Planning report · Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 06:16

Beechmount Drive

53.30280, -6.24165

Homes here mostly date from the 1950s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (93%). 934 homes approved 379 m away haven't started.

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1planning file on this houselatest 2024 93%of home extensions approved nearbyn=550 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–55 2open for comments nearbyclose 4 Nov–16 Nov 934homes approved nearby, not startednearest 379 m · PC/2/2024

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 5 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. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2025.

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

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

2025
D24A/0791/WEB · full planning permission · approved 2025 · started, no sign-off needed
approvedstartedsigned off?

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 riskNearby OPW map area within 500 m · floodinfo.ie

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	3	Central Mental Hospital
Radon grid squares	1
Protected buildings	8	Glenard (Friarland); Catholic Chapel

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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 1 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA radon map, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), OPW flood maps (CFRAM), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Records of Protected Structures · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43

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Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
EPA radon map	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:36	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
OPW flood maps (CFRAM)	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · shown as a yes/no only	11 Sept 2026, 19:11	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

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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

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: 84–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 57% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear113 decided · more info asked 16%

95% · council 96%

Two-storey rear45 decided · more info asked 29%

84% · council 92%

Two-storey side23 decided · more info asked 17%

100% · council 95%

Single-storey side17 decided · more info asked 18%

94% · council 96%

Attic or dormer206 decided · more info asked 12%

93% · council 94%

First-floor26 decided · more info asked 23%

85% · council 90%

Garage conversion35 decided · more info asked 14%

97% · council 99%

Porch or front14 decided · more info asked 14%

93% · council 98%

New house in a garden or site35 decided · more info asked 31%

57% · council 63%

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 · 514 nearby, 3,892 council-wide

Figure 3

Beechmount Drive, file by file since 2021

5 of 5 decided extensions on the road were approved.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

8 files with "Beechmount Drive" 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 13 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 13 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

9 of 9 approved (100%) · most common: dormer or attic

9 approved4 no decision or withdrawn

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Dormer or attic	6	5	—
Other	3	1	—
Porch	1	0	—
Single-storey rear	1	1	—
Single-storey side	1	1	—
Two-storey side	1	1	—

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 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

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

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 78 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.

Calculated550 decided home extensions, 287 start notices, 94 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

12 of 31 appealed refusals became permissions. 5 of 68 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed31 decided

12 became permissions

Approvals appealed68 decided

5 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 3 in the last 12 months

None of 1 changed the council's decision

502202 Pending · Site of approximately 0.019 Ha at No. 4 Rere of Arbourfield Terrace,… · 177 m
501864 Pending · 15 The Maples, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14WD23 · 342 m
500411 Refused · 24, Annaville Park, Dundrum, Dublin 14, D14Y973 · 465 m report

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), 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
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	31 Oct 2026, 23:12	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Beechmount Drive with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsBuilding site that stoppedApproved, not startedAppealBuilding startedApprovedNo decision yet

149 Gledswood Park, Dublin 14 D26A/0732/WEBNo decision yet · 139 m
26 Friarsland, Roebuck Road D26B/0540/WEBNo decision yet · 450 m
3Goatstown Road, Goatstown ABP30943021Building site that stopped · 370 m
4former Central Mental Hospital PC/2/2024Approved, no sign building has started · 379 m
5Site of approximately 0.019 Ha at No. 4 Rere of Arbourfield Terrace, Dundrum Road 502202Appeal: no decision yet · 177 m
620 Gledswood Avenue, Dublin 14 D26A/0070/WEBBuilding started · 188 m
760 Gledswood Park, Clonskeagh D26A/0463/WEBApproved · 122 m
845, Gledswood Avenue D26B/0471/WEBApproved · 147 m
920, Gledswood Avenue D26A/0070/WEBApproved · 168 m
1046, Gledswood Park D26B/0260/WEBApproved · 180 m
1127, Gledswood Avenue D26B/0221/WEBApproved · 186 m
122, Beechmount Drive D26B/0100/WEBApproved · 218 m
1385, Mulvey Park D26A/0007/WEBApproved · 219 m
141, Beechmount Drive D26A/0207/WEBApproved · 231 m
15National Mobility Hubs Pilot: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 73 Locations Across the Council's Administrative Area PC/IC/01/26No decision yet · 241 m

Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 121 permissions since 2016, 66 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.

