Planning report · Meath County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 25 Oct 2026, 04:08

R148

53.45090, -7.02027

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2021. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Distance

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

2planning files on this houselatest 2021 1open for comments nearbyclose 9 Nov

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years

1ApplySite notice up, plans online
2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
3Decision8 weeks by law
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council
8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out

Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2021.

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

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

2021
211656 · new house · refused 2021
approvedstarted?signed off?
2021
211563 · new house · withdrawn
approved?started?signed off?

On this site

Zoning · Rural and agricultural

Yes

Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (ME047-020----)

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningP5 · Rural and agricultural

What it says

RA - Rural Area: Rural Area

Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.

meath county development plan 2021 2027 · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027

ZoningP5 · Rural and agricultural

What it says

RA - Rural Area: Rural Area

Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.

meath county development plan 2021 2027 as varied · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027

Protected building1 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished)

Heritage inventory2 within 100 m Saint Finian's Catholic Church; Saint Finian's Catholic Church

Monument zoneOn this site Font (present location), Towlaght

Not on this site: 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

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	2	Saint Finian's Catholic Church
Monuments	7	Ringfort - rath; Castle - ringwork

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), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record, SMR zones of notification, Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:24	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open
SMR zones of notification	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:34	open
Records of Protected Structures	No licence stated · shown as a yes/no only	—	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 00:29	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 01:46	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 01:30	open

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 69% are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site16 decided · more info asked 69%

62% · council 75%

Approved nearbyMeath 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 · 16 nearby, 1,648 council-wide

Figure 3

Towlaght, file by file since 2021

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

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

6 files with "Towlaght" 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 25 Oct 2026, 01:30

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 01:30	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 01:46	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 01:30	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

What appeals changed

1 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

Approvals appealed1 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 R148 with 2 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved

1Towlaght, Clonard 2661229No decision yet · 112 m
2Towlaght, Clonard 2660232Approved with conditions · 107 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 10 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

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.

Measured11 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 6

The next 30 days

1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 9 Nov 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 9 Nov 202615 days left
12661229 · application received — the development will consist of full planning permission for sites nos. 1, 2 & 3 previously…
€20 to the council · 112 m away

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

Figure 7

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2023. 91% of decisions were approvals.

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

1Towlaght , Clonard , Co. Meath comments close 9 Nov 2026
the development will consist of full planning permission for sites nos. 1, 2 & 3 previously granted outline…
26612295 Oct 20261 homes112 m

Every application within 500 m 2 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

2Towlaght , Clonard , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
The development will consist of removal of condition no 4 pertaining to Planning Ref. No. 22/1139, schedule…
266023216 Apr 20261 homes107 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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 01:30	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 01:46	open

Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months

2 not signed off

3 Towlaght Court, Clonard, Meath · 5 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2460655 · 376 m
2 Towlaght Court, Clonard, Meath · 5 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2460654 · 328 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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 01:46	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Cheeky Monkeys · Crèche	17 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 106 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: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 21 Oct 2026, 23:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	21 Oct 2026, 23:37	open

How busy is this area About as busy as most of Meath County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here3

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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 01:46	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 01:30	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 8

This street block against the council

6% of homes built before 1971 (council 18%). 74% owner-occupied (council 75%).

Homes built before 1971

6% · council 18%

Homes built since 2001

52% · council 45%

Owner-occupied

74% · council 75%

Rented

21% · council 20%

Children under 15

20% · council 23%

Aged 65 and over

10% · council 12%

Households with 2+ cars

56% · council 54%

Work mainly from home

16% · council 11%

This small area (364 people)Meath

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 167005003

Road noise

70–74 dB

day–night average (EPA 2022)

Bus

21 m

Clonard · 115, 115X, 845 · busiest stop within 500 m: 3 an hour at peak

Nearest school

291 m

Scoil Nais Finin Naofa, 63 pupils

Homes sold nearby

in 3 years, 1 new (Property Price Register)

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Scoil Nais Finin Naofa · primary · 63 pupils · 291 m

Stops 3

Clonard · 115, 115X, 845, 847, UM02 · 1/hour at peak · 21 m
Clonard · 115, 115X · 1/hour at peak · 32 m
Clonard · 845, 847, UM02 · 3/hour at peak · 100 m

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

Scoil Nais Finin Naofa · 291 m+3.3% pupils (63)

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 25 Oct 2026, 01:51

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:44	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 01:30	open
Council consultation portals	Public	25 Oct 2026, 01:52	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	25 Oct 2026, 01:51	open
Land Development Agency public land register	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026, 16:43	open
cso_saps_2022	CC BY 4.0	—	open
National Transport Authority	CC 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 maps	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council	CC BY 4.0	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

New house (211656) refused 2021: built anyway?
Ask for: The seller's answer and your surveyor's check.
Seller · solicitor
Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
Seller · council
Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural), not for homes: could you extend?
Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
Solicitor · planner
Application 112 m away open for comments until 9 Nov 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
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
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: Towlaght
Electoral division: Ardnamullan
Electoral area: Trim
Council: Meath County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

2 applications on this site; latest 211656, refused 2021.
Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural); monument zone; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 9 Nov 2026.
Clonard (bus 845, 847) 100 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 5 from all stops within 500 m.
Noise from road traffic mapped at 70–74 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
Here (2022 census): 74% owner-occupied (council 75%); 6% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 2001–2010; 65% drive to work (council 64%); population up 2% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 38% are asked for more information.

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.
Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
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 29

Source	Publisher	Licence	Fetched
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.com	An Coimisiún Pleanála	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR zones)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	25 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	24 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.com	Local authorities (derelict sites registers)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	25 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Tailte Éireann	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors	CC BY 4.0	4 Oct 2026
propertypriceregister.ie	Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)	© PSRA, PSI licence	25 Oct 2026
services6.arcgis.com	Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures)	No licence stated · flag only	—
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	21 Oct 2026
water.ie	—	© the publisher · flag only	—
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	18 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 25 Oct 2026, 04:08 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.

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