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Planning report · Ireland · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 17 Oct 2026, 16:34

Bun an Fháil, Lettermore ED, Conamara Municipal District, County Galway, Connacht, Éire / Ireland

53.30228, -9.65901

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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
  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?

On this site
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
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.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km
Within 2.0 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings3bridge; water pump
Monuments4Children's burial ground; Ritual site - holy well
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.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Bun an Fháil, Lettermore ED, Conamara Municipal District, County Galway, Connacht, Éire / Ireland with 2 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseNo decision yet
    1. 1Leitir Móir, Co na Gaillimhe 2661144No decision yet · 1.2 km
    2. 2Leitir Móir, An Sconsa 2661329No decision yet · 1.8 km
    Figure 1

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 2.0 km in the next 30 days.

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

      Every application within 2.0 km 2 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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      Building work nearby 4 in the last 12 months
      1 not signed off3 no sign-off needed
      • Leitir Mór, Currulka, Galway · 20 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2460156 · 1.3 km
      • Criminagh, Criminagh, Leitir Mór, Galway · 20 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2460748 · 1.2 km
      • Leitir Móir ,, Doiringlas, Galway · 11 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2579 · 830 m
      • Lettermore, Greatmans Holiday Homes, Galway, H91 E0ER · 6 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/60436 · 1.6 km
      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 17 Oct 2026, 01:09
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      Homes coming 0 not started
      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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Galway County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here1
      Council middle2
      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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Nearest school
      1.5 km
      S N Colmcille, 17 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • S N Colmcille · primary · 17 pupils · 1.5 km

      Stops 2

        Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, 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 17 Oct 2026, 02:12
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        Council consultation portalsPublic17 Oct 2026, 01:36open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public17 Oct 2026, 02:12open
        Land Development Agency public land registerCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
        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. 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

        Not available here: no place polygon contains this point (outside the loaded extent?). That means we cannot say — not that there is nothing.

        Everything we found, as a list 6 lines
        • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
        • The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
        • 2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        • 1 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
        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.
        • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
        • 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 24
        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 4.016 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public17 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher17 Oct 2026
        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 4.012 Oct 2026
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.011 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public17 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.017 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 licence17 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.09 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.011 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 17 Oct 2026, 16:34 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.