Planning report · Wicklow County Council · 1000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 18 Oct 2026, 13:40

Troopsfield

53.16632, -6.53604

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2022. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%). 71 homes approved 594 m away haven't started.

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1planning file on this houselatest 2022 98%of home extensions approved nearbyn=83 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 45–52 0open for comments nearbywithin 1 km 154homes approved nearby, not startednearest 526 m · 2560928

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

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

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

2023
221335 · extension · approved 2023 · not started, runs out 2028
approvedstartedsigned off

On this site

Zoning · Existing residential

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it

1 in 10

Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon

Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningR2 · Existing residential

What it says

Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas

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.

blessington local area plan · 28 Jul 2025 – 28 Jul 2031

Radon1 in 10 homes have high radon (EPA)

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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: A.B. Group Packaging Ireland Limited (266 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it

Flood riskNearby OPW map area within 1.0 km · floodinfo.ie

Within 1.0 km	Count	For example
Natural heritage areas	1	Poulaphouca Reservoir
Heritage inventory buildings	26	Ulster Bank; house
Radon grid squares	2
Monuments	32	R147885; R147890
EU bird sites	1	Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA

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: 38 on the draft 2027 map; 32 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA radon map, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), OPW flood maps (CFRAM), Natural Heritage Areas (NPWS), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record, Special Protection Areas (NPWS) · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 23:31

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026, 23:18	open
EPA radon map	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:36	open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 23:31	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
OPW flood maps (CFRAM)	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · shown as a yes/no only	11 Sept 2026, 19:11	open
Natural Heritage Areas (NPWS)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:27	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open
Special Protection Areas (NPWS)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:27	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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	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

Extensions are almost always approved here: 96–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 92% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear16 decided · more info asked 12%

100% · council 96%

Attic or dormer26 decided · more info asked 35%

96% · council 92%

New house in a garden or site13 decided · more info asked 46%

92% · council 81%

Approved nearbyWicklow 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 · 55 nearby, 2,571 council-wide

Figure 3

Blessington, file by file since 2017

33 of 34 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

75 files with "Blessington" 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 · 2017–2026

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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

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	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 50 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 71 days. Building starts about 3 months after permission.

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

Calculated83 decided home extensions, 23 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

1 of 4 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 11 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed4 decided

1 became permissions

Approvals appealed11 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

Appeals nearby 2 in the last 12 months

500906 Granted · Newtown Centre/Newtown Square , Blessington Demesne , Blessington · 533 m
501640 Open · Downshire Hotel (a Protected Structure) adjoining 'Foley's House'… · 495 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	18 Oct 2026, 01:35	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Troopsfield with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedLarge schemeEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedNo decision yet

1Kilmalum Road 211068Approved, not started, approval runs out within a year · 578 m
2Newtown Centre/Newtown Square 2560074Approved, no sign building has started · 594 m
3Downshire Gardens 2560521Approved, no sign building has started · 824 m
4“Burgage Manor” Burgage More, Blessington 2660640Withdrawn or not valid · 919 m
5“Burgage Manor” Burgage More, Blessington 2660713No decision yet · 921 m
65.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 236 m
70.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 364 m
80.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 435 m
90.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 439 m
100.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 462 m
110.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 479 m
121 Beechdale Lawn, Blessington 2660356Approved with conditions · 355 m
131 Westpark, Blessington 2660595Approved with conditions · 362 m
14No. 1 Lakeside Downs and the rear of Main Street, Blessington 2660270No decision yet · 385 m
15AIB Main Street, Blessington 2660609Approved with conditions · 451 m

Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 44 permissions since 2016, 10 show a start notice and 3 have a completion certificate.

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.

Measured52 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 7

The next 30 days

1 deadline within 1.0 km; the first closes 27 Oct 2026.

Time to appeal ends

Time to appeal ends 27 Oct 20269 days left
2561122 · CONDITIONAL — and Permission for change of house types previously approved under planning permission Pl. Ref: 21/1606…
€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 759 m away

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

Figure 8

Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

71 homes 594 m away were approved Feb 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jul 2031.

