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Planning report · Roscommon County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 14 Oct 2026, 12:52

N61

53.44707, -7.98199

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2019.

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3planning files on this houselatest 201953 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 47–580open 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 53 days
  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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2020.

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 1971–1980. 3 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Barry BegBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2020: 19605 · garden room, approved2019: 19461 · garden room, withdrawn or invalid2019: 18595 · garden room, refused2017: 1 file on Barry Beg2018: 2 files on Barry Beg2019: 3 files on Barry Beg2020: 3 files on Barry Beg2021: 2 files on Barry Beg2022: 4 files on Barry Beg15 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. 2020
    19605 · garden room · approved 2020 · built, signed off
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2019
    19461 · garden room · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  3. 2019
    18595 · garden room · refused 2019
    approvedstarted?signed off?
On this site
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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 not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
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, rzlt, constraints · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
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
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 14 Oct 2026, 00:33
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
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: 88% approved, and 69% are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site26 decided · more info asked 69%
88% · council 81%
Approved nearbyRoscommon 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 · 26 nearby, 1,203 council-wide

Figure 3

Barry Beg, file by file since 2017

6 of 7 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 2.

15 planning files on Barry Beg since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2017 · rear · approved · 17359No number · 2018 · two-storey rear · refused · 18595No number · 2019 · side · approved · 19275No number · 2019 · rear · approved · 19605No number · 2020 · rear · approved · 20231No number · 2021 · single-storey rear · approved · 21616No number · 2022 · single-storey side · approved · 226Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2018 · other work · approved · 18535No number · 2019 · other work · approved · 19395No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20361No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 2045No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22651No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 2280New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · refused · 21656No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 22590
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

15 files with "Barry Beg" 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 · 2017–2026

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: npad, acp · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 02:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
    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-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
    npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 2 is asked for more information, which adds about 74 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 53 days; If more info asked (1 in 2): 132 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 53 days, middle half 47–58 (n=13)53 daysIf more info asked (1 in 2)With further information: median 132 days (n=12)132 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off33% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated25 decided home extensions, 3 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 4 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed4 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed2 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?

    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 10 permissions since 2016, 2 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    12 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 10 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 10 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 3 with no start notice found, 5 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT10: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused10: approved → approved2: refused → refused3: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → signed off5: approved → ran out12 lodged12 lodged10 approved10 approved2 refused2 refused10 approved10 approved2 refused2 refused3 no start notice found3 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out1 signed off1 signed off5 ran out5 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.

    Measured12 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

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2019. 83% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 3, 2020: 3, 2021: 1, 2022: 1, 2024: 105102017: 1 approved1’17*2018: 1 approved2018: 1 refused2’182019: 3 approved3’192020: 3 approved3’202021: 1 refused1’212022: 1 approved1’222024: 1 approved1’24
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 0 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 14 Oct 2026, 02:03
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
        acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
        0
        How busy is this area About as busy as most of Roscommon County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here0
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here9
        Council middle1
        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-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
        npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 9

        This street block against the council

        91% owner-occupied (council 74%).

        Homes built before 1971
        19% · council 29%
        Homes built since 2001
        15% · council 37%
        Owner-occupied
        91% · council 74%
        Rented
        5% · council 20%
        Children under 15
        19% · council 20%
        Aged 65 and over
        34% · council 19%
        Households with 2+ cars
        56% · council 47%
        Work mainly from home
        15% · council 9%
        This small area (297 people)Roscommon

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 197008015

        Road noise
        70–74 dB
        day–night average (EPA 2022)
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        None nearby.

          Stops 0

            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
            consultpublic14 Oct 2026, 01:30open
            moderngovpublic14 Oct 2026, 01:30open
            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. Garden room (18595) refused 2019: built anyway?
              Ask for: The seller's answer and your surveyor's check.
              Seller · solicitor
            2. Mapped at 70–74 dB from road traffic: will you hear it inside?
              Ask for: A visit at rush hour (and at night), and the windows' glazing specification.
              Visit at rush hour
            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
            Barry Beg
            Electoral division
            Athlone West Rural
            Electoral area
            Athlone
            Council
            Roscommon County Council
            Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
            • 3 applications on this site; latest 19605, approved 2020, built, signed off.
            • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
            • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
            • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
            • Noise from road traffic mapped at 70–74 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
            • Here (2022 census): 91% owner-occupied (council 74%); 9% of homes empty (council 17%); most built 1971–1980; 70% drive to work (council 67%); population up 6% since 2016.
            • The council decides in a median 98 days (about 14 weeks); 57% are asked for more information.
            • 9 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
            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.
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            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—
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            data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC-BY-4.013 Oct 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 14 Oct 2026, 12:52 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.