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Planning report · South Dublin County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 21:05

Sundale Close

53.28077, -6.40600

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (94%).

See on the mapWatch this area

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. 5AppealHere about 4 months
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 2 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).

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 1981–1990.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1981–1990 (census estimate)most built

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

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

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
1 in 20
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

RES: To protect and/or improve residential amenity

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.

south dublin county development plan 2022 2028 · 8 Mar 2022 – 8 Mar 2028

Radon1 in 20 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.

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Radon grid squares1
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.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA radon map, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
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

Extensions here: 77–100% by type.

Single-storey rear13 decided · more info asked 46%
77% · council 96%
Attic or dormer15 decided · more info asked 13%
100% · council 98%
Approved nearbySouth Dublin 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 · 28 nearby, 1,980 council-wide

Extensions and refusals right beside you 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 approved
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Single-storey rear11—

On Sundale: 6 extensions in 10 years, 100% of all applications approved; most common single-storey rear.

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 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 54 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 66 days. Building starts about 2 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 54 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 120 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; If appealed: +117 days; Building starts: 64 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 54 days, middle half 50–55 (n=35)54 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 120 days (n=18)120 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksIf appealedAt An Coimisiún Pleanála: median 117 days (n=12, all appeals within 1.5 km)+117 daysBuilding startsStart notice: median 64 days after permission (n=13)64 days after permissionSigned off23% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated53 decided home extensions, 13 start notices, 12 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    0 of 5 appealed refusals became permissions. 2 of 7 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed5 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed7 decided
    2 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 1 in the last 12 months
    • 323983 Pending · — · 199 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), 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
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher30 Oct 2026, 23:12open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Sundale Close with 10 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingDerelict buildingRefusedAppealNo decision yetApproved
    1. 160A, Suncroft Drive SD26B/0011WApproved · 109 m
    2. 2St. Thomas' Junior National School, Jobstown SD21A/0207/EPApproved · 162 m
    3. 338 Russell Crescent, Jobstown 1726Derelict building · 282 m
    4. 461 Swiftbrook Drive, Tallaght 1825Derelict building · 383 m
    5. 532, Suncroft Park SD26A/0090WRefused · 196 m
    6. 6ACP 323983 323983Appeal: no decision yet · 199 m
    7. 7No. 15 Sundale Road, Tallaght SD26A/0216WNo decision yet · 216 m
    8. 81, Cloonmore Drive SD26A/0013WRefused · 278 m
    9. 919, Sundale Grove SD26B/0358WApproved · 286 m
    10. 10St. Thomas the Apostle Pastoral Centre, Fortunestown Road SD26A/0045WApproved · 294 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 18 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    30 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 18 approved, 4 refused. After appeals: 18 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 3 started, 14 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT18: lodged → approved4: lodged → refused7: lodged → withdrawn or invalid1: lodged → undecided18: approved → approved4: refused → refused7: withdrawn or invalid → withdrawn1: undecided → undecided14: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out3: approved → started, not signed off30 lodged30 lodged18 approved18 approved4 refused4 refused7 withdrawn or invalid7 withdrawn or invalid1 undecided1 undecided18 approved18 approved4 refused4 refused7 withdrawn7 withdrawn1 undecided1 undecided14 no start notice found14 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out3 started, not signed off3 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.

    Measured30 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    4 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 2 Nov 2026.

