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Planning report · Dublin City Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 5 Nov 2026, 09:55

Capel Street

53.35084, -6.26962

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 4 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (91%). 64 homes approved 275 m away haven't started.

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4planning files on this houselatest 202591%of home extensions approved nearbyn=314 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs55 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 53–551open for comments nearbyclose 26 Nov206homes approved nearby, not startednearest 113 m · 3122/25

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 55 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealHere about 7 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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 4 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

Timeline from 1955: 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 1991–2000. 4 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Capel StreetBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1991–2000 (census estimate)most built2025: WEB1862/25 · attic or dormer, withdrawn or invalid2025: WEB1769/25 · attic or dormer, withdrawn or invalid2024: 4383/23 · new house, approved2023: 4311/23 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2021: 3 files on Capel Street2022: 4 files on Capel Street2023: 8 files on Capel Street2024: 1 file on Capel Street2025: 10 files on Capel Street2026: 6 files on Capel Street32 files

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

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

  1. 2025
    WEB1862/25 · attic or dormer · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  2. 2025
    WEB1769/25 · attic or dormer · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  3. 2024
    4383/23 · new house · approved 2024 · built, signed off
    approvedstartedsigned off
  4. 2023
    4311/23 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
On this site
M2
Zoning · Major town centre
Yes
Protected or listed · a protected building (Commercial premises); a building in the national heritage inventory (50010597)
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
1 in 20
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
Zoning
What it says

Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says

Z5: City Centre: To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

development plan 2022 2028 · 14 Dec 2022 – 31 Dec 2028

ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says

Z5: City Centre: To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

development plan 2022 2028 variation no 11 · 14 Dec 2022 – 31 Dec 2028

Protected buildingOn this site Commercial premises; Commercial premises
Heritage inventoryOn this site Brendan Dunne; house
Monument zone4 within 100 m House - 18th/19th century; Graveyard
Radon1 in 20 homes have high radon (EPA)

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

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Independent Newspapers Ltd. (596 m); Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (959 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNearby OPW map area within 500 m · floodinfo.ie
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings316Pantibar; meeting house
Radon grid squares1
Monuments50Religious house - Cistercian monks; House - indeterminate date
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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 14 on the draft 2027 map; 13 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, EPA radon map, Sites and Monuments Record, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), OPW flood maps (CFRAM) · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:44
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:13open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 23:44open
Records of Protected StructuresCC BY 4.0—open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
OPW flood maps (CFRAM)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · shown as a yes/no only11 Sept 2026, 19:11open
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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
Question 2

Could you extend?

This is a protected building: almost any change, inside or out, needs permission.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

Extensions are almost always approved here: 89–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 70% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear66 decided · more info asked 14%
98% · council 97%
Two-storey rear46 decided · more info asked 9%
96% · council 96%
Attic or dormer61 decided · more info asked 7%
89% · council 96%
First-floor33 decided · more info asked 36%
100% · council 94%
New house in a garden or site47 decided · more info asked 45%
70% · council 71%
Approved nearbyDublin 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 · 253 nearby, 5,055 council-wide

Figure 3

Capel Street, file by file since 2021

0 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved.

