; 59% drive to work (council 65%); population up 8% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 77 days (about 11 weeks); 50% are asked for more information.
      • 5 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.
      • 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 4.022 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
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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 23 Oct 2026, 02:10 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.