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Planning report · Fingal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 3 Nov 2026, 04:05

Drynam Road

53.45052, -6.20439

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (90%). 3 applications nearby open for comments.

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90%of home extensions approved nearbyn=119 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 46–543open for comments nearbyclose 3 Nov–24 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 50 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealHere about 5 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 1981–90, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992).

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 1981–1990.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Drynam RoadBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1981–1990 (census estimate)most built2021: 5 files on Drynam Road2022: 2 files on Drynam Road2024: 2 files on Drynam Road9 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
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
Zoning
What it says

RS - Residential: Ensure that any new development in existing areas would have a minimal impact on and enhance existing residential amenity.

ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

RS - Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity

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.

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: MSD International GmbH t/a MSD Ireland (Biotech Dublin) (100 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskWithin 100 m OPW map area within 100 m · floodinfo.ie
Within 500 mCountFor example
Licensed industrial sites1P1106
Radon grid squares1
Monuments9Ritual site - holy well; Ring-ditch
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: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 1 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA radon map, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), EPA licensed sites, OPW flood maps (CFRAM), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:44
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:13open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 23:44open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
EPA licensed sitesCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
OPW flood maps (CFRAM)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · shown as a yes/no only11 Sept 2026, 19:11open
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 3 Nov 2026, 03:31
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 03:31open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 02:01open
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: 93–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 50% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear15 decided · more info asked 0%
93% · council 92%
Attic or dormer42 decided · more info asked 5%
93% · council 92%
First-floor13 decided · more info asked 23%
100% · council 86%
New house in a garden or site8 decided · more info asked 38%
50% · council 53%
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 · 78 nearby, 2,310 council-wide

Figure 3

Drynam Road, file by file since 2021

3 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

9 planning files on Drynam Road since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · other extension · approved · F21A/0244No. 1 · 2021 · attic conversion / dormer · refused · F21A/0521No. 6 · 2021 · single-storey rear · approved · F21B/0183No. 1 · 2021 · single-storey rear · approved · F21B/0240Porches, roofs, otherNo. 3 · 2021 · other work · approved · F21B/0278No. 1 · 2022 · other work · refused · F22A/0237No. 11 · 2022 · other work · approved · F22B/0228No number · 2024 · other work · approved · F24A/0159New house in a side gardenNo. 6A · 2024 · new house · approved · F24A/02206A
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

9 files with "Drynam 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 3 Nov 2026, 02:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    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 3 Nov 2026, 03:31
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 03:31open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 50 days. 1 in 13 is asked for more information, which adds about 49 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 50 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; If appealed: +140 days; Building starts: 124 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 50 days, middle half 46–54 (n=110)50 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksIf appealedAt An Coimisiún Pleanála: median 140 days (n=35, all appeals within 1.5 km)+140 daysBuilding startsStart notice: median 124 days after permission (n=50)124 days after permissionSigned off38% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated119 decided home extensions, 50 start notices, 35 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    7 of 19 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 17 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed19 decided
    7 became permissions
    Approvals appealed17 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

    Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months

    1 of 1 changed the council's decision

    • 501329 Granted · Mountgorry House, Malahide Road, Swords, Co. Dublin K67 W1R7 · 435 m report
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 3 Nov 2026, 02:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher2 Nov 2026, 23:14open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Drynam Road with 7 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedRefused
    1. 1Hilton Dublin Airport Hotel, Malahide Road WEB3391/26No decision yet · 325 m
    2. 20.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 336 m
    3. 3Unit F8, Swords Enterprise Park F26A/0180EApproved · 216 m
    4. 4Costcutter convenience store, Holywell Distributor Road F26A/0265EApproved · 309 m
    5. 5Fingal Liam Rodgers Community Centre, Drinan F26A/0482EApproved · 355 m
    6. 68 The Drive, Melrose Park F25A/1104EApproved · 386 m
    7. 7Mountgorry House, Malahide Road F26A/0144ERefused · 435 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 29 permissions since 2016, 11 show a start notice and 2 have a completion certificate.

    44 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 28 approved, 5 refused. After appeals: 29 approved. Of those: 2 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 8 started, 18 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT28: lodged → approved5: lodged → refused8: lodged → withdrawn or invalid3: lodged → undecided27: approved → approved3: refused → refused8: withdrawn or invalid → withdrawn3: undecided → undecided1 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal2 refused by the council, approved after an appeal18: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out8: approved → started, not signed off2: approved → signed off44 lodged44 lodged28 approved28 approved5 refused5 refused8 withdrawn or invalid8 withdrawn or invalid3 undecided3 undecided29 approved29 approved3 refused3 refused9 withdrawn9 withdrawn3 undecided3 undecided18 no start notice found18 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out8 started, not signed off8 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.

