Planning report · Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 16 Oct 2026, 09:05

Trimbleston

53.29994, -6.23211

Homes here mostly date from the 1950s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (91%). A building site 360 m away stopped before it was finished.

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

91%of home extensions approved nearbyn=870 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–55 2open for comments nearbyclose 29 Oct–30 Oct

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 52 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealHere about 4 months
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 5 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 1946–60, before planning permission was needed.

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

Zoning · Existing residential

Protected or listed · on the council's list

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

Objective A: A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenities

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.

county development plan 2022 2028 · 1 Apr 2022 – 1 Apr 2028

ZoningR2 · Existing residential

What it says

Objective A: A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenities

d n laoghaire rathdown county development plan 2022 2028 variation no 1 · 21 Apr 2022 – 20 Apr 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 m	Count	For example
Conservation areas	1	Castle Cottages, Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh
Radon grid squares	1
Protected buildings	4	Little Sisters of the Poor / Holy Family Residence (formerly Hermitage); Glenard (Friarland)

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), Architectural Conservation Areas, Records of Protected Structures · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14

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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
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
Architectural Conservation Areas	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:36	open
Records of Protected Structures	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:36	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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04

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Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 00:56	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 02:04	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 here: 78–98% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 61% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear157 decided · more info asked 19%

94% · council 96%

Two-storey rear76 decided · more info asked 24%

83% · council 90%

Two-storey side35 decided · more info asked 29%

97% · council 94%

Single-storey side28 decided · more info asked 21%

96% · council 96%

Attic or dormer329 decided · more info asked 16%

91% · council 92%

First-floor45 decided · more info asked 16%

78% · council 89%

Garage conversion54 decided · more info asked 11%

98% · council 99%

Porch or front28 decided · more info asked 7%

96% · council 98%

New house in a garden or site57 decided · more info asked 37%

61% · council 62%

Approved nearbyDún Laoghaire-Rathdown 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 · 809 nearby, 6,622 council-wide

Figure 3

Trimbleston, file by file since 2006

4 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

12 files with "Trimbleston" 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 · 2006–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 4 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 4 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 approved1 refused2 no decision or withdrawn

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Single-storey rear	3	0	1
Dormer or attic	1	1	—

On Trimbleston: 11 extensions in 10 years, 92% of all applications approved; most common dormer or attic.

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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 02:04	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 00:56	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 02:04	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 6 is asked for more information, which adds about 64 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

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

Calculated870 decided home extensions, 465 start notices, 180 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

31 of 64 appealed refusals became permissions. 10 of 122 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed64 decided

31 became permissions

Approvals appealed122 decided

10 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

501426 Pending · 16 The Grove, Goatstown Road, Dublin 14, D14Y5H0 · 208 m
500339 Withdrawn · 46, Saint Aidan's Drive, Goatstown, Dublin 14, D14PP80 · 225 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	16 Oct 2026, 01:34	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 02:04	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Trimbleston with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsBuilding site that stoppedBuilding startedApprovedRefusedOtherNo decision yet

12, Harlech Grove D26B/0518/WEBNo decision yet · 282 m
235, Farmhill Road D26B/0519/WEBNo decision yet · 432 m
3Goatstown Road, Goatstown ABP30943021Building site that stopped · 360 m
44 Harvard, Ardilea D25A/0383/WEBBuilding started · 105 m
533 Harlech Crescent, Dublin 14 D26A/0127Building started · 193 m
633, Harlech Crescent D26A/0127Approved · 185 m
716 The Grove, Goatstown Road D26B/0131/WEBRefused · 208 m
817 The grove, Goatstown Road REF18425Section 5: needs permission · 214 m
99 Princeton, Ardilea D26B/0232/WEBApproved · 272 m
1027, Friarsland Road D26B/0448/WEBNo decision yet · 382 m
117, The Palms D26B/0033/WEBApproved · 403 m
125, Salamanca D26A/0484/WEBApproved · 404 m
1327, Farmhill Road D26B/0135/WEBApproved · 408 m
146 Friarsland, Roebuck Road D26B/0331/WEBApproved · 415 m
154, Goatstown Avenue D26B/0348/WEBApproved · 438 m

Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 164 permissions since 2016, 88 show a start notice and 7 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-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.

