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Planning report · Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council · 1000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 29 Oct 2026, 09:42

McCabe's Villas

53.30444, -6.20249

Homes here mostly date from 1919–1945. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (95%). 252 homes approved 489 m away haven't started.

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Time
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95%of home extensions approved nearbyn=440 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–547open for comments nearbyclose 9 Nov–27 Nov320homes approved nearby, not startednearest 489 m · LRD25A/0637/WEB

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 52 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealHere about 5 months
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 5 months after
  8. 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 1919–45, before planning permission was needed.

Timeline from 1915: planning permission needed from October 1964, building regulations from June 1992, building records online from March 2014, sign-off opt-out from September 2015. Most homes here were built 1919–1945.19201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1919–1945 (census estimate)most built

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

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

On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
1 in 20
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

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

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.

d n laoghaire rathdown county development plan 2022 2028 variation no 1 · 21 Apr 2022 – 20 Apr 2028

Protected building2 within 100 m Saint Helen's (The Radisson Hotel); Saint Andrew's College
Radon1 in 20 homes have high radon (EPA)

Not on this site: heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Sytheses Limited (948 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 1.0 km
Within 1.0 kmCountFor example
Conservation areas4Booterstown Avenue; Pembrooke Cottages, Booterstown Avenue
Licensed industrial sites1Sytheses Limited
Natural heritage areas2South Dublin Bay; Booterstown Marsh
Radon grid squares4
Protected buildings120Dornden House; Glena
EU nature sites1South Dublin Bay SAC
Monuments9Martello tower; Designed landscape - tree-ring
EU bird sites1South Dublin Bay and River Tolka Estuary SPA
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, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Architectural Conservation Areas, EPA licensed sites, Natural Heritage Areas (NPWS), Special Areas of Conservation (NPWS), Sites and Monuments Record, Special Protection Areas (NPWS) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
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Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
Records of Protected StructuresCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
Architectural Conservation AreasCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
EPA licensed sitesCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
Natural Heritage Areas (NPWS)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:27open
Special Areas of Conservation (NPWS)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:27open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
Special Protection Areas (NPWS)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:27open
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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
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Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
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 are almost always approved here: 85–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 61% approved, and 1 in 9 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear78 decided · more info asked 13%
99% · council 96%
Two-storey rear56 decided · more info asked 11%
96% · council 92%
Two-storey side14 decided · more info asked 7%
100% · council 95%
Single-storey side16 decided · more info asked 0%
94% · council 96%
Attic or dormer154 decided · more info asked 9%
93% · council 94%
First-floor13 decided · more info asked 8%
85% · council 90%
Garage conversion21 decided · more info asked 0%
100% · council 99%
Porch or front12 decided · more info asked 8%
100% · council 99%
New house in a garden or site28 decided · more info asked 11%
61% · 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 · 392 nearby, 3,886 council-wide

Extensions and refusals right beside you 2 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 2 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

2 approved
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Dormer or attic11—
Single-storey rear11—

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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 9 is asked for more information, which adds about 63 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 52 days; If more info asked (1 in 9): 114 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; If appealed: +145 days; Building starts: 166 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 52 days, middle half 50–54 (n=393)52 daysIf more info asked (1 in 9)With further information: median 114 days (n=47)114 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksIf appealedAt An Coimisiún Pleanála: median 145 days (n=83, all appeals within 1.5 km)+145 daysBuilding startsStart notice: median 166 days after permission (n=222)166 days after permissionSigned off397 days after the start, for the few who file. 73% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated440 decided home extensions, 224 start notices, 83 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    12 of 29 appealed refusals became permissions. 2 of 55 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed29 decided
    12 became permissions
    Approvals appealed55 decided
    2 reversed
    Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

    Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

    CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

    Appeals nearby 15 in the last 12 months

    None of 7 changed the council's decision

    • 501590 Granted · 19 Trimleston Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, A94XD42 · 759 m
    • 501876 Pending · Charlemont, Avoca Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin, A94Y6P4 · 989 m
    • 501665 Withdrawn · Seafort Lodge, & Glenalia Castledawson Avenue & parts of Blackrock… · 915 m
    • 324510 Pending · Chesterfield, Cross avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin · 436 m
    • 500642 Granted with conditions · 14, Saint Thomas Road, Mount Merrion, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, A94 AE89 · 645 m report
    • 501704 Pending · Lands at St Philip & St James Church, Cross Avenue, Blackrock, Co.… · 819 m
    • 501691 Pending · Block 2, Merrion House, 294 Merrion Road, Booterstown, Dublin 4 · 969 m
    • 501139 Granted · 3, The Foster's, Mount Merrion, Dublin, A94TK64 · 592 m report
    • 501631 Open · 118, Rock Road, Booterstown, County Dublin · 598 m
    • 501600 Pending · Lands Adjacent to 23 Cross Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin A94 TV27 (A… · 301 m
    • 500777 Refused · The Croft, Cross Avenue, Booterstown, Co. Dublin · 510 m report
    • 324043 Granted with conditions · In the townland of Merrion, Chesterfield, Cross Avenue, Blackrock,… · 243 m report
    • 500441 Refused · 54, Woodbine Road, Booterstown, Dublin, A94WF22 · 765 m report
    • 500480 Refused · Talbot Hotel Stillorgan, Stillorgan Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin,… · 974 m report
    • 324038 Invalid · In the townland of Merrion, Chesterfield, Cross Avenue, Blackrock,… · 243 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher28 Oct 2026, 23:11open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around McCabe's Villas with 15 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsWindow closingApproved, not startedBuilding site that stoppedBuilding started
    1. 143 Hampton Park, Saint Helen's Wood D26B/0554/WEBNo decision yet · 394 m
    2. 240, Trimleston Gardens D26B/0555/WEBNo decision yet · 441 m
    3. 384 Trimleston Gardens, Booterstown D26A/0764/WEBNo decision yet · 475 m
    4. 437 Bellevue Park Avenue, Booterstown WEB3455/26No decision yet · 607 m
    5. 5Jordans Barbers, 115b Rock Road D26A/0739/WEBNo decision yet · 627 m
    6. 612 Bellevue Park, Booterstown D26B/0537/WEBNo decision yet · 866 m
    7. 736, Hyde Park Avenue D26B/0545/WEBNo decision yet · 988 m
    8. 8Applegreen, Stillorgan Road D26A/0618/WEBApproved · 699 m
    9. 918, Ashfield Park D26A/0642/WEBNo decision yet · 764 m
    10. 10Merrion LRD25A/0637/WEBApproved, no sign building has started · 489 m
    11. 11Fosters Avenue D24A/0783/WEBApproved, no sign building has started · 669 m
    12. 12Dal Riada, Avoca Avenue D19A/0140Building site that stopped · 968 m
    13. 1313 McCabe Villas, Blackrock D25B/0395/WEBBuilding started · 64 m
    14. 14Booterstown Avenue, Booterstown CN0143983DRBuilding started · 142 m
    15. 15Booterstown Avenue, Booterstown D25A/0087/WEBBuilding started · 168 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 88 permissions since 2016, 45 show a start notice and 4 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    119 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 87 approved, 8 refused. After appeals: 88 approved. Of those: 4 signed off, 30 built with the owner's opt-out, 11 started, 42 with no start notice found, 1 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT87: lodged → approved8: lodged → refused19: lodged → withdrawn or invalid5: lodged → undecided86: approved → approved3: refused → refused19: withdrawn or invalid → withdrawn5: undecided → undecided1 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal2 refused by the council, approved after an appeal1 refused by the council, undecided after an appeal2 refused by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal42: approved → no start notice found30: approved → built, owner opted out11: approved → started, not signed off4: approved → signed off1: approved → ran out119 lodged119 lodged87 approved87 approved8 refused8 refused19 withdrawn or invalid19 withdrawn or invalid5 undecided5 undecided88 approved88 approved3 refused3 refused22 withdrawn22 withdrawn6 undecided6 undecided42 no start notice found42 no start notice found30 built, owner opted out30 built, owner opted out11 started, not signed off11 started, not signed off4 signed off4 signed off1 ran out1 ran out

    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.

    Measured119 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    10 deadlines within 1.0 km; the first closes 6 Nov 2026.