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 12 within 1.0 km

Approved, not started, approval running out 1

Kilmalum Road · 69 homes approved, not started; runs out Sep 2027 · 578 m

Approved, not started 2

Newtown Centre/Newtown Square · 71 homes approved Feb 2026, not started · 594 m
Downshire Gardens · 14 homes approved Dec 2025, not started · 824 m

Empty land zoned for homes 9

65.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 236 m
70.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 364 m
80.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 435 m
90.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 439 m
100.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 462 m
110.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 479 m
0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 489 m
0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 510 m
0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 514 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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

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	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 00:14	open

Figure 9

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 2 and 10 a year; busiest 2021. 85% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Every application within 1.0 km 23 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

Millbank Cottage , Kilbride Road , Blessington Withdrawn or not valid
demolition of all parts of the original two storey dwelling house, including its floor slab, and construction…
262077 Oct 20261 homes532 m
5“Burgage Manor” Burgage More , Blessington , Co. Wicklow No decision yet
demolition of existing boundary wall • construction of 3 no. duplex blocks, each comprising of the 6 No. 2…
266071311 Aug 202636 homes921 m
Main Street , Blessington , Wicklow No decision yet
conversion / change of use of existing building to a 18 bedroom guesthouse on a protected structure, the…
266066729 Jul 2026503 m
4“Burgage Manor” Burgage More , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Withdrawn or not valid
• demolition of existing boundary wall • construction of 3 no. duplex blocks, each comprising of the 6 No. 2…
266064017 Jul 202636 homes919 m
15AIB Main Street , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
installation of eight individual heritage information signs on the existing external ground floor wall of the…
266060914 Aug 2026451 m
AIB Main Street , Blessington , Co Wicklow Withdrawn or not valid
installation of eight individual heritage information signs on the existing external ground floor wall of the…
26606063 Jul 2026452 m
131 Westpark , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
removal of the shed structure to the side of the existing house to accommodate a new single storey,…
266059510 Aug 2026362 m
Burgage More Road , Burgage More , Blessington Approved with conditions
section 254 licence - hoarding
2612714 Aug 2026574 m
Macari's Takeaway , Main Street , Blessington Approved with conditions
(S254) - erection of scaffold to the front of the premises on public footpath in order to carry out necessary…
26993 Jul 2026706 m
16 St Joseph’s Road , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
demolition of existing shed and single storey extension to the rear and construction of a new single storey…
266038112 Jun 2026749 m
121 Beechdale Lawn , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
single storey extension the side and rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works
266035623 Jun 2026355 m
14No. 1 Lakeside Downs and the rear of Main Street , Blessington , Co. Wicklow No decision yet
a) demolition of existing single storey garage attached to No. 1 Lakeside Downs. b) demolitions of existing…
26602707 Apr 2026385 m
Rear of No.1 Lakeside Downs & Main Street , Blessington , County Wicklow Withdrawn or not valid
a) Demolition of existing single storey garage attached to No. 1 Lakeside Downs. b) Demolitions of existing…
26602613 Apr 2026384 m
16 St Joseph’s Road , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Withdrawn or not valid
demolition of existing shed and single storey extension to the rear and construction of a new single storey…
266022426 Mar 2026749 m
16 St Joseph’s Road , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Withdrawn or not valid
demolition of existing shed and single storey extension to the rear and construction of a new single storey…
266020418 Mar 2026749 m
34 Deerpark Walk , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
widening of existing vehicular entrance and full planning permission to dish the roadside kerb and all…
266001720 Apr 2026987 m
Downshire Gardens , Blessington Demesne , Blessington Approved
section 42 - extension of appropriate period - (ABP-306425-20) 19/1020 - housing development to include (a)…
26828 Jan 2026763 m
No 7 Glenview Court , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
(a) Ground and First floor extension to side of existing two storey detached dwelling, (b) Ground Floor…
256101913 Feb 2026560 m
4 Ashton , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
Retention Permission for as constructed timber cabin for use as a home gym/office space to the rear of…
256100425 Mar 2026570 m
11 Glenview Court , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Approved with conditions
(1.) demolition of existing rear ground floor bathroom 2.5m2, (2.) new ground floor rear extension of 22m2…
256096220 Jan 2026559 m
Downshire Hotel (a Protected Structure) adjoining ‘Foley’s House’ Townhouse and their attendant grounds to rear , Main Street and Kilbride Road , Blessington Approved with conditions
1. demolition of non-historic / non-original extensions to rear and (north) side of former Hotel and…
25609284 Jun 2026495 m
4 Ashton , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Withdrawn or not valid
as constructed timber cabin for use as a home gym/office space to the rear of existing dwelling along with…
25608804 Nov 2025570 m
4 Ashton , Blessington , Co. Wicklow Withdrawn or not valid
as constructed timber cabin for use as a home gym/office space to the rear of existing dwelling along with…
256087330 Oct 2025570 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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	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	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open