Measured209 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 7

The next 30 days

2 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 29 Oct 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 29 Oct 202613 days left
1D26B/0518/WEB · application received — Development comprising an extension and alterations including partial demolitio
€20 to the council · 282 m away
Comments close 30 Oct 202614 days left
2D26B/0519/WEB · application received — The development will consist of the removal of the existing side extension and
€20 to the council · 432 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

1 building site nearby stopped before sign-off.

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 1 within 500 m

Building site that stopped 1

3Goatstown Road, Goatstown · homes, started Mar 2022, never signed off · 360 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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 00:56	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	16 Oct 2026, 01:42	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 02:04	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 16 and 28 a year; busiest 2025. 92% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2016 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Open for comments €20 to comment

12, Harlech Grove, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14KX90 comments close 29 Oct 2026
Development comprising an extension and alterations including partial demolitio
D26B/0518/WEB24 Sept 2026282 m
235, Farmhill Road, Goatstown, Dublin 14, D14KW94 comments close 30 Oct 2026
The development will consist of the removal of the existing side extension and
D26B/0519/WEB25 Sept 2026432 m

Every application within 500 m 26 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

6, Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14D3K3 Withdrawn or not valid
Retention permission for installation of the canopy (awing structure) to the rea
D26B/0528/WEB7 Oct 2026415 m
35, Farmhill Road, Goatstown, Dublin 14, D14KW94 Withdrawn or not valid
The development will consist of the removal of the existing side extension and
D26B/0515/WEB25 Sept 2026432 m
5, Friarsland, Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14T7D5 Section 5: awaiting decision
Garden Size 7m × 10m, Proposed development size 5.2 × 7.8m With 2 long passag
REF132267 Sept 2026422 m
1027, Friarsland Road, Goatstown, Dublin 14, D14Y902 No decision yet
Raising of the existing roof to create a new habitable attic level comprising tw
D26B/0448/WEB2 Oct 2026382 m
125, Salamanca, Ardilea, Goatstown, Dublin 14, D14F6P5 Approved
Widening of existing Vehicular access with dished kerbs and alterations to previ
D26A/0484/WEB18 Aug 2026404 m
154, Goatstown Avenue, Goatstown, Dublin 14, D14X674 Approved
Enclosure of existing patio at house front entrance (enclosed gross floor area
D26B/0348/WEB29 Jul 2026438 m
4 Goatstown Avenue, Goatstown, Dublin 14, D14 X674 Withdrawn or not valid
Enclosure of existing patio at house front entrance (enclosed gross floor area
D26B/0340/WEB12 Jun 2026438 m
146 Friarsland, Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin, D14D3K3 Approved
Retention permission of the detached garden room to the rear garden and removal
D26B/0331/WEB28 Jul 2026415 m
28, The Palms, Roebuck, Dublin 14, D14FX31 Withdrawn or not valid
Amendment (only amendment is to remove the existing vehicular entrance) to previ
D26A/0401/WEB5 Jun 2026471 m
99 Princeton, Ardilea, Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14 KC67 Approved
Permission sought for construction of a two storey (46.1 sqm) extension to front
D26B/0232/WEB9 Jun 2026272 m
Ardilea, 9 Princeton, Roebuck Road, Dublin, D14KC67 Withdrawn or not valid
Permission sought for construction of a two storey (46.1 sqm) extension to front
D26B/0220/WEB16 Apr 2026272 m
28, The Palms, Roebuck, Dublin, D14FX31 Approved
Construction of a part single-storey and part two-storey extension to the rear
D26A/0270/WEB27 May 2026471 m
28, The Palms, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14FX31 Withdrawn or not valid
Construction of a part single-storey and part two-storey extension to the rear
D26A/0259/WEB2 Apr 2026471 m
12 Roebuck Park, Roebuck, Dublin 14, D14 CH98 Section 5: exempt
1.Proposed internal renovations and reconfiguration of the ground floor,first fl
REF472627 Apr 2026444 m
1327, Farmhill Road, Roebuck, Dublin 14, D14HH74 Approved
a)The construction of a single-storey ground floor extension to the rear of th
D26B/0135/WEB1 May 2026408 m
716 The Grove, Goatstown Road, Dublin 14, D14Y5H0 Refused
The development consists of provision of a single-storey rear extension with a
D26B/0131/WEB29 Apr 2026208 m
16, The Grove, Goatstown, Dublin 14, D14Y5H0 Withdrawn or not valid
The development consists of provision of a single-storey rear extension with a
D26B/0121/WEB9 Mar 2026208 m
12 Roebuck Park, Roebuck, Dublin 14, D14 CH98 Section 5: exempt
1. Proposed Internal renovations and reconfiguration of the ground, first and se
REF292631 Mar 2026444 m
633, Harlech Crescent, Ardilea, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14Y997 Approved
Demolish single storey conservatory to rear, upper floor dormer to side, chimney
D26A/012716 Apr 2026185 m
117, The Palms, Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14TN50 Approved
Permission is sought for demolition of rear single storey sun-room and construc
D26B/0033/WEB15 Apr 2026403 m
85, Mulvey Park, Dundrum, Dublin 14, D14TP68 Approved
Part single-storey and part two-storey flat-roof rear extension; provision of
D26A/0007/WEB10 Apr 2026470 m
16, The Grove, Goatstown Road, Dublin14, D14Y5H0 Withdrawn or not valid
The development consists of provision of a single-storey rear extension with a
D25B/0733/WEB5 Jan 2026208 m
47, Goatstown Road, Goatstown, Dublin 14, D14N205 Approved
Single storey rear extension with increase in height of existing garage walls by
D25A/0972/WEB11 Feb 2026491 m
817 The grove, Goatstown Road, Dublin 14, D14 Y5V9 Section 5: needs permission
The Development consist of provision of a 24.9 m2 detached home office structure
REF1842518 Dec 2025214 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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04