    10 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-06 D26A/0618/WEB: GRANT PERMISSION FOR RETENTION — The development consists of a canopy erected over service bays along with all a; 2026-11-09 WEB3455/26: application received — The development will consist of: (a) The construction of a ground floor rear extension with mono-pitch roof. (b) The add; 2026-11-09 D26A/0739/WEB: application received — applying for permission for the the removal of the existing wall mounted advert; 2026-11-10 ACP 501590: Grant permission; 2026-11-13 D26B/0537/WEB: application received — The works will consist of; (A) a rear/side ground and first floor extension; (B; 2026-11-16 D26A/0642/WEB: REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — Retention permission for hip to gable non habitable attic conversion; single sto; 2026-11-16 D26A/0764/WEB: application received — The development will consist of the construction of i) a two storey extension t; 2026-11-19 D26B/0545/WEB: application received — The development consists of the retention of the existing timber boundary fence extending approximately 16.675 metres al; 2026-11-26 D26B/0554/WEB: application received — a) demolition of the existing single-storey, 5.5sqm rear return (northeast); b) construction of a new flat roofed 28.1sq; 2026-11-27 D26B/0555/WEB: application received — The development will consist of; i) demolition of existing single storey extension to rear; ii) construction of a singletoday3 Nov8 Nov13 Nov18 Nov23 Nov28 NovD26A/0618/WEB: GRANT PERMISSION FOR RETENTION — The development consists of a canopy erected over service bays along with all a · 699 m away · 2026-11-06WEB3455/26: application received — The development will consist of: (a) The construction of a ground floor rear extension with mono-pitch roof. (b) The add · 607 m away · 2026-11-09D26A/0739/WEB: application received — applying for permission for the the removal of the existing wall mounted advert · 627 m away · 2026-11-09ACP 501590: Grant permission · 759 m away · 2026-11-10D26B/0537/WEB: application received — The works will consist of; (A) a rear/side ground and first floor extension; (B · 866 m away · 2026-11-13D26A/0642/WEB: REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — Retention permission for hip to gable non habitable attic conversion; single sto · 764 m away · 2026-11-16D26A/0764/WEB: application received — The development will consist of the construction of i) a two storey extension t · 475 m away · 2026-11-16D26B/0545/WEB: application received — The development consists of the retention of the existing timber boundary fence extending approximately 16.675 metres al · 988 m away · 2026-11-19D26B/0554/WEB: application received — a) demolition of the existing single-storey, 5.5sqm rear return (northeast); b) construction of a new flat roofed 28.1sq · 394 m away · 2026-11-26D26B/0555/WEB: application received — The development will consist of; i) demolition of existing single storey extension to rear; ii) construction of a single · 441 m away · 2026-11-27
    Comments closeTime to appeal endsHigh Court window ends
    • Time to appeal ends 6 Nov 20268 days left
      8D26A/0618/WEB · GRANT PERMISSION FOR RETENTION — The development consists of a canopy erected over service bays along with all a
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 699 m away
    • Comments close 9 Nov 202611 days left
      4WEB3455/26 · application received — The development will consist of: (a) The construction of a ground floor rear extension with…
      €20 to the council · 607 m away
    • Comments close 9 Nov 202611 days left
      5D26A/0739/WEB · application received — applying for permission for the the removal of the existing wall mounted advert
      €20 to the council · 627 m away
    • Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 10 Nov 202612 days left
      Grant permission
      759 m away
    • Comments close 13 Nov 202615 days left
      6D26B/0537/WEB · application received — The works will consist of; (A) a rear/side ground and first floor extension; (B
      €20 to the council · 866 m away
    • Time to appeal ends 16 Nov 202618 days left
      9D26A/0642/WEB · REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — Retention permission for hip to gable non habitable attic conversion; single sto
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 764 m away
    • Comments close 16 Nov 202618 days left
      3D26A/0764/WEB · application received — The development will consist of the construction of i) a two storey extension t
      €20 to the council · 475 m away
    • Comments close 19 Nov 202621 days left
      7D26B/0545/WEB · application received — The development consists of the retention of the existing timber boundary fence extending…
      €20 to the council · 988 m away
    • Comments close 26 Nov 202628 days left
      1D26B/0554/WEB · application received — a) demolition of the existing single-storey, 5.5sqm rear return (northeast); b) construction of…
      €20 to the council · 394 m away
    • Comments close 27 Nov 202629 days left
      2D26B/0555/WEB · application received — The development will consist of; i) demolition of existing single storey extension to rear; ii)…
      €20 to the council · 441 m away