Measured165 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 4 Nov 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 4 Nov 20263 days left
1D26A/0732/WEB · application received — A single-storey extension to the front elevation to accommodate a porch and bay
€20 to the council · 139 m away
Comments close 16 Nov 202615 days left
2D26B/0540/WEB · application received — Retention permission for installation of the canopy (awing structure) to the rea
€20 to the council · 450 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

934 homes 379 m away were approved Dec 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Dec 2030. 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 2 within 500 m

Building site that stopped 1

3Goatstown Road, Goatstown · homes, started Mar 2022, never signed off · 370 m

Approved, not started 1

former Central Mental Hospital · 934 homes approved Dec 2025, not started · 379 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 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
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	1 Nov 2026, 02:24	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

Figure 9

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 26 and 33 a year; busiest 2024. 87% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Open for comments €20 to comment

149 Gledswood Park, Dublin 14, D14XH32 comments close 4 Nov 2026
A single-storey extension to the front elevation to accommodate a porch and bay
D26A/0732/WEB30 Sept 2026139 m
26 Friarsland, Roebuck Road, Dublin 14, D14D3K3 comments close 16 Nov 2026
Retention permission for installation of the canopy (awing structure) to the rea
D26B/0540/WEB12 Oct 2026450 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 2026450 m
845, Gledswood Avenue, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14T952 Approved
Planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to r
D26B/0471/WEB13 Oct 2026147 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 2026447 m
27, 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 2026361 m
Highfield Mews, Highfield Park, Dundrum, Dublin, D14N599 Refused
1 – Retention permission is sought for the retention of an existing residential
D26A/0568/WEB18 Sept 2026370 m
Site of approximately 0.019 Ha at No. 4 Rere of Arbourfield Terrace, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14, D14FP63 Approved
The proposed development will principally consist of: the demolition of the exi
D26A/0533/WEB4 Sept 2026177 m
Site of approximately 0.019 Ha at No. 4 Rere of Arbourfield Terrace, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14, D14 FP63 Withdrawn or not valid
The proposed development will principally consist of: the demolition of the exi
D26A/0527/WEB14 Jul 2026177 m
760 Gledswood Park, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14TR94 Approved
1. Demolition of existing garage to side of house and construct new habitable us
D26A/0463/WEB10 Aug 2026122 m
6 Friarsland, Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin, D14D3K3 Approved
Retention permission of the detached garden room to the rear garden and removal
D26B/0331/WEB28 Jul 2026450 m
15 The Maples, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14WD23 Approved
A dormer window in the main roof to the rear of the property, the conversion of
D26B/0307/WEB16 Jul 2026342 m
15National Mobility Hubs Pilot: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 73 Locations Across the Council's Administrative Area, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown No decision yet
73 mobility hub sites across the Council's administrative area
PC/IC/01/2622 May 2026241 m
1046, Gledswood Park, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14YV22 Approved
Planning permission is sought for modifications to existing house, new single st
D26B/0260/WEB23 Jun 2026180 m
1127, Gledswood Avenue, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14KP76 Approved
Planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to r
D26B/0221/WEB9 Jun 2026186 m
St Catherine’s, 86 Bird Avenue, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14 EK50 Section 5: exempt
- Conversion of existing attached side garage for use as new home office space (
REF422623 Apr 2026330 m
60, Gledswood Park, Clonskeagh, Dublin, D14TR94 Section 5: needs permission
The development consists of alterations to an existing attached domestic garage
REF432624 Apr 2026122 m
2, Westbrook Road, Highfield Park, Dundrum, Dublin, D14RR50 Approved
To construct a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling includi
D26B/0155/WEB8 May 2026494 m
141, Beechmount Drive, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14CT89 Approved
1.The demolition of the existing Garage Construction. 2.The construction of a ne
D26A/0207/WEB8 May 2026231 m
122, Beechmount Drive, Clonskeagh Dublin 14, D14EH21 Approved
Planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to re
D26B/0100/WEB10 Apr 2026218 m
24, Annaville Park, Dundrum, Dublin 14, D14Y973 Approved
Permission is sought for an extension to the existing two-storey hipped-roof se
D26A/0071/WEB31 Mar 2026465 m
920, Gledswood Avenue, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14YV61 Approved
Applying for planning permission for a domestic extension and works to existing
D26A/0070/WEB1 Apr 2026168 m
2, Beechmount Drive, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, D14EH21 Withdrawn or not valid
Attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to rear roof to accommodate s
D26B/0045/WEB3 Feb 2026218 m
1385, Mulvey Park, Dundrum, Dublin 14, D14TP68 Approved
Part single-storey and part two-storey flat-roof rear extension; provision of
D26A/0007/WEB10 Apr 2026219 m
22, Patrick Doyle Road, Milltown, Windy Arbour, Dublin 14, D14DP08 Approved
Demolition of the existing rear/side single storey extension and for the provisi
D25B/0690/WEB9 Feb 2026493 m
22, Patrick Doyle Road, Windy Arbour, Dublin, D14DP08 Withdrawn or not valid
Demolition of the existing rear/side single storey extension and for the provisi
D25B/0673/WEB8 Dec 2025493 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 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 26 in the last 12 months