    Measured44 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    4 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 3 Nov 2026.

    4 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-03 WEB3391/26: application received — We, Malahide Dublin Properties Limited, intend to apply for permission for development at this site, Hilton Dublin Airpo; 2026-11-17 WEBLRD9005/26-S3: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — The proposed development will consist of: (i) demolition of the existing residential property and existing derelict resi; 2026-11-24 WEB3582/26: application received — We, Kilbarron ICAV, intend to apply for planning permission for development at Block E-ii, Newenham Court, Malahide Road; 2026-11-24 WEBLRD9028/26-S3: application received — We, City North Montane Limited, intend to apply for Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD), on this today8 Nov13 Nov18 Nov23 Nov28 Nov3 DecWEB3391/26: application received — We, Malahide Dublin Properties Limited, intend to apply for permission for development at this site, Hilton Dublin Airpo · 325 m away · 2026-11-03WEBLRD9005/26-S3: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — The proposed development will consist of: (i) demolition of the existing residential property and existing derelict resi · 325 m away · 2026-11-17WEB3582/26: application received — We, Kilbarron ICAV, intend to apply for planning permission for development at Block E-ii, Newenham Court, Malahide Road · 325 m away · 2026-11-24WEBLRD9028/26-S3: application received — We, City North Montane Limited, intend to apply for Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD), on this · 325 m away · 2026-11-24
    Comments closeTime to appeal ends
    • Comments close 3 Nov 2026closes today
      1WEB3391/26 · application received — We, Malahide Dublin Properties Limited, intend to apply for permission for development at this…
      €20 to the council · 325 m away
    • Time to appeal ends 17 Nov 202614 days left
      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — The proposed development will consist of: (i) demolition of the existing residential property…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 325 m away
    • Comments close 24 Nov 202621 days left
      WEB3582/26 · application received — We, Kilbarron ICAV, intend to apply for planning permission for development at Block E-ii,…
      €20 to the council · 325 m away
    • Comments close 24 Nov 202621 days left
      application received — We, City North Montane Limited, intend to apply for Permission for a Large-Scale Residential…
      €20 to the council · 325 m away

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

    Figure 8

    Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

    MetroLink is planned 727 m away.

    MetroLink, MetroLink: indicative route (Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029 objective)20242025202620272028MetroLink, MetroLink727 m · plannedindicative route (Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029 objective)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)

    Sites that could change 1 within 500 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 1

    • 20.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 336 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, Council meetings (ModernGov), National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 3 Nov 2026, 03:31
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 03:31open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 23:17open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public3 Nov 2026, 02:30open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
    Figure 9

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 6 and 8 a year; busiest 2022. 85% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 5, 2022: 8, 2023: 6, 2024: 6, 2025: 8, 2026: 11051015202021: 5 approved5’21*2022: 6 approved2022: 2 withdrawn or invalid8’222023: 5 approved2023: 1 refused6’232024: 4 approved2024: 2 refused6’242025: 4 approved2025: 1 refused2025: 3 withdrawn or invalid8’252026: 4 approved2026: 1 refused2026: 3 withdrawn or invalid2026: 3 undecided11’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2021 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 13 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 3 Nov 2026, 03:31
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 03:31open
    Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months
    1 not signed off2 no sign-off needed
    • 8 Melrose Park Drive, Swords, Dublin, K67 Y7C2 · 17 Jun 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · F25A/1104E · 414 m
    • 19 Waterside Crescent, Waterside, Malahide, Co. Dublin, Fingal, K36 DF74 · 5 May 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · F25A/0798E · 470 m
    • R106, Swords, Fingal · 27 Feb 2026 · 119 homes · start notice not signed off · LRD0025/S3E · 353 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 3 Nov 2026, 03:31
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 03:31open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Developments within 1.0 km

    SchemeHomesProgressDistance
    Hawthorn Cottages126—325 m
    Mountgorry——334 m
    Woodside3434 not started (2026-Q2)462 m
    Barrysparks and Crowscastle (lands generally bound by the R1——513 m
    Holywell5757 built (2026-Q2)583 m