Building work nearby 22 in the last 12 months

21 not signed off1 no sign-off needed

Ballycomyn Grove, Blessington, Wicklow · 16 Oct 2026 · 269 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60694 · 748 m
Ballycomyn, Blessington, Wicklow · 8 Sept 2026 · 269 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60694 · 823 m
Burgage More, Blessington, Wicklow · 21 Aug 2026 · 8 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/1404 · 708 m
Burgage More, Blessington, Wicklow · 21 Aug 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/1404 · 707 m
Burgage More, Blessington, Wicklow · 21 Aug 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/1404 · 694 m
Burgage More, Blessington, Wicklow · 21 Aug 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/1404 · 710 m
Burgage More, Blessington, Wicklow · 18 Aug 2026 · 2 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/1404 · 695 m
Burgage More, Blessington, Wicklow · 18 Aug 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/1404 · 715 m
Burgage More, Blessington, Wicklow · 18 Aug 2026 · 2 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/1404 · 719 m
Burgage More, Blessington, Wicklow · 18 Aug 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/1404 · 716 m
Burgage More, Blessington, Wicklow · 31 Jul 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/1404 · 718 m
Burgage More, Blessington, Wicklow · 31 Jul 2026 · 70 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/1404 · 697 m
Burgage More, Blessington, Wicklow · 31 Jul 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · 21/1404 · 695 m
Ballycomyn, Blessington, Wicklow · 17 Jun 2026 · 269 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60694 · 710 m
Ballycomyn, Blessington, Wicklow · 8 Jun 2026 · 269 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60694 · 735 m
Ballycomyn, Blessington Demense, Wicklow · 5 Jun 2026 · 269 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60694 · 757 m
Kilbride Road, Blessington, Wicklow · 26 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2460329 · 931 m
Old Ballymore Road, Blessington, Wicklow · 21 Apr 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/60342 · 234 m
Ballycomyn, Blessington Demense, Wicklow · 30 Mar 2026 · 269 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60694 · 781 m
Ballycomyn, Blessington Demense, Wicklow · 20 Feb 2026 · 269 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60694 · 826 m
Ballycomyn, Blessington Demense, Wicklow · 20 Feb 2026 · 269 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60694 · 815 m
Ballycomyn, Blessington Demesne, Wicklow · 5 Feb 2026 · 269 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60694 · 788 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 18 Oct 2026, 01:21

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open

Homes coming 154 not started

Blessington Demesne Blessington Co. Wicklow. · 269 homes · building started · 879 m
Burgage More · 106 homes · building started · 685 m
2Newtown Centre/Newtown Square · 71 homes · not started · runs out 7 Jul 2031 · 594 m
1Kilmalum Road · 69 homes · runs out soon · runs out 18 Sept 2027 · 578 m
Burgage Castle · 59 homes · building started · 660 m
Burgage More · 56 homes · building started · 730 m
Kilmalum · 55 homes · building started · 794 m
Downshire Hotel adjoining ‘Foley’s House’ Townhouse and thei · 35 homes · under appeal · runs out 4 Jun 2031 · 526 m
Kilbride Road · 33 homes · building started · 845 m
3Downshire Gardens · 14 homes · not started · runs out 8 Dec 2030 · 824 m
Blessington Demesne · 14 homes · building started · 826 m