8 not signed off18 no sign-off needed

Unit 1.4B, Building 13, Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin, D16 KWD0 · 8 Oct 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 422 m
8 Saint Columbanus' Road, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 F663 · 1 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D22A/0053 · 378 m
2 Olivemount Terrace, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 P3K0 · 29 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · D23B/0387 · 309 m
10 Roebuck Downs, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 RK72 · 15 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D21B/0432 · 490 m
1 Beechmount Drive, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 CT89 · 11 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26A/0207/WEB · 242 m
Dundrum Road, Dublin · 14 Aug 2026 · 231 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · PC/H/02/2025 · 294 m
Dundrum Road, Dublin · 14 Aug 2026 · 231 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · PC/H/02/2025 · 294 m
Dundrum Road, Dublin · 13 Aug 2026 · 547 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · ABP-320912-24 · 294 m
Dundrum Road, Dublin · 13 Aug 2026 · 547 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · ABP-320912-24 · 294 m
3 Highfield Park, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 V218 · 13 Aug 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · D24A/0254 · 415 m
3 Highfield Park, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 V218 · 11 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D24A/0254 · 415 m
Dundrum Road, Dublin · 11 Aug 2026 · 547 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · ABP-320912-24 · 294 m
85 Mulvey Park, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 TP68 · 20 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D26A/0007/WEB · 231 m
91 Bird Avenue, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 E7Y8 · 29 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D23B/0335 · 315 m
21 Leinster Lawn, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 W967 · 18 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0408/WEB · 496 m
620 Gledswood Avenue, Dublin 14, Dublin, D14 YV61 · 15 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26A/0070/WEB · 188 m
24 Annaville Park, Dublin, D14 Y973 · 22 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26A/0071/WEB · 487 m
2 Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 EP62 · 21 May 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D25A/0338/WEB · 426 m
28 Farrenboley Park, Dublin, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 FE89 · 6 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0539/WEB · 390 m
8 Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin, D14 X276 · 13 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D23B/0535 · 430 m
Bird Avenue, Dublin 14, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 XW22 · 3 Mar 2026 · 2 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · D24A/0921/WEB · 412 m
86 Bird Avenue, Clonskeagh, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 F2K7 · 3 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D24A/0454 · 345 m
3 Gledswood Avenue, Knockatee, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 P5P7 · 9 Feb 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0409/WEB · 291 m
142 Mulvey Park, Dublin 14, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 C928 · 2 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 89 m
35 Gledswood Avenue, Clonskeagh, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 P789 · 2 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25A/0753/WEB · 175 m
30 Farrenboley Park, Windy Arbour, Dublin 14, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, D14 XD79 · 22 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D24A/0724/WEB · 426 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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07

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Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open

Homes coming 934 not started

4former Central Mental Hospital · 934 homes · not started · runs out 22 Dec 2030 · 379 m
2.12 ha at Our Lady's Grove · 698 homes · building started · 447 m

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

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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

Developments within 1.0 km

Scheme	Homes	Progress	Distance
Central Mental Hospital	934	934 not started (2026-Q2)	229 m
c.9.6 ha	—	—	229 m
2.12 ha at Our Lady's Grove	—	—	341 m
Mount Saint Mary's and Saint Joseph's	—	—	528 m
Mount St. Mary's	129	129 not started (2026-Q2)	535 m
0.79 ha at Sommerville House	—	—	608 m
Sommerville House	—	—	609 m
Frankfort Centre	64	no activity on site reported (2025-Q2)	679 m

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Ashgrove Creche and Montessori School · Crèche	5 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	340 m
Flower Childcare Clonskeagh · Crèche	27 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	533 m
Ashgrove Creche & Montessori · Crèche	7 Jul 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	626 m
Ruths Montessori · Crèche	7 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	830 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, National Planning Application Database, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02

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Dublin housing delivery pipeline	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:00	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 05:02	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	28 Oct 2026, 23:19	open

How busy is this area Busier than most of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.

