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Planning report · Fingal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 15 Oct 2026, 02:54

Damastown Avenue, Macetown South

53.41359, -6.41392

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2016. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (97%). 1 application nearby open for comments.

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2planning files on this houselatest 201697%of home extensions approved nearbyn=134 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs49 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 46–541open for comments nearbyclose 9 Nov

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. 5AppealHere about 3 months
  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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2016.

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. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2016: FW16A/0101 · permission is sought, approved2011: FW11A/0047 · work already done, approved

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

  1. 2016
    FW16A/0101 · permission is sought · approved 2016 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2011
    FW11A/0047 · work already done · approved 2011 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
C2.1
Zoning · Economic development and employment
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
1 in 20
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
Zoning
What it says

GE - General Employment: Facilitate opportunities for compatible industry and general employment uses, logistics and warehousing activity in a good quality physical environment. General Employment areas should be highly accessible, well designed, permeable and legible.

FINGAL_DP_OWN · — – —

ZoningC2.1 · Economic development and employment
What it says

GE - General Employment: Provide opportunities for general enterprise and employment

Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.

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: Rottapharm Limited (76 m); Astellas Ireland Company Limited (142 m); Barclay Chemicals Manufacturing Limited (452 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNearby OPW map area within 500 m · floodinfo.ie
Within 500 mCountFor example
Licensed industrial sites4Astellas Ireland Company Limited; Barclay Chemicals Manufacturing Limited
Radon grid squares1
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 OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only.
Sources: zoning, constraints.epa_licence, constraints.radon, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.flood_nifm · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
constraints.epa_licenceCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
constraints.radonCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
epa_leapCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 23:31open
rzltCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
constraints.flood_nifmCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 · not redistributable — shown as a flag only11 Sept 2026, 19:11open
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 15 Oct 2026, 00:44
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
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: 97–100% by type.

Single-storey rear23 decided · more info asked 13%
100% · council 94%
Attic or dormer66 decided · more info asked 3%
97% · council 90%
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 · 89 nearby, 2,861 council-wide

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: npad, acp · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
    npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 49 days. 1 in 9 is asked for more information, which adds about 57 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 49 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; If appealed: +97 days; Building starts: 112 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 46–54 (n=119)49 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksIf appealedAt An Coimisiún Pleanála: median 97 days (n=15, all appeals within 1.5 km)+97 daysBuilding startsStart notice: median 112 days after permission (n=42)112 days after permissionSigned off334 days after the start, for the few who file. 30% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated134 decided home extensions, 43 start notices, 15 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    0 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 14 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed14 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 Damastown Avenue, Macetown South with 6 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsNo decision yetApproved
    1. 1Building 5, Technology Campus FW26A/0383ENo decision yet · 204 m
    2. 2Astellas Ireland, Damastown Road FW26A/0277ENo decision yet · 141 m
    3. 3Damastown Industrial Park, Mulhuddart FW26A/0230ENo decision yet · 290 m
    4. 4Damastown Close, Damastown Business Park FW26A/0215ENo decision yet · 327 m
    5. 5Damastown Avenue / Damastown Rise, Damastown Business Park FW25A/0527EApproved · 335 m
    6. 6Damastown Way, Damastown Industrial Park FW26A/0037EApproved · 448 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 54 permissions since 2016, 17 show a start notice and 12 have a completion certificate.

    67 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 54 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 54 approved. Of those: 12 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 5 started, 37 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT54: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused8: lodged → withdrawn or invalid4: lodged → undecided54: approved → approved1: refused → refused8: withdrawn or invalid → withdrawn4: undecided → undecided37: approved → no start notice found5: approved → started, not signed off12: approved → signed off67 lodged67 lodged54 approved54 approved1 refused1 refused8 withdrawn or invalid8 withdrawn or invalid4 undecided4 undecided54 approved54 approved1 refused1 refused8 withdrawn8 withdrawn4 undecided4 undecided37 no start notice found37 no start notice found5 started, not signed off5 started, not signed off12 signed off12 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.

    Measured67 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 9 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-09 FW26A/0383E: application received — Retention of amended site set out of 68 sqm external ESB sub-station with incorporated Client Switchroom to the North Wetoday20 Oct25 Oct30 Oct4 Nov9 Nov14 NovFW26A/0383E: application received — Retention of amended site set out of 68 sqm external ESB sub-station with incorporated Client Switchroom to the North We · 204 m away · 2026-11-09
    Comments close
    • Comments close 9 Nov 202625 days left
      1FW26A/0383E · application received — Retention of amended site set out of 68 sqm external ESB sub-station with incorporated Client…
      €20 to the council · 204 m away

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

    Figure 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 3 and 13 a year; busiest 2024. 98% of decisions were approvals.