    4 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-02 SDCC consultation closes 2026-11-02: Proposed Development of a single-storey sports facility housing Whitechurch Boxing Club and Wanderers GAA Ballyboden, along with all associa; 2026-11-02 SDCC consultation opened: Proposed Development of a single-storey sports facility housing Whitechurch Boxing Club and Wanderers GAA Ballyboden, along with all associated works on undeve; 2026-11-02 SD26B/0011W: Grant Permission — Planning permission is requested for a detached single-storey domestic sunroom to the rear of the existing dwelling.; 2026-11-13 SD21A/0207/EP: Grant Extension of Duration of Permission — Demolition of the existing single-storey c. 2,605sq.m. Junior School building; demolition of the existing single-storey today5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov30 NovSDCC consultation closes 2026-11-02: Proposed Development of a single-storey sports facility housing Whitechurch Boxing Club and Wanderers GAA Ballyboden, along with all associa · 129 m away · 2026-11-02SDCC consultation opened: Proposed Development of a single-storey sports facility housing Whitechurch Boxing Club and Wanderers GAA Ballyboden, along with all associated works on undeve · 129 m away · 2026-11-02SD26B/0011W: Grant Permission — Planning permission is requested for a detached single-storey domestic sunroom to the rear of the existing dwelling. · 109 m away · 2026-11-02SD21A/0207/EP: Grant Extension of Duration of Permission — Demolition of the existing single-storey c. 2,605sq.m. Junior School building; demolition of the existing single-storey · 162 m away · 2026-11-13
    Time to appeal endsOther deadlines
    • Consultation closes 2 Nov 20262 days left
      Proposed Development of a single-storey sports facility housing Whitechurch Boxing Club and Wanderers GAA Ballyboden,…
      129 m away
    • Consultation closes 2 Nov 20262 days left
      Proposed Development of a single-storey sports facility housing Whitechurch Boxing Club and Wanderers GAA Ballyboden,…
      129 m away
    • Time to appeal ends 2 Nov 20262 days left
      1SD26B/0011W · Grant Permission — Planning permission is requested for a detached single-storey domestic sunroom to the rear of the…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 109 m away
    • Time to appeal ends 13 Nov 202613 days left
      2SD21A/0207/EP · Grant Extension of Duration of Permission — Demolition of the existing single-storey c. 2,605sq.m. Junior School…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 162 m away

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

    Sites that could change 2 within 500 m

    Derelict building 2

    • 338 Russell Crescent, Jobstown · derelict since Feb 2015 · 282 m
    • 461 Swiftbrook Drive, Tallaght · derelict since Mar 2018 · 383 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, Council meetings (ModernGov), 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
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public31 Oct 2026, 02:21open
    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 7 a year; busiest 2022. 82% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 5, 2022: 7, 2023: 5, 2024: 1, 2025: 6, 2026: 605102021: 3 approved2021: 2 withdrawn or invalid5’21*2022: 4 approved2022: 3 withdrawn or invalid7’222023: 3 approved2023: 1 refused2023: 1 withdrawn or invalid5’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 4 approved2025: 1 refused2025: 1 withdrawn or invalid6’252026: 3 approved2026: 2 refused2026: 1 undecided6’26*
    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 8 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 not signed off
    • Fortunestown Way, Dublin · 9 Sept 2026 · start notice not signed off · SD22A/0124 · 455 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

    Estate: Sundale · 7 applications in 10 years · 100% approved · most common: single-storey rear

    Developments within 1.0 km

    SchemeHomesProgressDistance
    Whitestown Stream——175 m
    Jobstown Park——533 m
    The Foothills63595 being built · 540 not started (2026-Q2)707 m
    D24 Neighbourhood——751 m
    SCD Leisure Tallaght——828 m
    McGee Park——922 m
    Citywest Residential Development400—924 m
    Whitestown and Killinarden——944 m

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Youth Horizons Creche · Crèche9 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate188 m
    JADD Project Childcare Service · Crèche3 Oct 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate299 m
    An Turas · Crèche23 Jun 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate409 m
    Stepping Stones Creche & Montessori · Crèche30 May 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate643 m
    Cocoon Childcare Citywest · Crèche27 Sept 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate868 m
    Toddling Tots · Crèche27 May 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate917 m
    Respond Early Years Service, Ard Mor · Crèche22 May 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate988 m
    StartBright Brookview · Crèche11 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate994 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: Dublin housing delivery pipeline, Housing estates, National Planning Application Database, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Dublin housing delivery pipelineCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Housing estatesODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    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 Busier than most of South Dublin County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here18
    Council middle4
    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

    5% of homes built before 1971 (council 18%). 49% owner-occupied (council 67%).