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National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 02:04	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 00:56	open

Building work nearby 15 in the last 12 months

1 not signed off14 no sign-off needed

46 Saint Aidan's Drive, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 PP80 · 28 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25A/0513/WEB · 230 m
88 Goatstown Road, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 K462 · 5 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0489/WEB · 292 m
4 Goatstown Avenue, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 X674 · 19 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26B/0348/WEB · 449 m
10 Roebuck Downs, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 RK72 · 15 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D21B/0432 · 238 m
9 Princeton, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 KC67 · 31 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26B/0232/WEB · 285 m
28 The Palms, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 FX31 · 24 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26A/0270/WEB · 486 m
85 Mulvey Park, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 TP68 · 20 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D26A/0007/WEB · 481 m
7 The Palms, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 TN50 · 25 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26B/0033/WEB · 429 m
Goatstown Road, Dublin, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 01/03/2027 · 15 Jun 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · D24A/0133 · 210 m
533 Harlech Crescent, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 Y997 · 8 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26A/0127 · 193 m
44 Harvard, Ardilea, Clonskeagh, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 XV77 · 6 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25A/0383/WEB · 105 m
21 Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 Y579 · 16 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0533/WEB · 427 m
5 Larchfield Park, GOATSTOWN, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 X093 · 5 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D23B/0182 · 388 m
34 Harlech Crescent, Dublin, D14 R960 · 3 Nov 2025 · short notice no sign-off needed · D21A/0619 · 206 m
76 Saint Aidan's Drive, Goatstown, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 E424 · 20 Oct 2025 · short notice no sign-off needed · D25A/0529/WEB · 380 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 16 Oct 2026, 00:56

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 00:56	open

Homes coming 0 not started

2.12 ha at Our Lady's Grove · 698 homes · building started · 308 m
Vector Motors · 220 homes · under appeal · runs out 6 Feb 2030 · 259 m

Site at Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 · Completed · 4 homes · 457 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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 00:56	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 02:04	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

Estate: Trimbleston · 17 applications in 10 years · 92% approved · most common: attic conversion / dormer

Developments within 1.0 km

Scheme	Homes	Progress	Distance
2.12 ha at Our Lady's Grove	—	—	93 m
0.34 hectares comprising the car sales premises currently kn	—	—	216 m
Vector Motors	—	—	216 m
approx 0.34 hectares comprising the car sales premises curre	—	—	216 m
car sales premises currently known as Vector Motors	—	—	216 m
1.969 ha site at Our Lady's Grove	—	—	233 m
Central Mental Hospital	934	934 not started (2026-Q2)	478 m
c.9.6 ha	—	—	478 m

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Ruths Montessori · Crèche	7 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	185 m
Flower Childcare Clonskeagh · Crèche	27 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	528 m
Ardilea Childcare Limited · Crèche	31 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	566 m
Ashgrove Creche and Montessori School · Crèche	5 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	933 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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Dublin housing delivery pipeline	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 23:02	open
Housing estates	ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 20:18	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 02:04	open
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 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.