    Who applies most nearby

    • Malahide Dublin Properties Limited — 2 applications, latest 29 Sept 2026

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Charlies Childcare · Crèche30 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate71 m
    Charlies Childcare · Crèche7 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate362 m
    Naionra Cholmcille · Crèche25 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate508 m
    Oaklands House Creche and Montessori · Crèche18 Jun 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate525 m
    Bo Peep's Montessori · Crèche10 Oct 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate534 m
    Bo-Peep Crèche & Montessori · Crèche6 Mar 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate534 m
    E.I.S.S (Early Intervention Support Services) · Crèche7 Aug 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 622 m
    Holywell Childcare Ltd · Crèche6 Feb 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate713 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 housing delivery pipeline, National Planning Application Database, Applicant organisations (from the CRO), Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 3 Nov 2026, 02:01
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Dublin housing delivery pipelineCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 23:01open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    Applicant organisations (from the CRO)Derived by Planning Register1 Nov 2026, 23:02—
    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 Fingal County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here530
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here155
    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 3 Nov 2026, 03:31
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 03:31open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 10

    This street block against the council

    80% owner-occupied (council 67%).

    Homes built before 1971
    5% · council 11%
    Homes built since 2001
    3% · council 43%
    Owner-occupied
    80% · council 67%
    Rented
    17% · council 28%
    Children under 15
    21% · council 22%
    Aged 65 and over
    7% · council 11%
    Households with 2+ cars
    55% · council 42%
    Work mainly from home
    11% · council 12%
    This small area (306 people)Fingal

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267134003

    Road noise
    65–69 dB
    day–night average (EPA 2022) · airport noise zone D
    Bus
    36 m
    Milesian Court · 43 · busiest stop within 500 m: 12 an hour at peak
    Planned
    727 m
    MetroLink, MetroLink
    Radon
    1 in 20
    homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
    Flood
    Yes
    OPW flood map area within 100 m
    Nearest school
    508 m
    Gaelscoil An Duinninigh, 380 pupils
    Homes sold nearby
    42
    in 3 years (Property Price Register)
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Gaelscoil An Duinninigh · primary · 380 pupils · 508 m
    • Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School · postprimary · 696 pupils · 571 m
    • Holywell Educate Together National School · primary · 613 pupils · 725 m

    Stops 29

    • Milesian Court · 43 · 3/hour at peak · 36 m
    • Feltrim Retail Park · 43 · 2/hour at peak · 152 m
    • Feltrim Business Pk · 102, 102A, 102P, 102T, 142, 42D · 8/hour at peak · 201 m
    • Feltrim Business Pk · 102, 102A, 102P, 102T, 142, 42D · 12/hour at peak · 222 m
    • Seamount Vw · 102, 102A, 102P, 102T, 506 · 2/hour at peak · 342 m
    • Seamount Vw · 102, 102P, 102T, 507 · 4/hour at peak · 371 m
    • Holywell Vw · 142, 42D, 507 · 2/hour at peak · 422 m
    • Holywell Vw · 142, 42D, 506 · 424 m

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

    • Gaelscoil An Duinninigh · 508 m-1.3% pupils (380)
    • Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School · 571 m+14.7% pupils (696)
    • Holywell Educate Together National School · 725 m-4.8% pupils (613)

    Council meetings 30 items

    Public land

    • Fingal County Council · 0.21 ha · 19 m
    • Fingal County Council · 0.11 ha · 33 m
    • The Industrial Development Authority · 0.75 ha · 34 m
    • Fingal County Council · 0.54 ha · 43 m
    • Fingal County Council · 1.3 ha · 49 m
    • Fingal County Council · 0.41 ha · 85 m
    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 3 Nov 2026, 02:30
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:05open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.03 Nov 2026, 02:01open
    Council consultation portalsPublic3 Nov 2026, 01:12open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public3 Nov 2026, 02:30open
    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. Flood risk area within 100 m: can you insure it?
      Ask for: A flood-cover quote before sale agreed.
      Insurer
    2. Application 325 m away open for comments until 3 Nov 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      Council
    3. Mapped at 65–69 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
    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
    Barrysparks
    Electoral division
    Swords-Seatown
    Electoral area
    Swords
    Council
    Fingal County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax; flood risk area within 100 m.
    • 1 site nearby could change: 1 empty zoned plot.
    • 3 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 3 Nov 2026.
    • Feltrim Business Pk (bus 102, 102A) 222 m away: 12 an hour at morning peak; 40 from all stops within 500 m. Planned: MetroLink 727 m away, indicative route (Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029 objective).
    • Noise from road traffic mapped at 65–69 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022); inside Dublin Airport Noise Zone D.
    • Here (2022 census): 80% owner-occupied (council 67%); 3% of homes empty (council 5%); most built 1981–1990; 59% drive to work (council 52%); population up 7% since 2016.
    • The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
    • Homes started within 1 km: 122 in the last year, 3 three years before.
    What the terms mean 7 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.
    • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
    • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
    • 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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    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 3 Nov 2026, 04:05 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.