    Homes built before 1971
    5% · council 18%
    Homes built since 2001
    3% · council 27%
    Owner-occupied
    49% · council 67%
    Rented
    49% · council 29%
    Children under 15
    26% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    6% · council 13%
    Households with 2+ cars
    36% · council 40%
    Work mainly from home
    4% · council 10%
    This small area (443 people)South Dublin

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267140032

    Bus
    158 m
    Jobstown Rd · 27 · busiest stop within 500 m: 6 an hour at peak
    Radon
    1 in 20
    homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
    Nearest school
    242 m
    St Thomas Junior NS, 300 pupils
    Homes sold nearby
    41
    in 3 years (Property Price Register)
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • St Thomas Junior NS · primary · 300 pupils · 242 m
    • St Thomas Senior NS · primary · 331 pupils · 280 m
    • Mount Seskin Community College · postprimary · 350 pupils · 355 m
    • St Aidans Ns · primary · 244 pupils · 632 m
    • St Brigids NS · primary · 206 pupils · 719 m
    • Killinarden Community School · postprimary · 471 pupils · 778 m
    • St Aidan's Community School · postprimary · 561 pupils · 782 m
    • Scoil Chaitlin Maude · primary · 284 pupils · 899 m

    Stops 35

    • Jobstown Rd · 27 · 6/hour at peak · 158 m
    • Jobstown Rd · 27 · 5/hour at peak · 171 m
    • Fortunestown Rd · 27 · 313 m
    • Fortunestown Rd · 27 · 6/hour at peak · 335 m
    • Russell Vw · 27 · 5/hour at peak · 364 m
    • Russell Lane · 27 · 6/hour at peak · 390 m
    • Swiftbrook · 27 · 6/hour at peak · 455 m
    • Swiftbrook · 27 · 5/hour at peak · 472 m

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

    • St Thomas Junior NS · 242 m-2.6% pupils (300) · 30 classrooms 2026, approved
    • St Thomas Senior NS · 280 m-7.3% pupils (331) · 30 classrooms 2026, approved
    • Mount Seskin Community College · 355 m+7% pupils (350)
    • St Aidans Ns · 632 m0% pupils (244) · an extension 2026, no decision yet
    • St Brigids NS · 719 m-2.8% pupils (206) · an extension 2026, no decision yet
    • Killinarden Community School · 778 m-7.3% pupils (471)

    Open consultations

    Council meetings 30 items

    Public land

    • Dublin City Council · 0.11 ha · 131 m
    • Dublin City Council · 0.53 ha · 201 m
    • The Minister for Education and Skills · 2.34 ha · 260 m
    • The Minister for Education and Skills · 0.24 ha · 327 m
    • The Minister for Education and Skills · 1.19 ha · 365 m
    • Dublin City Council · 0.66 ha · 377 m
    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
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    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. Decision 109 m away can be appealed until 2 Nov 2026: appeal?
      Ask for: The decision on the council's website (€220 to appeal).
      Council
    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
    Gibbons
    Electoral division
    Tallaght-Jobstown
    Electoral area
    Tallaght South
    Council
    South Dublin County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
    • 2 sites nearby could change: 2 derelict.
    • Jobstown Rd (bus 27) 158 m away: 6 an hour at morning peak; 39 from all stops within 500 m.
    • Here (2022 census): 49% rent (council 29%); 2% of homes empty (council 4%); most built 1981–1990; 58% drive to work (council 54%); population up 2% since 2016.
    • 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026. On Sundale: 6 in 10 years, 100% approved.
    • The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 5 is asked for more information.
    • 8 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 67% approved (council 88%).
    • St Thomas Junior NS, 242 m away: 30 classrooms approved (2026).
    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.
    • Listed by the council as derelict (Derelict Sites Register): Councils keep a public list of land and buildings in a ruinous or dangerous state.
    • 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.
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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 31 Oct 2026, 21:05 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.