32 planning files on Capel Street since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo. 52 · 2021 · other extension · refused · 2193/21Porches, roofs, otherNo. 166 · 2021 · other work · approved · 3446/21No. 38 · 2021 · other work · approved · WEB5054/21No. 133A · 2022 · other work · approved · 3463/22No. 102 · 2022 · other work · approved · 3657/22No. 72 · 2022 · other work · approved · 4049/22No. 164A · 2022 · other work · refused · 5526/22No. 59 · 2023 · other work · approved · 3056/23No. 59 · 2023 · other work · approved · 3077/23No. 13 · 2023 · other work · approved · 3486/23No. 82 · 2023 · other work · approved · 4383/23No. 137 · 2023 · other work · refused · 4458/23No. 133A · 2023 · other work · approved · 4554/23No. 164A · 2023 · other work · approved · 5061/23No. 39 · 2023 · other work · approved · WEB1278/23No. 139 · 2024 · other work · approved · WEB1430/24No. 117 · 2025 · other work · approved · WEB1770/25No. 82 · 2025 · other work · withdrawn or invalid · WEB1862/25No. 136 · 2025 · other work · withdrawn or invalid · WEB1918/25No. 164A · 2025 · other work · approved · WEB2018/25No. 136 · 2025 · other work · withdrawn or invalid · WEB2225/25No. 136 · 2025 · other work · approved · WEB2240/25No. 8 · 2025 · other work · approved · WEB2385/25No. 56 · 2025 · other work · approved · WEB5282/25No. 59 · 2025 · other work · withdrawn or invalid · WEB5979/25No. 59 · 2025 · other work · approved · WEB6055/25No. 59 · 2026 · other work · approved · WEB1155/26No. 164A · 2026 · other work · approved · WEB1239/26No. 20 · 2026 · other work · approved · WEB2131/26No. 148 · 2026 · other work · withdrawn or invalid · WEB2591/26No. 148 · 2026 · other work · undecided · WEB2608/26No. 102 · 2026 · other work · withdrawn or invalid · WEB3192/26New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

32 files with "Capel Street" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2021–2026

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

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

    How we work this out
    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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 55 days. 1 in 5 is asked for more information, which adds about 78 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 55 days; If more info asked (1 in 5): 136 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; If appealed: +216 days; Building starts: 139 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 55 days, middle half 53–55 (n=254)55 daysIf more info asked (1 in 5)With further information: median 136 days (n=60)136 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksIf appealedAt An Coimisiún Pleanála: median 216 days (n=178, all appeals within 1.5 km)+216 daysBuilding startsStart notice: median 139 days after permission (n=115)139 days after permissionSigned off554 days after the start, for the few who file. 29% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated314 decided home extensions, 118 start notices, 178 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    28 of 97 appealed refusals became permissions. 12 of 84 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed97 decided
    28 became permissions
    Approvals appealed84 decided
    12 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 7 in the last 12 months

    None of 2 changed the council's decision

    • 501251 Refused · 185 Parnell Street, at the corner of Dominick Street Lower, Dublin 1 · 275 m report
    • 501152 Split · No. 3 Parnell Street (a Protected Structure RPS Ref. 6422) and Nos.… · 141 m report
    • 501654 Open · The Capel Building, Mary's Abbey, Dublin 7 , The building fronts onto… · 416 m
    • 500858 Open · No. 1-3 Ormond Quay Upper and No's. 1-3a Strand Street Little, Dublin… · 449 m
    • 501519 Pending · 26 Mountjoy Street, Phibsborough, Dublin 7, D07 X0X8 · 361 m
    • 500672 Other · 5 and 6 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1 · 221 m report
    • 501338 Pending · 1-6 Beresford Street, Dublin 7, D7T611. The site is bounded by Cuckoo… · 275 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher4 Nov 2026, 23:17open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Capel Street with 15 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved, not startedDerelict buildingAppealEmpty land zoned for homes
    1. 190, Dorset Street Upper WEB3597/26No decision yet · 477 m
    2. 2Edel House 3122/25Approved, no sign building has started · 113 m
    3. 36 & 7 4856/22Approved, no sign building has started · 177 m
    4. 435/35A Bolton Street 4568/22Approved, no sign building has started · 216 m
    5. 5No. 22 Dominick Street Lower WEB5801/25Approved, no sign building has started · 255 m
    6. 6Mary's Lane, Halston Street and Little Green Street Site 5006/23Approved, no sign building has started · 275 m
    7. 7Brunswick Street North and Church Street Upper WEB2502/24Approved, no sign building has started · 351 m
    8. 812 & 12A Granby Row, Dublin 1. DS2301Derelict building · 405 m
    9. 9Parnell Square West 3885/24Approved, no sign building has started · 421 m
    10. 10TYPEWRITER SHOP.IE 120 DORSET STREET UPPER DUBLIN 1 D01RX53 DS2073Derelict building · 438 m
    11. 11119 Dorset Street Upper, Dublin 1 DS2072Derelict building · 448 m
    12. 1210-13 & 18-21 Moore Street 2862/21Approved, no sign building has started · 479 m
    13. 13No. 3 Parnell Street (a Protected Structure RPS Ref. 6422) and Nos. 4, 5 & 6 Parnell Street (a corner site with Jervis Lane Upper 501152Appeal: partly approved · 141 m
    14. 140.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 422 m
    15. 150.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 424 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 152 permissions since 2016, 48 show a start notice and 18 have a completion certificate.

