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Planning report · Offaly County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 22:20

Screggan ED, The Municipal District of Tullamore, County Offaly, Leinster, Éire / Ireland

53.24787, -7.54375

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024.

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

2planning files on this houselatest 202454 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 52–550open 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 54 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024.

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 2001–2010. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of MucklaghBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2024: 2410 · new house, approved2023: 22318 · new house, approved2021: 2 files on Mucklagh2022: 2 files on Mucklagh2023: 3 files on Mucklagh2024: 2 files on Mucklagh2025: 2 files on Mucklagh2026: 1 file on Mucklagh12 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. 2024
    2410 · new house · approved 2024 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
  2. 2023
    22318 · new house · approved 2023 · not started, runs out 2028
    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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Mucklagh (769 m)

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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 2 on the draft 2027 map; 2 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
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: 92% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site13 decided · more info asked 54%
92% · council 88%
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 · 13 nearby, 828 council-wide

Figure 3

Mucklagh, file by file since 2021

5 of 5 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 3 of 4.

12 planning files on Mucklagh since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · other extension · approved · 21807No number · 2023 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 23126No. 11 · 2023 · single-storey rear · approved · 2360098No number · 2025 · other extension · approved · 2560285No number · 2025 · single-storey side · approved · 2560301Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360091No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2410No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660227New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · refused · 21527No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 22133No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 22318No number · 2024 · new house · approved · 2460399
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

12 files with "Mucklagh" 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 54 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 54 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 54 days, middle half 52–55 (n=8)54 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off50% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated10 decided home extensions, 4 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Screggan ED, The Municipal District of Tullamore, County Offaly, Leinster, Éire / Ireland with 3 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 11.0 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 302 m
    2. 20.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 305 m
    3. 3SHAMROCKS GAA COMPLEX, MUCKLAGH 2660227Approved with conditions · 389 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 9 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    10 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 9 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 9 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 4 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 5 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT9: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused9: approved → approved1: refused → refused5: approved → no start notice found4: approved → built, owner opted out10 lodged10 lodged9 approved9 approved1 refused1 refused9 approved9 approved1 refused1 refused5 no start notice found5 no start notice found4 built, owner opted out4 built, owner opted 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.

    Measured10 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    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

      Sites that could change 2 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 2

      • 11.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 302 m
      • 20.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 305 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2022. 90% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 1, 2026: 105102021: 1 approved2021: 1 refused2’21*2022: 2 approved2’222023: 2 approved2’232024: 2 approved2’242025: 1 approved1’252026: 1 approved1’26*
      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 3 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 no sign-off needed
      • Willow Cottage, Mucklagh, Tullamore, Offaly, R35 TY36 · 12 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560301 · 450 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 31 Oct 2026, 02:56
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Childs Play Pre- School & After School · Crèche10 Sept 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate515 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 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Offaly County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here7
      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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      87% owner-occupied (council 72%).

      Homes built before 1971
      25% · council 30%
      Homes built since 2001
      33% · council 34%
      Owner-occupied
      87% · council 72%
      Rented
      7% · council 22%
      Children under 15
      23% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      18% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      66% · council 47%
      Work mainly from home
      12% · council 8%
      This small area (331 people)Offaly

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 187075005

      Bus
      486 m
      Mucklagh · 843, 845, 847 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      585 m
      Scoil Colmain Naofa, 322 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Scoil Colmain Naofa · primary · 322 pupils · 585 m

      Stops 7

      • Mucklagh · 843, 845, 847, UM02 · 2/hour at peak · 486 m
      • Adjacent Kellys Shop · 847 · 581 m
      • Mucklagh · 843, 845, UM02 · 608 m
      • Mucklagh Ch · 845, 847, UM02 · 712 m
      • Mucklagh Ch · 845, 847, UM02 · 1/hour at peak · 726 m

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

      • Scoil Colmain Naofa · 585 m-0.3% pupils (322) · an extension 2025, 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
      Council consultation portalsPublic31 Oct 2026, 01:06open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public31 Oct 2026, 02:21open
      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 (2410) built without official sign-off: built properly?
        Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. New house (22318) approved 2023, not started: still planned?
        Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
        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
      Mucklagh
      Electoral division
      Screggan
      Electoral area
      Tullamore
      Council
      Offaly County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 2 applications on this site; latest 2410, approved 2024, started, no sign-off needed.
      • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 2 sites nearby could change: 2 empty zoned plots.
      • Mucklagh (bus 843, 845) 486 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 87% owner-occupied (council 72%); 5% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 72% drive to work (council 65%); population up 4% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 77 days (about 11 weeks); 50% are asked for more information.
      • 3 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • Scoil Colmain Naofa, 585 m away: an extension approved (2025).
      What the terms mean 5 terms
      • Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
      • Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
      • Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
      • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
      • What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
      Sources and licences 25
      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 4.030 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.031 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)Public31 Oct 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher30 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 4.026 Oct 2026
      data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
      meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public31 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.031 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 licence31 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
      gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
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      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 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 31 Oct 2026, 22:20 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.