    2016: 1, 2017: 8, 2018: 3, 2019: 12, 2020: 3, 2021: 3, 2022: 4, 2023: 7, 2024: 13, 2025: 8, 2026: 5051015202016: 1 approved1’16*2017: 8 approved8’172018: 3 approved3’182019: 12 approved12’192020: 3 approved3’202021: 2 approved2021: 1 refused3’212022: 3 approved2022: 1 withdrawn or invalid4’222023: 7 approved7’232024: 10 approved2024: 3 withdrawn or invalid13’242025: 4 approved2025: 4 withdrawn or invalid8’252026: 1 approved2026: 4 undecided5’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2016 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 6 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 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Developments within 1.0 km

    SchemeHomesProgressDistance
    Canterbury Gate——602 m
    Hollystown——846 m

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Ashleigh House Pre- School and Creche · Crèche4 Jun 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 622 m
    Juniors Playschool and Montessori · Crèche15 Aug 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate983 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: dublin_pipeline, npad, schools, tusla_ey · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 23:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    dublin_pipelineCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    tusla_eypublic (Tusla statutory register; acknowledgement required, no open licence stated)14 Oct 2026, 23:20open
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Fingal County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here1
    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: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
    npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 8

    This street block against the council

    5% owner-occupied (council 67%).

    Homes built before 1971
    3% · council 11%
    Homes built since 2001
    92% · council 43%
    Owner-occupied
    5% · council 67%
    Rented
    94% · council 28%
    Children under 15
    26% · council 22%
    Aged 65 and over
    2% · council 11%
    Households with 2+ cars
    23% · council 42%
    Work mainly from home
    1% · council 12%
    This small area (306 people)Fingal

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267034001/01

    Road noise
    55–59 dB
    day–night average (EPA 2022) · airport noise zone D
    Bus
    386 m
    Damastown Ind Park · 236, 236A, 38 · busiest stop within 500 m: 7 an hour at peak
    Radon
    1 in 20
    homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
    Flood
    Within 500 m
    OPW flood map area, not beside the house
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 11

      • Damastown Ind Park · 236, 236A, 38, 38A, 38B · 6/hour at peak · 386 m
      • Damastown Ind Park · 236, 236A, 38, 38A, 38B, 70n · 7/hour at peak · 407 m
      • Damastown Green · 236, 236A, 38, 38A, 38B, 70n · 7/hour at peak · 495 m
      • Damastown Green · 236, 236A, 38, 38A, 38B · 6/hour at peak · 506 m
      • Damastown Drive · 236, 236A, 38, 38A, 38B · 6/hour at peak · 625 m
      • Damastown Close · 38, 38A, 38B · 5/hour at peak · 631 m
      • Damastown Road · 236, 236A, 38, 38A, 38B, 70n · 7/hour at peak · 637 m
      • Damastown Close · 38, 38A, 38B, 70n · 5/hour at peak · 646 m

      Open consultations

      Council meetings 30 items

      Public land

      • Fingal County Council · 3.96 ha · 0 m
      • Electricity Supply Board · 0.07 ha · 0 m
      • Fingal County Council · 10.96 ha · 3 m
      • Fingal County Council · 14.33 ha · 88 m
      • Fingal County Council · 0.86 ha · 297 m
      • Fingal County Council · 0.92 ha · 330 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 11 Oct 2026, 23:43
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      gtfsCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      consultpublic15 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      moderngovpublic15 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      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. Work already done (FW11A/0047): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
        Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. Permission is sought (FW16A/0101) ran out unbuilt in 2021: built anyway?
        Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
        Seller · solicitor
      3. Planning here goes back to 2011: is the house built as approved?
        Ask for: The original planning grant and an opinion of compliance.
        Solicitor
      4. Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment), not for homes: could you extend?
        Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
        Solicitor · planner
      5. Application 204 m away open for comments until 9 Nov 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
      Macetown Middle
      Electoral division
      Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown
      Electoral area
      Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart
      Council
      Fingal County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 2 applications on this site; latest FW16A/0101, approved 2016, ran out unbuilt.
      • Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
      • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 9 Nov 2026.
      • Damastown Ind Park (bus 236, 236A) 407 m away: 7 an hour at morning peak; 19 from all stops within 500 m.
      • Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022); inside Dublin Airport Noise Zone D.
      • Here (2022 census): 94% rent (council 28%); 9% of homes empty (council 5%); most built 2001–2010; 56% drive to work (council 52%); population up 3% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
      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.
      • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
      • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
      • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
      • 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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      National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
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      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC…27 Sept 2026
      gis.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection AgencyCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026
      s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.comOffice of Public WorksCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 · flag only11 Sept 2026
      gis.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection AgencyCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026
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      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026
      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026
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      services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026
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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 15 Oct 2026, 02:54 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.