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Planning report · Meath County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 11:17

Rooske Road, Rush

53.41006, -6.47236

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2021. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%).

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1planning file on this houselatest 202198%of home extensions approved nearbyn=50 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 51–540open 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 52 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 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 1981–90, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2021.

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 1981–1990. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Rooske RoadBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1981–1990 (census estimate)most built2021: 211472 · work already done, approved2021: 1 file on Rooske Road2022: 1 file on Rooske Road2023: 3 files on Rooske Road2024: 2 files on Rooske Road2025: 2 files on Rooske Road2026: 1 file on Rooske Road10 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. 2021
    211472 · work already done · approved 2021 · work already done
    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 20
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

A1 - Existing Residential: Existing Residential

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.

meath county development plan 2021 2027 · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027

ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

A1 - Existing Residential: Existing Residential

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.

meath county development plan 2021 2027 as varied · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027

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.

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Radon grid squares3
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) · 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
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

Extensions are almost always approved here: 91–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 88% approved, and 75% are asked for more information.

Single-storey rear11 decided · more info asked 18%
100% · council 97%
Attic or dormer11 decided · more info asked 36%
91% · council 92%
New house in a garden or site8 decided · more info asked 75%
88% · council 75%
Approved nearbyMeath 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 · 30 nearby, 2,572 council-wide

Figure 3

Rooske Road, file by file since 2021

3 of 3 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

10 planning files on Rooske Road since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2022 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 22840No number · 2024 · garage conversion · approved · 2461040No. 1 · 2025 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 25138Porches, roofs, otherNo. 100M · 2021 · other work · approved · 211293No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23580No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23847No. 2 · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460332No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2561086No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660715New house in a side gardenNo number · 2023 · new house · approved · 2360070
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

10 files with "Rooske 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 · 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 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 46 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 52 days; If more info asked (1 in 4): 106 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 161 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 52 days, middle half 51–54 (n=38)52 daysIf more info asked (1 in 4)With further information: median 106 days (n=12)106 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 161 days after permission (n=21)161 days after permissionSigned off43% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated50 decided home extensions, 21 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

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

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed4 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 Rooske Road, Rush with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseBuilding startedNo decision yetApproved
    1. 158 Chestnut Grove, Dunboyne 25/61072Building started · 65 m
    2. 2The townlands of Hilltown Jarretstown Walterstown Moor of Meath Rathleek, Cappaghcreen Milestown Oranstown Castlefarm Dunboyne and Bennetstown. 2660066No decision yet · 432 m
    3. 3208 Beechdale, Dunboyne 2561268Approved with conditions · 484 m
    4. 4Rooske Gardens The Heights, Dunboyne Castle Rooske Road 2660715Approved with conditions · 496 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 20 permissions since 2016, 8 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    20 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 20 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 20 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 5 started, 11 with no start notice found, 1 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT20: lodged → approved20: approved → approved11: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out5: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off1: approved → ran out20 lodged20 lodged20 approved20 approved20 approved20 approved11 no start notice found11 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out5 started, not signed off5 started, not signed off1 signed off1 signed off1 ran out1 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.

    Measured20 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

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      DART+ West is planned 609 m away.

      DART+ West, DART+ West:…: railway order granted (July 2024); DART+ West, Dunboyne: railway order granted (July 2024)20242025202620272028DART+ West, DART+ West:…609 m · plannedrailway order granted (July 2024)DART+ West, Dunboyne922 m · plannedrailway order granted (July 2024)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 9

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 4 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 5, 2022: 4, 2023: 4, 2024: 2, 2025: 4, 2026: 105102021: 5 approved5’21*2022: 4 approved4’222023: 4 approved4’232024: 2 approved2’242025: 4 approved4’252026: 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 3 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
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 not signed off
      • 158 Chestnut Grove, Dunboyne, Meath, A86 A439 · 7 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/61072 · 65 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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      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

      Estate: Chestnut Grove · 8 applications in 10 years · 100% approved · most common: single-storey rear

      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: Housing estates, Department of Education school list · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 23:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Housing estatesODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Meath County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here470
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here367
      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 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 10

      This street block against the council

      2% of homes built before 1971 (council 18%). 93% owner-occupied (council 75%).

      Homes built before 1971
      2% · council 18%
      Homes built since 2001
      1% · council 45%
      Owner-occupied
      93% · council 75%
      Rented
      3% · council 20%
      Children under 15
      15% · council 23%
      Aged 65 and over
      19% · council 12%
      Households with 2+ cars
      71% · council 54%
      Work mainly from home
      14% · council 11%
      This small area (411 people)Meath

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 167029016

      Aircraft noise
      45–49 dB
      day–night average (EPA 2022) · airport noise zone D
      Planned
      609 m
      DART+ West, DART+ West: Clonsilla - M3 Parkway
      Radon
      1 in 20
      homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
      Nearest school
      564 m
      Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg, 360 pupils
      Homes sold nearby
      10
      in 3 years (Property Price Register)
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg · primary · 360 pupils · 564 m
      • St Peters National School · primary · 97 pupils · 611 m
      • St Peter's College · postprimary · 1214 pupils · 961 m
      • Dunboyne Senior NS · primary · 470 pupils · 983 m

      Stops 5

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

        • Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg · 564 m+0.3% pupils (360)
        • St Peters National School · 611 m+5.4% pupils (97)
        • St Peter's College · 961 m-1.1% pupils (1,214)
        • Dunboyne Senior NS · 983 m+3.8% pupils (470)
        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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
        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
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
        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. Work already done (211472): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
          Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
          Seller · solicitor
        2. Building work started 65 m away: for how long?
          Ask for: The planning conditions for 25/61072.
          Agent · council
        3. 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
        Castlefarm
        Electoral division
        Dunboyne
        Electoral area
        Ratoath
        Council
        Meath County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 1 application on this site; latest 211472, approved 2021, work already done.
        • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m. Planned: DART+ West 609 m away, railway order granted (July 2024).
        • Noise from aircraft mapped at 45–49 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022); inside Dublin Airport Noise Zone D.
        • Here (2022 census): 93% owner-occupied (council 75%); 1% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 1981–1990; 63% drive to work (council 64%); population up 6% since 2016.
        • Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
        • Homes started within 1 km: 137 in the last year, 2 three years before.
        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.
        • Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
        • 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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        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, 11:17 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.