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Planning report · Fingal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 14:33

Barnlodge Grove, Dunsink

53.39335, -6.34429

Homes here mostly date from the 2010s.

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Distance
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Time
12 months2 years5 years
49 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 46–520open for comments nearbywithin 500 m

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 49 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 4 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 2011–15, around when building records went online (2014).

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 2011–2015.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2011–2015 (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
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 20 homes have high radon (EPA)

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

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Dunsink Landfill aka Dunsink Civic Amenity (136 m); MCR Environmental MRF (699 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Licensed industrial sites1Dunsink Landfill aka Dunsink Civic Amenity
Radon grid squares6
Monuments1Ring-ditch
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 licensed sites, EPA radon map, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed sitesCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
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
Sites and Monuments RecordCC 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: 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.

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 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 2

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 49 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 49 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 119 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 49 days, middle half 46–52 (n=18)49 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 119 days after permission (n=9)119 days after permissionSigned off22% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated23 decided home extensions, 9 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 3

    What appeals changed

    1 of 4 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed4 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed2 decided
    0 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 Barnlodge Grove, Dunsink with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved
    1. 1Abbotstown Above Ground Installation (AGI), Dunsink Lane FW26A/0115EApproved · 395 m
    Figure 4

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 7 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    10 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 7 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 7 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 2 started, 4 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT7: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused2: lodged → withdrawn or invalid7: approved → approved1: refused → refused2: withdrawn or invalid → withdrawn4: approved → no start notice found2: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off10 lodged10 lodged7 approved7 approved1 refused1 refused2 withdrawn or invalid2 withdrawn or invalid7 approved7 approved1 refused1 refused2 withdrawn2 withdrawn4 no start notice found4 no start notice found2 started, not signed off2 started, not signed off1 signed off1 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.

    Measured10 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 5

    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 6

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      Luas extension (Fingal light rail corridor) is planned 394 m away.

      Luas extension (Fingal light…: corridor (Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029 objective)20242025202620272028Luas extension (Fingal light…394 m · plannedcorridor (Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029 objective)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)

      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 3 a year; busiest 2023. 88% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 3, 2025: 2, 2026: 205102021: 1 approved1’21*2022: 1 approved2022: 1 refused2’222023: 2 approved2023: 1 withdrawn or invalid3’232025: 2 approved2’252026: 1 approved2026: 1 withdrawn or invalid2’26*
      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 2 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

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Little Harvard Childcare · Crèche8 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate615 m
      Bright Futures Creche · Crèche28 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate726 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: Applicant organisations (from the CRO), Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Applicant organisations (from the CRO)Derived by Planning Register25 Oct 2026, 23:01—
      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 About as busy as most of Fingal County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here0
      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 8

      This street block against the council

      62% owner-occupied (council 67%).

      Homes built before 1971
      3% · council 11%
      Homes built since 2001
      93% · council 43%
      Owner-occupied
      62% · council 67%
      Rented
      31% · council 28%
      Children under 15
      23% · council 22%
      Aged 65 and over
      23% · council 11%
      Households with 2+ cars
      49% · council 42%
      Work mainly from home
      11% · council 12%
      This small area (1002 people)Fingal

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267027016/02

      Road noise
      65–69 dB
      day–night average (EPA 2022)
      Bus
      427 m
      Barnlodge · 220, 220A, 40D · busiest stop within 500 m: 10 an hour at peak
      Planned
      394 m
      Luas extension (Fingal light rail corridor), Luas extension (Fingal light rail corridor)
      Radon
      1 in 20
      homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 8

        • Barnlodge · 220, 220A, 40D, N4 · 10/hour at peak · 427 m
        • Stadium Business Pk · 220, 220A, 40D, N4 · 10/hour at peak · 459 m
        • Barnlodge · 220, 220A, 40D, N4 · 10/hour at peak · 518 m
        • Stadium Business Pk · 220, 220A, 40D, N4 · 10/hour at peak · 631 m
        • Ballycoolin Road · 220, 220A, 40D, N4 · 10/hour at peak · 680 m
        • Ballycoolin Road · 220, 220A, 40D, N4 · 9/hour at peak · 784 m

        Council meetings 30 items

        Public land

        • Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine · 10.99 ha · 25 m
        • Fingal County Council · 3.57 ha · 152 m
        • Bord Gáis · 3.61 ha · 252 m
        • Dublin City Council · 0.23 ha · 487 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. Mapped at 65–69 dB from road traffic: will you hear it inside?
          Ask for: A visit at rush hour (and at night), and the windows' glazing specification.
          Visit at rush hour
        2. 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
        Dunsink
        Electoral division
        Blanchardstown-Abbotstown
        Electoral area
        Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart
        Council
        Fingal County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • Barnlodge (bus 220, 220A) 427 m away: 10 an hour at morning peak; 19 from all stops within 500 m. Planned: Luas extension (Fingal light rail corridor) 394 m away, corridor (Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029 objective).
        • Noise from road traffic mapped at 65–69 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
        • Here (2022 census): 62% owner-occupied (council 67%); 5% of homes empty (council 5%); most built 2011–2015; 50% drive to work (council 52%); population up 6% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
        • 2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        • 0 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 3).
        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.
        Sources and licences 29
        SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
        EPA strategic noise maps—CC BY 4.0—
        Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
        Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
        National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
        services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        gis.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection AgencyCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        gis.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection AgencyCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public1 Nov 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 Oct 2026
        cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
        dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
        services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
        esbnetworks.ie—© the publisher · flag only11 Sept 2026
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public1 Nov 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
        organisationsPlanning Register (derived from applications and the CRO register)Derived by Planning Register25 Oct 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
        propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence1 Nov 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
        tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register28 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
        Measured
        counted from a public register
        Calculated
        a rate or median we worked out from those counts
        Our classification
        we sorted it by reading each description
        Estimate
        inferred from another source (census, map data)
        Rule summary
        the law, simplified: check before relying on it
        How we work this out
        Generated 1 Nov 2026, 14:33 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.