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Planning report · Westmeath County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 15:31

13 Magazine Road, Canal and Banks

53.42431, -7.95062

Homes here mostly date from 1919–1945. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (96%).

See on the mapWatch this area

Not held yet for Westmeath County Council: council consultations.

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 54 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 9 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 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 houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1919–1945 (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
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

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Protected building2 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished); on the council's record (not republished)
Heritage inventory3 within 100 m Custume Barracks; Custume Barracks

Not on this site: 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
Heritage inventory buildings63Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Athlone Post Office
Monuments4R142754; R187364
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: 14 on the draft 2027 map; 14 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Records of Protected Structures, 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
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Records of Protected StructuresNo licence stated · shown as a yes/no only—open
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

What happened to applications like yours

A new house in a garden is harder: 62% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site8 decided · more info asked 50%
62% · 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 · 8 nearby, 826 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: 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

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 54 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 65 days. Building starts about 9 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 54 days; If more info asked (1 in 4): 115 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 278 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 mo21 mo24 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 54 days, middle half 52–55 (n=35)54 daysIf more info asked (1 in 4)With further information: median 115 days (n=11)115 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 278 days after permission (n=10)278 days after permissionSigned off60% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated46 decided home extensions, 10 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    0 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions.

    Refusals appealed2 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 13 Magazine Road, Canal and Banks with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 10.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 388 m
    2. 262A Connaught Street, Athlone 268Approved with conditions · 267 m
    3. 346, St Anne's Terrace 2660370Approved with conditions · 397 m
    4. 4Ranelagh, Grace Road 2560579Approved with conditions · 433 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 21 permissions since 2016, 7 show a start notice and 2 have a completion certificate.

    22 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 21 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 21 approved. Of those: 2 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 3 started, 14 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT21: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused21: approved → approved1: refused → refused14: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out3: approved → started, not signed off2: approved → signed off22 lodged22 lodged21 approved21 approved1 refused1 refused21 approved21 approved1 refused1 refused14 no start notice found14 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out3 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.

    Measured22 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    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

      Sites that could change 1 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 1

      • 10.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 388 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 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
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 7 a year; busiest 2022. 95% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 4, 2022: 7, 2023: 1, 2024: 4, 2025: 4, 2026: 205102021: 4 approved4’21*2022: 7 approved7’222023: 1 approved1’232024: 3 approved2024: 1 refused4’242025: 4 approved4’252026: 2 approved2’26*
      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

      • 346 , St Anne's Terrace , Athlone Approved with conditions
        RETENTION Planning Permission to retain as constructed extension to existing bedroom to the rear of my…
        26603702 Sept 20261 homes397 m
      • 262A Connaught Street , Athlone , Co. Westmeath Approved with conditions
        development which consists of a CHANGE OF USE from a Beauty Salon with its rear garden to a Two Bedroom…
        26814 May 2026267 m
      • 4Ranelagh , Grace Road , Athlone Approved with conditions
        Retention for a lightweight Structure enclosing 3 No Paddle courts with an entrance lobby. The development…
        256057923 Jan 2026433 m
      • Ranelagh , Grace Road , Athlone Withdrawn or not valid
        Retention Permission for a lightweight Structure enclosing 3 No Paddle courts with an entrance lobby. The…
        25605479 Nov 2025432 m
      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
      • Clonown Road, Athlone, Westmeath, N37 CK73 · 10 Aug 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/60470 · 384 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
      Homes coming 0 not started
      How we work this out
      Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).
      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · 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
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Estate: Magazine Road · 3 applications in 10 years

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Shannon Pre School · Crèche4 Jun 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate318 m
      Little Acorns Montessori · Crèche29 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate684 m
      Jolly Mariner Childcare Centre · Crèche6 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate933 m
      St. Kieran's Childcare Centre · Crèche24 Jun 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate959 m
      Glasson Pre School · Crèche22 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 977 m
      Clonros · Crèche11 Mar 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 977 m
      Na Fea Montessori Pre-School & Homework Club · Crèche18 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 977 m
      Naionra Na Cre Duibhe · Crèche5 Sept 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 977 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: Housing estates, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
      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
      Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Westmeath County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here54
      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 8

      This street block against the council

      63% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 34% owner-occupied (council 68%).

      Homes built before 1971
      63% · council 26%
      Homes built since 2001
      8% · council 34%
      Owner-occupied
      34% · council 68%
      Rented
      57% · council 26%
      Children under 15
      14% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      12% · council 15%
      Households with 2+ cars
      14% · council 44%
      Work mainly from home
      12% · council 9%
      This small area (270 people)Westmeath

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 237005005

      Road noise
      55–59 dB
      day–night average (EPA 2022)
      Bus
      185 m
      Battery Heights · A1 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      232 m
      Sn Deaghan O Ceallaigh, 77 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Sn Deaghan O Ceallaigh · primary · 77 pupils · 232 m
      • St Peters NS Snr · primary · 112 pupils · 606 m
      • S N Phoil Naofa · primary · 125 pupils · 692 m

      Stops 19

      • Battery Heights · A1 · 2/hour at peak · 185 m
      • Battery Heights · A1 · 2/hour at peak · 187 m
      • Battery Road · A1 · 2/hour at peak · 195 m
      • Battery Road · A1 · 2/hour at peak · 196 m
      • Iona Park · 548, A2 · 2/hour at peak · 253 m
      • Iona Park · 548, A2 · 2/hour at peak · 258 m
      • Connaught Street · A1 · 2/hour at peak · 380 m
      • Connaught Street · A1 · 2/hour at peak · 395 m

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

      • Sn Deaghan O Ceallaigh · 232 m-17.2% pupils (77)
      • St Peters NS Snr · 606 m-13.2% pupils (112)
      • S N Phoil Naofa · 692 m-3.1% pupils (125)
      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. 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
      Canal and Banks
      Electoral division
      Athlone West Urban
      Electoral area
      Athlone
      Council
      Westmeath County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 1 site nearby could change: 1 empty zoned plot.
      • Iona Park (bus 548, A2) 253 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 27 from all stops within 500 m.
      • Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
      • Here (2022 census): 57% rent (council 26%); 21% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 1919–1945; 34% drive to work (council 63%); population up 4% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 59 days (about 8 weeks); 43% are asked for more information.
      • 4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • 54 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.
      • Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
      • 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
      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)Public1 Nov 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 Oct 2026
      cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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      services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
      overpass-api.deOpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County CouncilODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC 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 1 Nov 2026, 15:31 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.