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, 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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

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	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Sakura Montessori, Naionra and Afterschool · Crèche	9 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	524 m
Happy Faces Community Playschool · Crèche	10 Jun 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	765 m
Cocoon Childcare- Blessington · Crèche	26 Jun 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	840 m
Cocoon Childcare · Crèche	17 Jun 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	840 m
Blath na hOige Montessori · Crèche	11 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	995 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 Busier than most of Wicklow County Council.

Homes approved

Here389

Council middle0

Homes started

Here414

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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

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	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 10

This street block against the council

39% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 58% owner-occupied (council 71%).

Homes built before 1971

39% · council 26%

Homes built since 2001

35% · council 32%

Owner-occupied

58% · council 71%

Rented

34% · council 24%

Children under 15

18% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

16% · council 15%

Households with 2+ cars

32% · council 48%

Work mainly from home

8% · council 14%

This small area (204 people)Wicklow

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 257016006

Bus

105 m

Troopersfield · 65, 65A · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak

Radon

1 in 10

homes here likely high (EPA). Test it

Flood

Within 1.0 km

OPW flood map area, not beside the house

Nearest school

497 m

Blessington Community College, 737 pupils

Homes sold nearby

142

in 3 years, 97 new (Property Price Register)

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Blessington Community College · postprimary · 737 pupils · 497 m
S N Muire · primary · 235 pupils · 789 m
S N Mhuire Senior School · primary · 296 pupils · 902 m

Stops 12

Troopersfield · 65, 65A · 1/hour at peak · 105 m
Old Ballymore Road · 65, 895 · 1/hour at peak · 165 m
Old Ballymore Road · 65, 895 · 1/hour at peak · 178 m
St Marys Church · 132 · 595 m
Blessington · 65, 65A, 885, 895 · 2/hour at peak · 601 m
Burgage · 65, 895 · 1/hour at peak · 613 m
Burgage · 65, 895 · 1/hour at peak · 616 m
Blessington · 65, 65A, 885, 895 · 1/hour at peak · 672 m

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

Blessington Community College · 497 m+3.1% pupils (737)
S N Muire · 789 m-12.3% pupils (235)
S N Mhuire Senior School · 902 m-3% pupils (296)

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 18 Oct 2026, 02:18

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	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
Council consultation portals	Public	18 Oct 2026, 01:37	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	18 Oct 2026, 02:18	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

Extension (221335) approved 2023, not started: still planned?
Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
Seller · solicitor
High radon area (1 in 10 homes): has it been tested?
Ask for: Radon test results.
Seller
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: Blessington
Electoral division: Blessington
Electoral area: Baltinglass
Council: Wicklow County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

1 application on this site; latest 221335, approved 2023, not started, runs out 2028.
Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax; high radon area.
12 sites nearby could change: 3 approved schemes, 9 empty zoned plots.
154 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 71 at Newtown Centre/Newtown Square.
Old Ballymore Road (bus 65, 895) 178 m away: 1 an hour at morning peak; 3 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 58% owner-occupied (council 71%); 4% of homes empty (council 7%); most built 2001–2010; 62% drive to work (council 58%).
Around here the council decides in a median 56 days (about 8 weeks); 46% are asked for more information.
Homes started within 1 km: 343 in the last year, 9 three years before.

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.
Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
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 34

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	18 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com	Office of Public Works	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · flag only	11 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Parks and Wildlife Service	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
gis.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Parks and Wildlife Service	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	18 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	18 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
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026
esbnetworks.ie	—	© the publisher · flag only	11 Sept 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	18 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	18 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	18 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
water.ie	—	© the publisher · flag only	—
water.ie	—	© the publisher · flag only	—
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 18 Oct 2026, 13:40 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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