Homes approved

Here1,312

Council middle49

Homes started

Here723

Council middle92

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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 00:56	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 02:04	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 10

This street block against the council

58% of homes built before 1971 (council 38%). 84% owner-occupied (council 68%).

Homes built before 1971

58% · council 38%

Homes built since 2001

14% · council 25%

Owner-occupied

84% · council 68%

Rented

12% · council 29%

Children under 15

23% · council 18%

Aged 65 and over

23% · council 17%

Households with 2+ cars

42% · council 39%

Work mainly from home

19% · council 19%

This small area (282 people)Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267058002

Bus

71 m

Goatstown Road · 11 · busiest stop within 500 m: 4 an hour at peak

Radon

1 in 20

homes here likely high (EPA). Test it

Nearest school

157 m

Our lady's Grove Primary School, 409 pupils

Homes sold nearby

in 3 years, 3 new (Property Price Register)

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Our lady's Grove Primary School · primary · 409 pupils · 157 m
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School · postprimary · 295 pupils · 215 m
Islamic National School · primary · 414 pupils · 469 m
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule · postprimary · 475 pupils · 471 m
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School · postprimary · 366 pupils · 560 m
Gaelscoil Laighean · primary · 130 pupils · 912 m
Mount Anville Secondary School · postprimary · 726 pupils · 975 m

Stops 41

Goatstown Road · 11 · 4/hour at peak · 71 m
Larchfield Road · 11 · 3/hour at peak · 128 m
Roebuck Downs · 11 · 3/hour at peak · 190 m
Larchfield Road · 11 · 4/hour at peak · 197 m
Willowfield Avenue · 11 · 4/hour at peak · 397 m
Goatstown Avenue · 11 · 3/hour at peak · 412 m
Islamic Centre · 11 · 4/hour at peak · 432 m
White Oaks · 11 · 3/hour at peak · 555 m

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

Our lady's Grove Primary School · 157 m-1.9% pupils (409) · an extension 2026, refused
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School · 215 m-5.4% pupils (295) · an extension 2026, refused
Islamic National School · 469 m-2.1% pupils (414)
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule · 471 m-0.6% pupils (475)
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School · 560 m+20.4% pupils (366)
Gaelscoil Laighean · 912 m+23.8% pupils (130)

Open consultations

Cruise Passenger Realignment Project, Dun Laoghaire Harbour 5 days left

Council meetings 2 items

7 Sept 2026 · Tree Pruning in Foxrock
11 May 2026 · Taking in Charge at Oatlands Manor, Mount Merrion, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

Public land

Health Service Executive · 0.16 ha · 67 m
Health Service Executive · 1.82 ha · 75 m
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council · 0.13 ha · 156 m
Dublin City Council · 0.22 ha · 166 m
Health Service Executive · 0.16 ha · 222 m
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council · 0.13 ha · 223 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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04

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	16 Oct 2026, 02:04	open
Council consultation portals	Public	16 Oct 2026, 01:34	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	16 Oct 2026, 01:42	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

Planning here goes back to 2007: is the house built as approved?
Ask for: The original planning grant and an opinion of compliance.
Solicitor
Application 282 m away open for comments until 29 Oct 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
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: Roebuck
Electoral division: Clonskeagh-Roebuck
Electoral area: Stillorgan
Council: Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
1 site nearby could change: 1 stalled build.
2 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 29 Oct 2026.
Islamic Centre (bus 11) 432 m away: 4 an hour at morning peak; 23 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 84% owner-occupied (council 68%); 11% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 1946–1960; 50% drive to work (council 43%); population up 25% since 2016.
4 home extensions within 250 m since 2025. Most were single-storey rear extensions. 1 single-storey rear extension refused. On Trimbleston: 11 in 10 years, 92% approved.
Around here the council decides in a median 53 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 8 is asked for more information.
Homes started within 1 km: 673 in the last year, 21 three years before.

What the terms mean 10 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.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
Building site that stopped (Commenced, no completion certificate): A housing build that told the council it was starting at least three years ago, passed its own planned finish date, and has never been signed off as finished.

Sources and licences 30

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	9 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	15 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (ACAs)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
gis.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	16 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	16 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
services.arcgis.com	Dublin local authorities (housing delivery pipeline)	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026
esbnetworks.ie	—	© the publisher · flag only	11 Sept 2026
overpass-api.de	OpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County Council	ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0	27 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	16 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	16 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	16 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
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 16 Oct 2026, 09:05 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.

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