Prosperous
Homes here mostly date from the 2000s.
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 51 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 4 months after
- 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
What's the planning story of this house?
When it was built, and the rules since
Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
What it says
Town Centre: To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate town centre uses including residential, commercial, office and civic use.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
kildare county development plan 2023 2029 prosperous · 28 Jan 2023 – 23 Mar 2029
Not on this site: conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 11 | house; Brook Lodge |
| Radon grid squares | 1 | |
| Monuments | 4 | Ringfort - rath; Font (present location) |
How we work this out
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, EPA radon map, Sites and Monuments Record, Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development plan zoning (councils) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:06 | open |
| National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
| EPA radon map | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:36 | open |
| Sites and Monuments Record | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | open |
| Records of Protected Structures | CC BY 4.0 | — | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
| Constraint layers (bundle) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
How we work this out
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
Extensions are almost always approved here: 100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 61% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
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 · 29 nearby, 1,767 council-wide
Prosperous, file by file since 2021
18 of 18 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 6 of 6.
53 files with "Prosperous" 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
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 51 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 132 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated26 decided home extensions, 11 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
2 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 2 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.
Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.
CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file
What's changing around you?
- 10.6 ha zoned for homes
- 20.2 ha zoned for homes
- 30.4 ha zoned for homes
- 4SCOIL AN LINBH ÍOSA, Prosperous SN0014457KE
- 510.4 ha zoned for homes
- 64.5 ha zoned for homes
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes
- 8Curryhills, Prosperous 2660160
- 9Healys Old Post Office, CurryhillsProsperous 2660130
- 10Weavers court, Prosperous 2660802
- 11Curryhills, Prosperous 2660659
- 12Buttermilk Lane, Downings North 2660268
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 39 permissions since 2016, 16 show a start notice and 8 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.
Measured46 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
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 10 within 500 m
Empty land zoned for homes 10
- 10.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 87 m
- 20.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 88 m
- 30.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 102 m
- 510.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 133 m
- 64.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 139 m
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 144 m
- 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 155 m
- 1.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 163 m
- 1.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 172 m
- 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 204 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| Derelict sites registers | CC BY 4.0 | 26 Oct 2026, 23:09 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 4 and 13 a year; busiest 2023. 87% of decisions were approvals.
2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Every application within 500 m 11 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- Weavers Court , Prosperous , Co. Kildare Withdrawn or not valida) one (x1) bed apartment unit labelled Apartment 1a, and the retention of a studio unit labelled 2a, b)…
- Curryhills , Prosperous , Co Kildare Withdrawn or not validA. Permission to demolish 2no. Existing detached industrial style buildings on site B. Permission to…
- 10Weavers court , Prosperous , Co. Kildare Refusedconsists of; a) the retention of two separate one (x1) bedroomed residential apartment / studio units,…
- weavers court , prosperous , Co. Kildare Withdrawn or not validThe development consists of; a) the retention of one (x1) bedroomed residential apartment and a studio…
- 11Curryhills , Prosperous No decision yetTwo proposed, detached, 1.5-storey dwelling houses, two new entrances and an agricultural entrance off a…
- Weavers court , Prosperous , Co. Kildare Withdrawn or not valida) the retention of one (x1) bedroomed residential apartment and a studio apartment, instead of one two (x2)…
- 12Buttermilk Lane , Downings North , Prosperous Approved with conditionsa new septic tank and percolation area and all associated drainage, site and ancillary works. Revised by…
- Buttermilk Lane , Downings North , Prosperous Withdrawn or not validfor a new septic tank and percolation area and all associated drainage, site and ancillary works.
- 8Curryhills , Prosperous , Co. Kildare Approved with conditionsconstructing three no. two-storey detached type dwellings, one no. detached bungalow type dwelling,…
- 9Healys Old Post Office , CurryhillsProsperous , Co Kildare No decision yetof Conservation repair of existing abandoned Post office, and shopfront and adjoining existing overhead…
- Healys Old Post Office , Curryhills , Prosperous Withdrawn or not validThe development will consists of ; Conservation repair of existing abandoned Post office, and shopfront and…
How we work this out
Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months
- 4SCOIL AN LINBH ÍOSA, Prosperous, Kildare · 7 Jul 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 114 m
- Hatters Cross, Curryhills,, Prosperous, Kildare · 15 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 23921 · 397 m
- Hatters Cross, Curryhills, Hatters Cross, Kildare · 8 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 23921 · 413 m
How we work this out
Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
Homes coming 0 not started
- Curryhills · 11 homes · building started · 113 m
- Curryhills · 10 homes · building started · 229 m
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
| Social housing construction status report | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:02 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| CK’s Montessori · Crèche | 20 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 347 m |
How we work this out
How busy is this area Busier than most of Kildare County Council.
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
63% owner-occupied (council 71%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 087031008
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Prosperous NS · primary · 493 pupils · 121 m
- St Farnan's Post Primary School · postprimary · 676 pupils · 154 m
Stops 8
- Prosperous · 120, 120B, 120F, 120X · 1/hour at peak · 89 m
- Prosperous · 120, 120A, 120B, 120E, 120F, 120X · 2/hour at peak · 153 m
- Barrington Court · 120, 120A, 120B, 120E, 120F, 120X · 3/hour at peak · 295 m
- Barrington Court · 120, 120B, 120F, 120X, UM18, UM19 · 1/hour at peak · 340 m
- Prosperous W · 821 · 0/hour at peak · 547 m
- Prosperous W · 821 · 0/hour at peak · 589 m
- Curryhills · 120, 120A, 120B, 120E, 120F, 120X · 2/hour at peak · 790 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Prosperous NS · 121 m-2.2% pupils (493)
- St Farnan's Post Primary School · 154 m+6.5% pupils (676) · 4 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:02 | open |
| Department of Education school list | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026, 23:04 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
| Council consultation portals | Public | 1 Nov 2026, 01:08 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | Public | 1 Nov 2026, 02:24 | 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 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- High radon area (1 in 10 homes): has it been tested?SellerAsk for: Radon test results.
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Townland
- Curryhills
- Electoral division
- Downings
- Electoral area
- Clane
- Council
- Kildare County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned M2 (major town centre); not protected; no vacant land tax; high radon area.
- 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
- Barrington Court (bus 120, 120A) 294 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 6 from all stops within 500 m.
- Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
- Here (2022 census): 63% owner-occupied (council 71%); 6% of homes empty (council 5%); most built 2001–2010; 67% drive to work (council 61%); population up 4% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 61 days (about 9 weeks); 44% are asked for more information.
- Homes started within 1 km: 12 in the last year, 24 three years before.
- 11 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
What the terms mean 6 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.
- Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
- 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 29
| 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 | 30 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 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 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | Local authorities (consultation portals) | Public | 1 Nov 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | © the publisher | 31 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 | 26 Oct 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | Public | 1 Nov 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026 |
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| 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 | 1 Nov 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures) | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | Public register | 28 Oct 2026 |
| water.ie | — | © the publisher · flag only | — |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |