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Planning report · Fingal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 18:06

Ceanchor Road, Drumleck, Sutton South

53.36562, -6.07852

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2026.

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How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 52 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealHere about 6 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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2026.

Timeline from 1896: 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 1900–1918. 3 planning files on this house.1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Ceanchor RoadBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1900–1918 (census estimate)most built2026: F26A/0875E · new house, undecided2026: F25A/1201E · ciaran murphy intends, approved2025: F25A/0330E · planning permission is, approved2022: 5 files on Ceanchor Road2023: 2 files on Ceanchor Road2024: 5 files on Ceanchor Road2025: 3 files on Ceanchor Road2026: 4 files on Ceanchor Road19 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. 2026
    F26A/0875E · new house · no decision yet
    approved?started?signed off?
  2. 2026
    F25A/1201E · ciaran murphy intends · approved 2026 · not started, runs out 2031
    approvedstartedsigned off
  3. 2025
    F25A/0330E · planning permission is · approved 2025 · not started, runs out 2030
    approvedstartedsigned 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
1 in 10
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
Zoning
What it says

RS - Residential: Ensure that any new development in existing areas would have a minimal impact on and enhance existing residential amenity.

ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

RS - Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity

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.

the fingal development plan 2023 2029 · 5 Apr 2023 – 5 Apr 2029

Radon1 in 10 homes have high radon (EPA)

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

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Natural heritage areas1Howth Head
Heritage inventory buildings4Shearwater; The Cliffs
Radon grid squares5
Protected buildings3The Tansey; Drumleck
EU nature sites2Howth Head SAC; Rockabill to Dalkey Island SAC
Monuments2Castle - unclassified; R149633
EU bird sites2North Bull Island SPA; North-West Irish Sea cSPA
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.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA radon map, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Natural Heritage Areas (NPWS), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Records of Protected Structures, Special Areas of Conservation (NPWS), Sites and Monuments Record, Special Protection Areas (NPWS) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA radon mapCC 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
Natural Heritage Areas (NPWS)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:27open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Records of Protected StructuresCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
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: 67% approved, and 67% are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site15 decided · more info asked 67%
67% · council 53%
Approved nearbyFingal 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 · 15 nearby, 427 council-wide

Figure 3

Ceanchor Road, file by file since 2022

5 of 5 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.

19 planning files on Ceanchor Road since 2022, by kind and decision.20222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2022 · side · approved · F21A/0602No number · 2022 · other extension · withdrawn or invalid · F22A/0014No number · 2022 · first-floor · approved · F22B/0253No number · 2024 · attic conversion / dormer · withdrawn or invalid · F24A/0770ENo number · 2024 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · F24A/0793ENo number · 2024 · porch / front · approved · F24A/1149ENo number · 2026 · other extension · approved · F26A/0512ENo number · 2026 · single-storey rear · undecided · F26A/0582EPorches, roofs, otherNo number · 2022 · other work · approved · F22A/0110No number · 2022 · other work · approved · F22A/0659No number · 2024 · other work · approved · F24A/0109No number · 2024 · other work · approved · F24A/0162No number · 2025 · other work · approved · F25A/0330ENo number · 2025 · other work · approved · F25A/0742ENo number · 2025 · other work · approved · F25A/1201ENo number · 2026 · other work · withdrawn or invalid · F26A/0550ENo number · 2026 · other work · undecided · F26A/0875ENew house in a side gardenNo number · 2023 · new house · approved · F23A/0001No number · 2023 · new house · approved · F23A/0043
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

19 files with "Ceanchor Road" 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 · 2022–2026

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 approved
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Other11—

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

    How we work this out
    Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.
    Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 139 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 52 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; If appealed: +177 days; Building starts: 162 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 52 days, middle half 48–55 (n=21)52 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksIf appealedAt An Coimisiún Pleanála: median 177 days (n=26, all appeals within 1.5 km)+177 daysBuilding startsStart notice: median 162 days after permission (n=13)162 days after permissionSigned off62% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated29 decided home extensions, 13 start notices, 26 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    4 of 12 appealed refusals became permissions. 4 of 15 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed12 decided
    4 became permissions
    Approvals appealed15 decided
    4 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

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Ceanchor Road, Drumleck, Sutton South with 5 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseNo decision yetApproved
    1. 1Kilberry House, Ceanchor Road F26A/0875ENo decision yet · 11 m
    2. 2Lonethorn, 46A Carrickbrack Road F26A/0231EApproved · 232 m
    3. 3Dun Na Ri, Carrickbrack Road F25A/1151EApproved · 288 m
    4. 4The Needles, Ceanchor Road F26A/0582ENo decision yet · 294 m
    5. 5Censure House, Ceanchor Road F26A/0512EApproved · 341 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 24 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    36 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 27 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 24 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 21 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT27: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused5: lodged → withdrawn or invalid2: lodged → undecided24: approved → approved1: refused → refused5: withdrawn or invalid → withdrawn2: undecided → undecided2 approved by the council, refused after an appeal1 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal1 refused by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal21: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off36 lodged36 lodged27 approved27 approved2 refused2 refused5 withdrawn or invalid5 withdrawn or invalid2 undecided2 undecided24 approved24 approved3 refused3 refused7 withdrawn7 withdrawn2 undecided2 undecided21 no start notice found21 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not 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.

    Measured36 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

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

      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 11 a year; busiest 2024. 93% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 1, 2022: 7, 2023: 2, 2024: 11, 2025: 10, 2026: 5051015202021: 1 refused1’21*2022: 6 approved2022: 1 withdrawn or invalid7’222023: 2 approved2’232024: 9 approved2024: 1 refused2024: 1 withdrawn or invalid11’242025: 8 approved2025: 2 withdrawn or invalid10’252026: 2 approved2026: 1 withdrawn or invalid2026: 2 undecided5’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

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

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 7 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Who applies most nearby

      • HPDC Limited — 2 applications, latest 3 Jul 2026
      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.
      Source: Applicant organisations (from the CRO) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:01
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Applicant organisations (from the CRO)Derived by Planning Register25 Oct 2026, 23:01—
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Fingal County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here4
      Council middle3
      How we work this out
      Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.
      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 9

      This street block against the council

      64% of homes built before 1971 (council 11%). 88% owner-occupied (council 67%).

      Homes built before 1971
      64% · council 11%
      Homes built since 2001
      15% · council 43%
      Owner-occupied
      88% · council 67%
      Rented
      7% · council 28%
      Children under 15
      14% · council 22%
      Aged 65 and over
      23% · council 11%
      Households with 2+ cars
      73% · council 42%
      Work mainly from home
      18% · council 12%
      This small area (174 people)Fingal

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267095004

      Bus
      120 m
      Old Carrickbrack Rd · 31n, 6 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
      Radon
      1 in 10
      homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
      Homes sold nearby
      3
      in 3 years (Property Price Register)
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 12

        • Old Carrickbrack Rd · 31n, 6 · 1/hour at peak · 120 m
        • Old Carrickbrack Rd · 6 · 2/hour at peak · 128 m
        • Ceanchor Road · 31n, 6 · 1/hour at peak · 153 m
        • Ceanchor Road · 6 · 2/hour at peak · 195 m
        • Carrickbrack Road · 31n, 6 · 1/hour at peak · 303 m
        • Carrickbrack Road · 6 · 2/hour at peak · 338 m
        • Shearwater · 31n, 6 · 1/hour at peak · 513 m
        • Shearwater · 6 · 2/hour at peak · 529 m

        Council meetings 30 items

        Public land

        • Dublin City Council · 0.18 ha · 126 m
        • Dublin City Council · 0.1 ha · 269 m
        Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 02:24
        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
        Council consultation portalsPublic1 Nov 2026, 01:08open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public1 Nov 2026, 02:24open
        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. New house (F26A/0875E) awaits a decision: what is planned?
          Ask for: The application on the council's website.
          Seller · solicitor
        2. Ciaran murphy intends (F25A/1201E) approved 2026, not started: still planned?
          Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
          Seller · solicitor
        3. Planning permission is (F25A/0330E) approved 2025, not started: still planned?
          Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
          Seller · solicitor
        4. High radon area (1 in 10 homes): has it been tested?
          Ask for: Radon test results.
          Seller
        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

        Townland
        Censure
        Electoral division
        Howth
        Electoral area
        Howth-Malahide
        Council
        Fingal County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 3 applications on this site; latest F26A/0875E, no decision yet.
        • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax; high radon area.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • Old Carrickbrack Rd (bus 6) 128 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 8 from all stops within 500 m.
        • Here (2022 census): 88% owner-occupied (council 67%); 18% of homes empty (council 5%); most built before 1919; 68% drive to work (council 52%); population up 1% since 2016.
        • 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
        • Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
        • 7 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        What the terms mean 3 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.
        • 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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        Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
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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 1 Nov 2026, 18:06 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.