Homes approved

Here1,217

Council middle46

Homes started

Here878

Council middle80

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 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

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 10

This street block against the council

77% of homes built before 1971 (council 38%). 64% owner-occupied (council 68%).

Homes built before 1971

77% · council 38%

Homes built since 2001

13% · council 25%

Owner-occupied

64% · council 68%

Rented

31% · council 29%

Children under 15

16% · council 18%

Aged 65 and over

17% · council 17%

Households with 2+ cars

19% · council 39%

Work mainly from home

17% · council 19%

This small area (206 people)Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267059007

Bus

242 m

Dundrum Business Pk · 44, 44D · busiest stop within 500 m: 9 an hour at peak

Radon

1 in 20

homes here likely high (EPA). Test it

Flood

Within 500 m

OPW flood map area, not beside the house

Nearest school

497 m

Our Lady's Grove Secondary School, 295 pupils

Homes sold nearby

in 3 years, 1 new (Property Price Register)

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Our Lady's Grove Secondary School · postprimary · 295 pupils · 497 m
Islamic National School · primary · 414 pupils · 511 m
Our lady's Grove Primary School · primary · 409 pupils · 555 m
Our Ladys NS · primary · 176 pupils · 567 m
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule · postprimary · 475 pupils · 838 m

Stops 36

Dundrum Business Pk · 44, 44D · 1/hour at peak · 242 m
Dundrum Business Pk · 44, 44D · 1/hour at peak · 244 m
Bird Avenue · 142, S4 · 7/hour at peak · 316 m
Bird Avenue · 142, S4 · 6/hour at peak · 319 m
Dundrum Hospital · 44, 44D · 1/hour at peak · 331 m
Dundrum Hospital · 44, 44D · 1/hour at peak · 354 m
Millmount Trce · 142, 44, 44D, S4 · 8/hour at peak · 403 m
Rosemount Cres · 11, 142, S4 · 9/hour at peak · 406 m

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

Our Lady's Grove Secondary School · 497 m-5.4% pupils (295) · an extension 2026, refused
Islamic National School · 511 m-2.1% pupils (414)
Our lady's Grove Primary School · 555 m-1.9% pupils (409) · an extension 2026, refused
Our Ladys NS · 567 m-8.3% pupils (176)
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule · 838 m-0.6% pupils (475)

Council meetings 1 items

12 Oct 2026 · 4.01. Proposed disposal of Council owned land at Saint Columbanus Road, Churchtown Lower, Dublin 14…

Public land

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council · 1.38 ha · 31 m
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council · 0.18 ha · 195 m
The Office of Public Works · 11.35 ha · 200 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 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	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Full planning permission (D24A/0791/WEB) built without official sign-off: built properly?
Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Application 139 m away open for comments until 4 Nov 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: Farranboley
Electoral division: Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour
Electoral area: Dundrum
Council: Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

1 application on this site; latest D24A/0791/WEB, approved 2025, started, no sign-off needed.
Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
2 sites nearby could change: 1 stalled build, 1 approved scheme.
2 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 4 Nov 2026.
934 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 934 at former Central Mental Hospital.
Rosemount Cres (bus 11, 142) 406 m away: 9 an hour at morning peak; 56 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 64% owner-occupied (council 68%); 8% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 1946–1960; 31% drive to work (council 43%); population up 10% since 2016.
13 home extensions within 250 m since 2026: 9 approved (100%). Most were dormers or attic conversions.

What the terms mean 8 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.
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.
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	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
s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com	Office of Public Works	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · flag only	11 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.arcgis.com	Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures)	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
services.arcgis.com	Dublin local authorities (housing delivery pipeline)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026
esbnetworks.ie	—	© the publisher · flag only	11 Sept 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
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	1 Nov 2026
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
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	25 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 1 Nov 2026, 06:16 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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