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

    Figure 7

    Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

    252 homes 489 m away were approved May 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to May 2031. 1 building site nearby stopped before sign-off. BusConnects Core Bus Corridors is planned 360 m away.

    Merrion · 252 homes: 252 homes approved May 2026, not started; Fosters Avenue · 68 homes: 68 homes approved Mar 2025, not started; Dal Riada, Avoca Avenue · 10 homes: 10 homes, started Mar 2021, never signed off; BusConnects Core Bus…: core bus corridor (DLR County Development Plan 2022-2028)202120222023202420252026202720282029203020312032Merrion · 252 homes489 m · LRD25A/0637/WEB252 homes approved May 2026, not started252 homes approved May 2026, not startedFosters Avenue · 68 homes669 m · D24A/0783/WEB68 homes approved Mar 2025, not started68 homes approved Mar 2025, not startedDal Riada, Avoca Avenue · 10 homes968 m · D19A/014010 homes, started Mar 2021, never signed off10 homes, started Mar 2021, never signed offBusConnects Core Bus…360 m · plannedcore bus corridor (DLR County Development Plan 2022-2028)today

    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 3 within 1.0 km

    Building site that stopped 1

    • 12Dal Riada, Avoca Avenue · 10 homes, started Mar 2021, never signed off · 968 m

    Approved, not started 2

    • Merrion · 252 homes approved May 2026, not started · 489 m
    • Fosters Avenue · 68 homes approved Mar 2025, not started · 669 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public29 Oct 2026, 02:14open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 8

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 14 and 24 a year; busiest 2025. 92% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 25, 2022: 14, 2023: 18, 2024: 18, 2025: 24, 2026: 2001020302021: 20 approved2021: 2 refused2021: 3 withdrawn or invalid25’21*2022: 14 approved14’222023: 15 approved2023: 1 refused2023: 2 withdrawn or invalid18’232024: 11 approved2024: 2 refused2024: 5 withdrawn or invalid18’242025: 18 approved2025: 1 refused2025: 5 withdrawn or invalid24’252026: 9 approved2026: 2 refused2026: 4 withdrawn or invalid2026: 5 undecided20’26*
    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

