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Planning report · Westmeath County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 27 Oct 2026, 18:45

Saint Patrick's Villas

53.39751, -7.72036

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s.

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Distance
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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Westmeath County Council: council consultations.

0open 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
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  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.

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 2001–2010.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of MoategranogeBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2021: 1 file on Moategranoge2022: 1 file on Moategranoge2024: 1 file on Moategranoge3 files

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
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Established Residential: Support high quality residential consolidation and sustainable intensification at appropriate locations in a manner that does not impact negatively on the amenities or character of an area.

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.

wcc cdp 2021 2027 moate · 3 May 2021 – 2 May 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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Moate (833 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings54house; Saint Mary's Church (Kilcleagh)
Monuments11R143940; R143948
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: 9 on the draft 2027 map; 9 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
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
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
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: 85% approved, and 69% are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site13 decided · more info asked 69%
85% · council 79%
Approved nearbyWestmeath 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 · 13 nearby, 822 council-wide

Figure 3

Moategranoge, file by file since 2021

New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 2.

3 planning files on Moategranoge since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsPorches, roofs, otherNo number · 2022 · other work · refused · 22514New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · refused · 21426No number · 2024 · new house · approved · 2460483
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

3 files with "Moategranoge" 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 27 Oct 2026, 01:33
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    0 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

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Saint Patrick's Villas with 7 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yet
    1. 1Moate Community School, Church Street 2660450Approved with conditions · 378 m
    2. 20.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 226 m
    3. 31.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 247 m
    4. 40.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 281 m
    5. 51.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 461 m
    6. 6Dons Bar, Main Street Moate 2660371No decision yet · 274 m
    7. 7Moate Granoge, Main Street Moate 2660066No decision yet · 290 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 11 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 2 have a completion certificate.

    13 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 11 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 11 approved. Of those: 2 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 3 started, 6 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT11: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused11: approved → approved2: refused → refused6: approved → no start notice found3: approved → started, not signed off2: approved → signed off13 lodged13 lodged11 approved11 approved2 refused2 refused11 approved11 approved2 refused2 refused6 no start notice found6 no start notice found3 started, not signed off3 started, not signed off2 signed off2 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.

    Measured13 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 13 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-13 2660450: CONDITIONAL — development which will consist of: 1. The removal of an existing changing / ancillary facilities and replacement with atoday1 Nov6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov26 Nov2660450: CONDITIONAL — development which will consist of: 1. The removal of an existing changing / ancillary facilities and replacement with a · 378 m away · 2026-11-13
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 13 Nov 202617 days left
      12660450 · CONDITIONAL — development which will consist of: 1. The removal of an existing changing / ancillary facilities and…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 378 m away

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

    Sites that could change 4 within 500 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 4

    • 20.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 226 m
    • 31.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 247 m
    • 40.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 281 m
    • 51.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 461 m

    Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).

    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 5 a year; busiest 2022. 85% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 1, 2022: 5, 2023: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 1, 2026: 105102021: 1 refused1’21*2022: 4 approved2022: 1 refused5’222023: 3 approved3’232024: 2 approved2’242025: 1 approved1’252026: 1 approved1’26*
    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 4 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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months
    1 signed off as finished2 not signed off
    • Main Street, Moate, Westmeath · 20 Aug 2026 · start notice not signed off · PART 8 · 255 m
    • Cartron Keel, Moate, Westmeath · 17 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2560413 · 350 m
    • 6 Church Street, Moate, Westmeath · 3 Nov 2025 · 7-day notice signed off · 362 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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Lux Curiosity Club · Crèche29 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate198 m
    WoodHill Montessori · Crèche22 Feb 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate930 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: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 21 Oct 2026, 23:37
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register21 Oct 2026, 23:37open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Westmeath County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here25
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here79
    Council middle2
    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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 8

    This street block against the council

    62% owner-occupied (council 68%).

    Homes built before 1971
    19% · council 26%
    Homes built since 2001
    64% · council 34%
    Owner-occupied
    62% · council 68%
    Rented
    33% · council 26%
    Children under 15
    27% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    11% · council 15%
    Households with 2+ cars
    43% · council 44%
    Work mainly from home
    5% · council 9%
    This small area (399 people)Westmeath

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 237075003

    Bus
    251 m
    Moate · 190, 70, 73 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    258 m
    St Brigid'S Primary School, 241 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • St Brigid'S Primary School · primary · 241 pupils · 258 m
    • Moate Community School · postprimary · 913 pupils · 395 m
    • Bl Oliver Plunkett NS · primary · 82 pupils · 527 m

    Stops 3

    • Moate · 190, 70, 73, 763, 815 · 2/hour at peak · 251 m
    • Moate · 190, 70, 73, 763, 815, AI12 · 1/hour at peak · 260 m
    • Moate Business Coll · AI08, AI09, AI10, AI11, AI12, MB01 · 615 m

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

    • St Brigid'S Primary School · 258 m+7.6% pupils (241)
    • Moate Community School · 395 m+0.3% pupils (913)
    • Bl Oliver Plunkett NS · 527 m-9.9% pupils (82)
    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 27 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Council consultation portalsPublic27 Oct 2026, 00:57open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public27 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    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. 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
    Moategranoge
    Electoral division
    Moate
    Electoral area
    Moate
    Council
    Westmeath County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
    • 4 sites nearby could change: 4 empty zoned plots.
    • Moate (bus 190, 70) 251 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 3 from all stops within 500 m.
    • Here (2022 census): 62% owner-occupied (council 68%); 6% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 2001–2010; 65% drive to work (council 63%); population up 14% since 2016.
    • The council decides in a median 58 days (about 8 weeks); 43% are asked for more information.
    • Homes started within 1 km: 1 in the last year, 49 three years before.
    • 4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
    • 79 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
    What the terms mean 6 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.
    • 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.
    Sources and licences 27
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    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 4.023 Oct 2026
    data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
    data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public27 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher26 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
    data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.026 Oct 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)Public27 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
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    tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register21 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 27 Oct 2026, 18:45 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.