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Planning report · Fingal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 05:06

North Road, Newtown

53.41865, -6.32247

Homes here mostly date from 1919–1945.

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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 1919–45, before planning permission was needed.

Timeline from 1915: 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 1919–1945.19201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of North RoadBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1919–1945 (census estimate)most built2022: 1 file on North Road2024: 1 file on North Road2026: 1 file on North Road3 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
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 10
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.

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 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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Kilshane Cross Recycling Park (44 m); licence W0277 (294 m); Bia Energy Limited (479 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Licensed industrial sites5Kilshane Cross Recycling Park; Huntstown Inert Waste Recovery Facility
Radon grid squares4
Monuments7Ringfort - unclassified; Castle - motte and bailey
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: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed sites, EPA radon map, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), 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 sitesCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
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
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.

Figure 2

North Road, file by file since 2022

3 planning files on North Road since 2022, by kind and decision.20222023202420252026Extensions, atticsPorches, roofs, otherNo number · 2022 · other work · approved · FW22A/0213No number · 2024 · other work · approved · FW23A/0234No number · 2026 · other work · undecided · FW26A/0358ENew house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

3 files with "North 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 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 3

    What appeals changed

    1 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 6 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed6 decided
    1 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 North Road, Newtown with 5 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 1A c. 3.23 Ha Site at Maersk, Unit No. 3 FW25A/0500EApproved · 220 m
    2. 2A c. 1.361 Ha site at Maersk, Unit No. 4 FW25A/0501EApproved · 239 m
    3. 3Huntstown Power Station, Townlands of Kilshane FW26A/0163ENo decision yet · 308 m
    4. 4Unit 4 Vantage Business Park, Coldwinters FW26A/0366ENo decision yet · 388 m
    5. 5Newtown, North Road FW26A/0358ENo decision yet · 0 m
    Figure 4

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 24 permissions since 2016, 8 show a start notice and 7 have a completion certificate.

    32 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 24 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 24 approved. Of those: 7 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 16 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT24: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused4: lodged → withdrawn or invalid3: lodged → undecided24: approved → approved1: refused → refused4: withdrawn or invalid → withdrawn3: undecided → undecided16: approved → no start notice found1: approved → started, not signed off7: approved → signed off32 lodged32 lodged24 approved24 approved1 refused1 refused4 withdrawn or invalid4 withdrawn or invalid3 undecided3 undecided24 approved24 approved1 refused1 refused4 withdrawn4 withdrawn3 undecided3 undecided16 no start notice found16 no start notice found1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off7 signed off7 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.

    Measured32 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

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 4 and 10 a year; busiest 2022. 96% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 4, 2022: 10, 2023: 5, 2024: 6, 2025: 4, 2026: 305102021: 3 approved2021: 1 refused4’21*2022: 8 approved2022: 2 withdrawn or invalid10’222023: 5 approved5’232024: 5 approved2024: 1 withdrawn or invalid6’242025: 3 approved2025: 1 withdrawn or invalid4’252026: 3 undecided3’26*
      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 5 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
      • Cedar Drive, Dublin Airport Logistics Park, Fingal · 22 Dec 2025 · start notice not signed off · FW22A/0022 · 460 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
      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: 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 7

      This street block against the council

      74% of homes built before 1971 (council 11%). 68% owner-occupied (council 67%).

      Homes built before 1971
      74% · council 11%
      Homes built since 2001
      4% · council 43%
      Owner-occupied
      68% · council 67%
      Rented
      20% · council 28%
      Children under 15
      4% · council 22%
      Aged 65 and over
      15% · council 11%
      Households with 2+ cars
      35% · council 42%
      Work mainly from home
      2% · council 12%
      This small area (661 people)Fingal

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267066016

      Road noise
      65–69 dB
      day–night average (EPA 2022) · airport noise zone B
      Bus
      360 m
      Kilshane · 103, 105X · busiest stop within 500 m: 3 an hour at peak
      Radon
      1 in 10
      homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 2

        • Kilshane · 103, 105X · 3/hour at peak · 360 m
        • Kildonan · 103, 105X · 3/hour at peak · 622 m

        Council meetings 30 items

        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. Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment), not for homes: could you extend?
          Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
          Solicitor · planner
        2. High radon area (1 in 10 homes): has it been tested?
          Ask for: Radon test results.
          Seller
        3. Mapped at 65–69 dB from aircraft: will you hear it inside?
          Ask for: A visit at rush hour (and at night), and the windows' glazing specification.
          Visit at rush hour
        4. 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
        Newtown
        Electoral division
        Dubber
        Electoral area
        Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart
        Council
        Fingal County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment); not protected; no vacant land tax; high radon area.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • Kilshane (bus 103, 105X) 360 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak.
        • Noise from road traffic mapped at 65–69 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022); inside Dublin Airport Noise Zone B.
        • Here (2022 census): 68% owner-occupied (council 67%); 6% of homes empty (council 5%); most built 1919–1945; 11% drive to work (council 52%); population up 21% since 2016.
        • Around here the council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
        • 5 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        • 1 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 3).
        What the terms mean 5 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.
        • 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 28
        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
        data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)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
        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
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        gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 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, 05:06 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.