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Planning report · Offaly County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 9 Oct 2026, 11:52

Rhode

53.35192, -7.20007

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 5 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022. 20 homes approved 188 m away haven't started.

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Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
5planning files on this houselatest 202254 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 51–551open for comments nearbyclose 14 Oct20homes approved nearby, not startednearest 188 m · 2460266

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 54 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 2 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 5 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022.

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 2001–2010. 5 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of CloninBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2022: 22336 · garden room, approved2022: 22313 · garden room, withdrawn or invalid2022: 22284 · garden room, withdrawn or invalid2022: 21331 · garden room, approved2021: 19528 · extension, refused2019: 1 file on Clonin2021: 1 file on Clonin2022: 1 file on Clonin2025: 1 file on Clonin4 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. 2022
    22336 · garden room · approved 2022 · not started, runs out 2027
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2022
    22313 · garden room · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  3. 2022
    22284 · garden room · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  4. 2022
    21331 · garden room · approved 2022 · not started, runs out 2027
    approvedstartedsigned off
  5. 2021
    19528 · extension · refused 2021
    approvedstarted?signed off?
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
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential: This zoning allows for the conservation and enhancement of the quality and character of existing residential areas, to protect residential amenities and to allow for small scale infill development.

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.

offaly county development plan 2021 2027 · 22 Oct 2021 – 21 Oct 2027

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

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings5Rhode House; Saint Peter's Catholic Church
Monuments2Cross - Wayside cross (present location); R143811
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: 7 on the draft 2027 map; 7 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah, constraints.smr · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:11open
rzltCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:59open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
constraints.niahCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
constraints.smrCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
How we work this out
Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
Sources: bcms, npad · fetched 8 Oct 2026, 06:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.08 Oct 2026, 06:04open
npadCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 01:41open
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

A new house in a garden is harder: 90% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site10 decided · more info asked 60%
90% · council 87%
Approved nearbyOffaly 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 · 10 nearby, 1,402 council-wide

Figure 3

Clonin, file by file since 2019

2 of 3 decided extensions on the road were approved.

4 planning files on Clonin since 2019, by kind and decision.20192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2019 · other extension · refused · 19528No number · 2021 · rear · approved · 21331No number · 2022 · single-storey side · approved · 22336Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2596New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

4 files with "Clonin" 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 · 2019–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 no decision or withdrawn
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Porch10—

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: npad, acp · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 01:41
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 01:41open
    acpCC-BY-4.02 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 2 Oct 2026, 23:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.02 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.08 Oct 2026, 06:04open
    npadCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 01:41open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 54 days. 1 in 2 is asked for more information, which adds about 87 days. Building starts about 2 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 54 days; If more info asked (1 in 2): 138 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 60 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 54 days, middle half 51–55 (n=11)54 daysIf more info asked (1 in 2)With further information: median 138 days (n=9)138 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 60 days after permission (n=8)60 days after permissionSigned off100% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated20 decided home extensions, 8 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    1 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    1 became permissions
    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 1 in the last 12 months
    • 501883 Pending · Edenderry Road , Laurencetown Rhode , Co. Offaly · 182 m
    Sources: acp, courts, npad · fetched 2 Oct 2026, 23:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.02 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    courtsall-rights-reserved9 Oct 2026, 01:23open
    npadCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 01:41open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Rhode with 9 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved, not startedAppealEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 1LAURENCETOWN, RHODE EX26014No decision yet · 226 m
    2. 2Road 2460266Approved, no sign building has started · 188 m
    3. 3Edenderry Road, Laurencetown Rhode 501883Appeal: no decision yet · 182 m
    4. 43.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 86 m
    5. 50.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 159 m
    6. 60.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 308 m
    7. 70.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 347 m
    8. 80.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 358 m
    9. 9Rhode Village, Rhode County Offaly 2660016Approved with conditions · 221 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 17 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    22 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 17 approved, 5 refused. After appeals: 17 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 4 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 11 with no start notice found, 2 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT17: lodged → approved5: lodged → refused17: approved → approved5: refused → refused11: approved → no start notice found4: approved → built, owner opted out2: approved → ran out22 lodged22 lodged17 approved17 approved5 refused5 refused17 approved17 approved5 refused5 refused11 no start notice found11 no start notice found4 built, owner opted out4 built, owner opted out2 ran out2 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.

    Measured22 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 14 Oct 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-14 EX26014: application received — FOR 21/465 FOR REMOVAL OF EXISTING CONSERVATORIES AND ROOF TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW ROOF AND EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING HOUSEtoday14 Oct19 Oct24 Oct29 Oct3 Nov8 NovEX26014: application received — FOR 21/465 FOR REMOVAL OF EXISTING CONSERVATORIES AND ROOF TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW ROOF AND EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING HOUSE · 226 m away · 2026-10-14
    Comments close
    • Comments close 14 Oct 20265 days left
      1EX26014 · application received — FOR 21/465 FOR REMOVAL OF EXISTING CONSERVATORIES AND ROOF TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW ROOF AND…
      €20 to the council · 226 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

    20 homes 188 m away were approved Apr 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Apr 2030.

    Road · 20 homes: 20 homes approved Apr 2025, not started20242025202620272028202920302031Road · 20 homes188 m · 246026620 homes approved Apr 2025, not started20 homes approved Apr 2025, 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 6 within 500 m

    Approved, not started 1

    • Road · 20 homes approved Apr 2025, not started · 188 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 5

    • 43.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 86 m
    • 50.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 159 m
    • 60.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 308 m
    • 70.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 347 m
    • 80.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 358 m

    Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).

    Sources: acp, bcms, derelict, npad · fetched 2 Oct 2026, 23:01
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    acpCC-BY-4.02 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.08 Oct 2026, 06:04open
    derelictCC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026, 09:35open
    npadCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 01:41open
    Figure 9

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2024. 77% of decisions were approvals.

    2017: 3, 2018: 2, 2019: 1, 2020: 2, 2021: 3, 2022: 3, 2024: 4, 2025: 3, 2026: 105102017: 2 approved2017: 1 refused3’17*2018: 1 approved2018: 1 refused2’182019: 1 refused1’192020: 1 approved2020: 1 refused2’202021: 3 approved3’212022: 3 approved3’222024: 3 approved2024: 1 refused4’242025: 3 approved3’252026: 1 approved1’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2017 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 500 m 5 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: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 01:41
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 01:41open
    acpCC-BY-4.02 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.08 Oct 2026, 06:04open
    Homes coming 20 not started
    • Edenderry Road · 20 homes · under appeal · runs out 17 Jul 2031 · 289 m
    • 2Road · 20 homes · not started · runs out 3 Apr 2030 · 188 m
    How we work this out
    Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad, social_housing · fetched 2 Oct 2026, 23:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.02 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.08 Oct 2026, 06:04open
    npadCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 01:41open
    social_housingCC-BY-SA-4.025 Sept 2026, 20:56open
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Offaly County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here40
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here2
    Council middle1
    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: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 2 Oct 2026, 23:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.02 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.08 Oct 2026, 06:04open
    npadCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 01:41open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 10

    This street block against the council

    12% of homes built before 1971 (council 30%). 63% owner-occupied (council 72%).

    Homes built before 1971
    12% · council 30%
    Homes built since 2001
    38% · council 34%
    Owner-occupied
    63% · council 72%
    Rented
    29% · council 22%
    Children under 15
    22% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    9% · council 16%
    Households with 2+ cars
    41% · council 47%
    Work mainly from home
    4% · council 8%
    This small area (525 people)Offaly

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 187004004

    Bus
    285 m
    Laurencetown · 120C · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 4

      • Laurencetown · 120C · 0/hour at peak · 285 m
      • Rhode · 120C, OY1 · 1/hour at peak · 292 m
      • Laurencetown · 120C · 0/hour at peak · 299 m
      • Rhode · 120C, OY1 · 0/hour at peak · 309 m
      Sources: gtfs, schools, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, 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 4 Oct 2026, 23:41
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      gtfsCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:41open
      schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      consultpublic9 Oct 2026, 01:21open
      moderngovpublic9 Oct 2026, 01:22open
      lda_landsCC-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. Garden room (22336) approved 2022, not started: still planned?
        Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. Garden room (21331) approved 2022, not started: still planned?
        Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
        Seller · solicitor
      3. Extension (19528) refused 2021: built anyway?
        Ask for: The seller's answer and your surveyor's check.
        Seller · solicitor
      4. 20 homes approved 188 m away (Road), not started: what is planned?
        Ask for: The planning file for 2460266.
        Council
      5. Application 226 m away open for comments until 14 Oct 2026: comment?
        Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
        Council
      6. 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
      Clonin
      Electoral division
      Ballyburly
      Electoral area
      Edenderry
      Council
      Offaly County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 5 applications on this site; latest 22336, approved 2022, not started, runs out 2027.
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 6 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 5 empty zoned plots.
      • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 14 Oct 2026.
      • 20 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 20 at Road.
      • Rhode (bus 120C, OY1) 292 m away: 7 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 63% owner-occupied (council 72%); 4% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 71% drive to work (council 65%); population up 2% since 2016.
      • 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
      What the terms mean 5 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.
      • 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.
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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 9 Oct 2026, 11:52 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.