    231 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 164 approved, 26 refused. After appeals: 152 approved. Of those: 18 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 29 started, 104 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT164: lodged → approved26: lodged → refused35: lodged → withdrawn or invalid6: lodged → undecided150: approved → approved24: refused → refused35: withdrawn or invalid → withdrawn6: undecided → undecided4 approved by the council, undecided after an appeal4 approved by the council, refused after an appeal6 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal2 refused by the council, approved after an appeal104: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out29: approved → started, not signed off18: approved → signed off231 lodged231 lodged164 approved164 approved26 refused26 refused35 withdrawn or invalid35 withdrawn or invalid6 undecided6 undecided152 approved152 approved28 refused28 refused41 withdrawn41 withdrawn10 undecided10 undecided104 no start notice found104 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out29 started, not signed off29 started, not signed off18 signed off18 signed 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.

    Measured231 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 26 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-26 WEB3597/26: application received — PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION : Retention Permission for replacement uPVC sash windows to front elevation to a protectetoday10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov30 Nov5 DecWEB3597/26: application received — PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION : Retention Permission for replacement uPVC sash windows to front elevation to a protecte · 477 m away · 2026-11-26
    Comments close
    • Comments close 26 Nov 202621 days left
      1WEB3597/26 · application received — PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION : Retention Permission for replacement uPVC sash windows to front…
      €20 to the council · 477 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

    64 homes 275 m away were approved Feb 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Feb 2030.

    Mary's Lane, Halston… · 64 homes: 64 homes approved Feb 2025, not started; Brunswick Street North… · 33 homes: 33 homes approved Oct 2025, not started; Edel House · 31 homes: 31 homes approved Apr 2026, not started; 35/35A Bolton Street · 22 homes: 22 homes approved Mar 2023, not started2023202420252026202720282029203020312032Mary's Lane, Halston… · 64 homes275 m · 5006/2364 homes approved Feb 2025, not started64 homes approved Feb 2025, not startedBrunswick Street North… · 33 homes350 m · WEB2502/2433 homes approved Oct 2025, not started33 homes approved Oct 2025, not startedEdel House · 31 homes113 m · 3122/2531 homes approved Apr 2026, not started31 homes approved Apr 2026, not started35/35A Bolton Street · 22 homes216 m · 4568/2222 homes approved Mar 2023, not started22 homes approved Mar 2023, not startedtoday

    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 15 within 500 m

    Derelict building 3

    • 812 & 12A Granby Row, Dublin 1. · derelict since Aug 2026 · 405 m
    • 10TYPEWRITER SHOP.IE 120 DORSET STREET UPPER DUBLIN 1 D01RX53 · derelict since Sep 2025 · 438 m
    • 11119 Dorset Street Upper, Dublin 1 · derelict since Sep 2025 · 448 m

    Approved, not started 8

    Empty land zoned for homes 4

    • 140.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 422 m
    • 150.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 424 m
    • 0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 476 m
    • 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 490 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 23:17open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public5 Nov 2026, 02:33open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
    Figure 9

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 29 and 51 a year; busiest 2025. 86% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 42, 2022: 36, 2023: 44, 2024: 29, 2025: 51, 2026: 2902040602021: 38 approved2021: 4 refused42’21*2022: 26 approved2022: 10 refused36’222023: 37 approved2023: 3 refused2023: 4 withdrawn or invalid44’232024: 23 approved2024: 5 refused2024: 1 withdrawn or invalid29’242025: 31 approved2025: 1 refused2025: 19 withdrawn or invalid51’252026: 9 approved2026: 3 refused2026: 11 withdrawn or invalid2026: 6 undecided29’26*
    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