    Every application within 1.0 km 96 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    Building work nearby 32 in the last 12 months
    2 signed off as finished4 not signed off26 no sign-off needed
    • 29 Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock, Dublin, A94 W3C7 · 4 Nov 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 480 m
    • Mount merrion, Dublin, A94 TK64 · 3 Nov 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26A/0035/WEB · 603 m
    • 14 Seafield Road, Blackrock, Dublin, A94 RY73 · 2 Nov 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26A/0254/WEB · 565 m
    • Cross Avenue, Booterstown, Dublin · 2 Nov 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 559 m
    • 9 Roebuck Avenue, Blackrock, Dublin · 30 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 649 m
    • Cross Avenue, Dublin, A94X2E1 · 26 Oct 2026 · start notice not signed off · 846 m
    • 1313 McCabe Villas, Blackrock, Dublin, A94 XW29 · 30 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0395/WEB · 64 m
    • 11 Mather Road North, Blackrock, Dublin, A94 CF62 · 7 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26B/0293/WEB · 984 m
    • 23 Cross Avenue, Blackrock, Dublin, A94 TV27 · 24 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D26A/0146/WEB · 294 m
    • 12 The Close, Blackrock, Dublin, A94 DH57 · 14 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D26B/0172/WEB · 787 m
    • 66 The Rise, Blackrock, Dublin, A94 X9F6 · 27 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0292 · 973 m
    • Sycamore Crescent, Dublin, A94Y8D2 · 22 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0727/WEB · 941 m
    • 15Booterstown Avenue, Booterstown, Dublin, A94XN72 · 13 Jul 2026 · start notice not signed off · D25A/0087/WEB · 168 m
    • 13 Castle Court, Booterstown, Dublin, A94T9P3 · 9 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · D25B/0606/WEB · 407 m
    • 14Booterstown Avenue, Booterstown, Dublin, A94XN72 · 29 Jun 2026 · start notice signed off · 142 m
    • 34 Woodbine Park, Blackrock, Dublin, A94 A997 · 4 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D26B/0103/WEB · 740 m
    • 9 Seafield Crescent, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 R762 · 28 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0325/WEB · 455 m
    • 23 Woodbine Avenue, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 CR97 · 26 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0527/WEB · 842 m
    • 11 Cypress Road, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 F5C7 · 18 May 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0259/WEB · 993 m
    • 5 Seafield Road, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 Y033 · 15 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0601/WEB · 516 m
    • 44A Foster Avenue, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 W963 · 13 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25A/0737/WEB · 859 m
    • 39 Woodlands Park, Dublin, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 W279 · 13 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25A/0833/WEB · 909 m
    • 9 Roebuck Avenue, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 K3V6 · 6 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D24A/0855/WEB & ABP-321631 · 649 m
    • Rosemount Terrace, Dublin, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown · 3 Apr 2026 · 7-day notice signed off · 165 m
    • 15 The Rise, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 CF74 · 3 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D24A/0706/WEB · 610 m
    • 2 Booterstown Park, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 N4A4 · 23 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D25B/0366 · 324 m
    • 34 Seafield Road, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 AP89 · 9 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D24A/0703/WEB · 608 m
    • 34 Seafield Road, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 AP89 · 9 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · D24A/0692/WEB · 608 m
    • 1 Saint Margarets, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 V4H6 · 17 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D23B/0101 · 708 m
    • 35 Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94HY00 · 16 Dec 2025 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D25B/0479/WEB · 95 m
    • 5 Bellevue Park, Booterstown, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 RD45 · 1 Dec 2025 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · D24A/0873/WEB · 878 m
    • 73 Trimleston Gardens, Booterstown, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, A94 N529 · 18 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · D25B/0075 · 569 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 29 Oct 2026, 02:33
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    Homes coming 320 not started
    • 10Merrion · 252 homes · not started · runs out 15 May 2031 · 489 m
    • Cross Avenue · 246 homes · building started · 788 m
    • 11Fosters Avenue · 68 homes · not started · runs out 18 Mar 2030 · 669 m
    • Grove Lodge · 26 homes · building started · 853 m
    • Mt Anville Crescent, Mount Anville Road, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin. · Stage 2 pre planning · 38 homes · 979 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Developments within 1.0 km

    SchemeHomesProgressDistance
    Merrion——243 m
    Merrion at——243 m
    Chesterfield3333 not started (2025-Q2)453 m
    Fosters Avenue6969 being built (2026-Q2)627 m
    Cross Avenue246246 built (2025-Q1)717 m
    Part Ground Floor of Permitted Block A——805 m
    45 Woodlands Park3838 not started (2025-Q2)816 m
    Grove Lodge2626 built (2025-Q4)816 m

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    The Park Academy Childcare Thornwood · Crèche8 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate517 m
    Booterstown Montessori School · Crèche3 Mar 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate586 m
    Our World Montessori Ltd. · Crèche29 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate592 m
    Coco's Childcare · Crèche26 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate784 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Dublin housing delivery pipelineCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here592
    Council middle46
    Homes started
    Here274
    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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 9

    This street block against the council

    74% of homes built before 1971 (council 38%). 70% owner-occupied (council 68%).