    • 190, Dorset Street Upper, Dublin 1 comments close 26 Nov 2026
      PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION : Retention Permission for replacement uPVC sash windows to front elevation to…
      WEB3597/2622 Oct 2026477 m
    Every application within 500 m 52 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    Building work nearby 14 in the last 12 months
    1 signed off as finished13 not signed off
    • Unit 20 Jervis Street, Dublin 1, D01 V6P4 · 4 Nov 2026 · start notice not signed off · WEB2584/26 · 393 m
    • 18 Chancery Street, Dublin 7 · 23 Sept 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · WEB1433/26 · 447 m
    • 36-40 Dominick Street Upper, Dublin 7, D07 KDV5 · 15 Sept 2026 · 90 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · ABP-320953-24 & 4790/23 · 455 m
    • 23 Mary Street, Dublin 1, D01 AW27 · 26 Aug 2026 · start notice not signed off · 349 m
    • 14-16 Mary Street, Dublin 1, D01 DH59 · 10 Aug 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 320 m
    • 54-62 Henry Street, Dublin 1, D01 A3T6 · 28 Jul 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 410 m
    • 56 King Street North, Dublin, Dublin 7, D07 FW72 · 13 May 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 4269/22 · 379 m
    • Coleraine Street, Smithfiled, Dublin 7, D07 XW62 · 5 May 2026 · start notice not signed off · 255 m
    • Unit C, Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, North City, Dublin 1, N/A · 28 Apr 2026 · 7-day notice signed off · 345 m
    • 23 Mary St Little, rear of 133,133A/B, 136A/B Capel St, and 7/7A Meeting House Lane, Dublin 1, Dublin 1, N/A · 16 Apr 2026 · start notice not signed off · 4554/23 & PREVIOUS 3274/20 & RFI RESPONSES · 321 m
    • 8/9 Abbey Street Upper, Dublin, Dublin 1, D01 PH39 · 16 Mar 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 3373/25 · 424 m
    • 138 Capel Street, Dublin, Dublin 1, D01 C4E9 · 23 Feb 2026 · start notice not signed off · 337 m
    • 57a Jervis Lane Upper, Dublin, Dublin 1, D01T6T7 · 24 Dec 2025 · 7-day notice not signed off · WEB1038/25 · 171 m
    • Little Mary Street, Dublin 7, D07 PKW5 · 28 Nov 2025 · start notice not signed off · 279 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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    Homes coming 206 not started
    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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    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
    Mary's Lane, Halston Street and Little Green Street Site64—234 m
    St. Mary's Place Flats163163 being built (2026-Q2)254 m
    1-6 Beresford Street189—275 m
    Constitution Hill Flats12446 being built · 78 not started (2026-Q2)291 m
    Jervis Shopping Centre2424 not started (2026-Q1)318 m
    Brunswick Street North and Church Street Upper3333 not started (2026-Q2)319 m
    36-40 Dominic Street Upper9393 not started (2026-Q2)421 m
    Fegan's, Chancery Street12—431 m

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Pitter Patter Community Play Group · Crèche17 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate162 m
    Portobello Montessori · Crèche18 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate217 m
    The Children's Place · Crèche25 Feb 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate392 m
    Constitution Hill Playgroup · Crèche15 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate464 m
    Little Stars Creche · Crèche27 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate505 m
    Maple Montessori · Crèche1 Mar 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate631 m
    Christchurch Creche & Montessori School · Crèche3 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate677 m
    LYCS Early Years Education Service · Crèche24 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate716 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Dublin housing delivery pipelineCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 23:01open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register4 Nov 2026, 23:36open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Dublin City Council.
    Homes approved
    Here558
    Council middle62
    Homes started
    Here594
    Council middle132
    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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 10

    This street block against the council

    16% of homes built before 1971 (council 52%). 9% owner-occupied (council 47%).

    Homes built before 1971
    16% · council 52%
    Homes built since 2001
    5% · council 19%
    Owner-occupied
    9% · council 47%
    Rented
    69% · council 45%
    Children under 15
    8% · council 15%
    Aged 65 and over
    4% · council 13%
    Households with 2+ cars
    0% · council 19%
    Work mainly from home
    10% · council 12%
    This small area (258 people)Dublin

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 268139007/268139008

    Road noise
    55–59 dB
    day–night average (EPA 2022)
    Luas
    273 m
    Dominick · Green · busiest stop within 500 m: 19 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
    157 m
    Mount Carmel Secondary School, 386 pupils
    Homes sold nearby
    543
    in 3 years, 446 new (Property Price Register)
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Mount Carmel Secondary School · postprimary · 386 pupils · 157 m
    • Henrietta Street School · primary · 20 pupils · 228 m
    • Presentation Primary School · primary · 165 pupils · 317 m
    • St Pauls C.B.S. · postprimary · 244 pupils · 406 m
    • Paradise Place ETNS · primary · 239 pupils · 468 m
    • Scoil Na Mbrathar Boys Senior School · primary · 120 pupils · 477 m
    • Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire · primary · 161 pupils · 587 m
    • An Cosan CSS · primary · 56 pupils · 592 m

    Stops 171

    • Dominick · Green · 13/hour at peak · 273 m
    • Dominick · Green · 13/hour at peak · 277 m
    • Church St Upr · 23, 24 · 6/hour at peak · 279 m
    • Church St Upr · 23, 24 · 6/hour at peak · 308 m
    • Constitution Hill · 23, 24 · 6/hour at peak · 333 m
    • Capuchin Friar · 23, 24 · 6/hour at peak · 384 m
    • Parnell Square West · 1, 11, 11B, 44 · 8/hour at peak · 400 m
    • Parnell Sq West · 16 · 5/hour at peak · 401 m

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

    • Mount Carmel Secondary School · 157 m-3% pupils (386)
    • Henrietta Street School · 228 m0% pupils (20)
    • Presentation Primary School · 317 m+8.6% pupils (165) · an extension 2025, approved
    • St Pauls C.B.S. · 406 m+11.4% pupils (244) · an extension 2025, approved
    • Paradise Place ETNS · 468 m+0.8% pupils (239)
    • Scoil Na Mbrathar Boys Senior School · 477 m-7% pupils (120) · an extension 2025, approved

    Open consultations

    Council meetings 30 items

    Public land

    • Technological University Dublin · 0.6 ha · 20 m
    • City of Dublin Education and Training Board · 0.41 ha · 52 m
    • Technological University Dublin · 0.57 ha · 85 m
    • Dublin City Council · 0.18 ha · 136 m
    • Dublin City Council · 0.12 ha · 204 m
    • City of Dublin Education and Training Board · 0.12 ha · 216 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:05open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Council consultation portalsPublic5 Nov 2026, 01:15open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public5 Nov 2026, 02:33open
    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. Protected building: what changes would you be allowed?
      Ask for: A section 57 declaration from the council.
      Council
    2. 31 homes approved 113 m away (Edel House), not started: what is planned?
      Ask for: The planning file for 3122/25.
      Council
    3. 12 homes approved 177 m away (6 & 7), not started: what is planned?
      Ask for: The planning file for 4856/22.
      Council
    4. Application 477 m away open for comments until 26 Nov 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      Council
    5. 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

    Electoral division
    Rotunda B
    Electoral area
    North Inner City
    Council
    Dublin City Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • 4 applications on this site; latest WEB1862/25, withdrawn.
    • Zoned M2 (major town centre); protected building; heritage-listed; no vacant land tax.
    • 15 sites nearby could change: 3 derelict, 8 approved schemes, 4 empty zoned plots.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 26 Nov 2026.
    • 206 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 64 at Mary's Lane, Halston Street and Little….
    • Parnell Square West (bus 19, 7) 414 m away: 21 an hour at morning peak; 216 from all stops within 500 m.
    • Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
    • Here (2022 census): 69% rent (council 45%); 0% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1991–2000; 3% drive to work (council 28%); population up 46% since 2016.
    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.
    • Listed by the council as derelict (Derelict Sites Register): Councils keep a public list of land and buildings in a ruinous or dangerous state.
    • 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.
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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 5 Nov 2026, 09:55 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.