    Homes built before 1971
    74% · council 38%
    Homes built since 2001
    2% · council 25%
    Owner-occupied
    70% · council 68%
    Rented
    25% · council 29%
    Children under 15
    11% · council 18%
    Aged 65 and over
    13% · council 17%
    Households with 2+ cars
    16% · council 39%
    Work mainly from home
    20% · council 19%
    This small area (174 people)Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267019010

    Bus
    375 m
    Radisson Hotel · 116, 46n, 47 · busiest stop within 500 m: 28 an hour at peak
    Planned
    360 m
    BusConnects Core Bus Corridors, Bray to City
    Radon
    1 in 20
    homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
    Nearest school
    143 m
    St Andrews College, 1011 pupils
    Homes sold nearby
    213
    in 3 years, 22 new (Property Price Register)
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • St Andrews College · postprimary · 1011 pupils · 143 m
    • Our Lady Of Mercy Convent School · primary · 247 pupils · 172 m
    • Coláiste Íosagáin · postprimary · 488 pupils · 251 m
    • Coláiste Eoin · postprimary · 517 pupils · 260 m
    • Willow Park School · postprimary · 206 pupils · 508 m
    • Booterstown Boys · primary · 188 pupils · 557 m
    • Blackrock College · postprimary · 1041 pupils · 815 m
    • Booterstown NS · primary · 85 pupils · 880 m

    Stops 41

    • Radisson Hotel · 116, 46n, 47, 700, 7B, 7D · 21/hour at peak · 375 m
    • St Thomas Road · 116, 118, 47, 700, 7B, 7D · 28/hour at peak · 403 m
    • Stillorgan Road · 47 · 488 m
    • Fosters Avenue · 47 · 521 m
    • Booterstown Avenue · 116, 118, 47, 7B, 7D, E1 · 27/hour at peak · 560 m
    • Seafield Road · 116, 46n, 47, 7B, 7D, E1 · 19/hour at peak · 589 m
    • Grotto Avenue · 4, 7, 7A, 7E · 9/hour at peak · 634 m
    • Booterstown Station · 4, 7, 702, 7A, 7E · 10/hour at peak · 634 m

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

    • St Andrews College · 143 m+0.3% pupils (1,011) · an extension 2025, approved
    • Our Lady Of Mercy Convent School · 172 m-2% pupils (247)
    • Coláiste Íosagáin · 250 m0% pupils (488)
    • Coláiste Eoin · 260 m+1.4% pupils (517)
    • Willow Park School · 508 m-1% pupils (206) · an extension 2024, approved
    • Booterstown Boys · 557 m-9.6% pupils (188)

    Council meetings 3 items

    Public land

    • Dublin City Council · 0.34 ha · 558 m
    • Dublin City Council · 1.21 ha · 732 m
    • Dublin City Council · 0.19 ha · 797 m
    • Dublin City Council · 2.15 ha · 968 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Council consultation portalsPublic29 Oct 2026, 01:01open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public29 Oct 2026, 02:14open
    Land Development Agency public land registerCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
    cso_saps_2022CC BY 4.0—open
    National Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.0——
    Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
    dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
    EPA strategic noise mapsCC BY 4.0——
    Fingal County CouncilCC BY 4.0——
    Question 6

    What to ask, and who

    1. Application 394 m away open for comments until 26 Nov 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      Council
    2. Building work started 64 m away: for how long?
      Ask for: The planning conditions for D25B/0395/WEB.
      Agent · council
    3. 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
    Booterstown
    Electoral division
    Blackrock-Booterstown
    Electoral area
    Blackrock
    Council
    Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
    • 3 sites nearby could change: 1 stalled build, 2 approved schemes.
    • 7 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 26 Nov 2026.
    • 320 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 252 at Merrion.
    • St Thomas Road (bus 116, 118) 403 m away: 28 an hour at morning peak; 48 from all stops within 500 m. Planned: BusConnects Core Bus Corridors 360 m away, core bus corridor (DLR County Development Plan 2022-2028).
    • Here (2022 census): 70% owner-occupied (council 68%); 10% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 1919–1945; 33% drive to work (council 43%); population up 6% since 2016.
    • 2 home extensions within 250 m since 2025.
    • The council decides in a median 52 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 8 is asked for more information.
    What the terms mean 9 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.
    • 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.
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    National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
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    Measured
    counted from a public register
    Calculated
    a rate or median we worked out from those counts
    Our classification
    we sorted it by reading each description
    Estimate
    inferred from another source (census, map data)
    Rule summary
    the law, simplified: check before relying on it
    How we work this out
    Generated 29 Oct 2026, 09:42 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.