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Planning report · Westmeath County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 11 Oct 2026, 13:10

N55, Cartronkeel

53.47653, -7.86237

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2023.

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1planning file on this houselatest 20230open for comments nearbywithin 500 m

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  8. 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024.

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 2001–2010. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of GlassanBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2024: 2360381 · work already done, approved2019: 1 file on Glassan2023: 1 file on Glassan2026: 2 files on Glassan4 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. 2024
    2360381 · work already done · approved 2024 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
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
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1Glassan Cottage
Monuments3R161562; R183573
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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 2 on the draft 2027 map; 2 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah, constraints.smr · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:11open
rzltCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:59open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
constraints.niahCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
constraints.smrCC-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: bcms, npad · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 23:46
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
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: 95% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site19 decided · more info asked 42%
95% · council 82%
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 · 19 nearby, 1,356 council-wide

Figure 3

Glassan, file by file since 2019

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

4 planning files on Glassan since 2019, by kind and decision.20192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2019 · single-storey rear · approved · 197188No number · 2023 · other extension · approved · 2360381No number · 2026 · other extension · approved · 2660397Porches, roofs, otherNew house in a side gardenNo number · 2026 · new house · approved · 2660220
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

4 files with "Glassan" 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 · 2019–2026

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 11 Oct 2026, 01:43
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    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-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

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

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed2 decided
    2 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 N55, Cartronkeel with 5 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 1Tubberclair GAA Club, Farnamoreen Townland Glassan 2660397Approved with conditions · 420 m
    2. 20.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 228 m
    3. 30.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 475 m
    4. 4Killinure Road, Glasson 2660202Approved with conditions · 259 m
    5. 5Glassan, Athlone 2660220Approved with conditions · 438 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 18 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    19 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 18 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 18 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 4 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 8 with no start notice found, 6 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT18: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused18: approved → approved1: refused → refused8: approved → no start notice found4: approved → built, owner opted out6: approved → ran out19 lodged19 lodged18 approved18 approved1 refused1 refused18 approved18 approved1 refused1 refused8 no start notice found8 no start notice found4 built, owner opted out4 built, owner opted out6 ran out6 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.

    Measured19 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 16 Oct 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-16 2660397: CONDITIONAL — development which will consist of 2 No. grass playing pitches with floodlights, 2 No. goal ballstops, single storey extetoday16 Oct21 Oct26 Oct31 Oct5 Nov10 Nov2660397: CONDITIONAL — development which will consist of 2 No. grass playing pitches with floodlights, 2 No. goal ballstops, single storey exte · 420 m away · 2026-10-16
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 16 Oct 20265 days left
      12660397 · CONDITIONAL — development which will consist of 2 No. grass playing pitches with floodlights, 2 No. goal ballstops,…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 420 m away

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

    Sites that could change 2 within 500 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 2

    • 20.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 228 m
    • 30.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 475 m

    Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).

    Sources: acp, bcms, derelict, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
    derelictCC-BY-4.05 Oct 2026, 09:35open
    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    Figure 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 5 a year; busiest 2019. 95% of decisions were approvals.

    2017: 2, 2018: 2, 2019: 5, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 3, 2026: 305102017: 2 approved2’17*2018: 2 approved2’182019: 4 approved2019: 1 refused5’192020: 1 approved1’202021: 1 approved1’212023: 2 approved2’232024: 3 approved3’242026: 3 approved3’26*
    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 4 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 11 Oct 2026, 01:43
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
    0
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Westmeath County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here10
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here2
    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: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 8

    This street block against the council

    92% owner-occupied (council 68%).

    Homes built before 1971
    31% · council 26%
    Homes built since 2001
    32% · council 34%
    Owner-occupied
    92% · council 68%
    Rented
    5% · council 26%
    Children under 15
    21% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    21% · council 15%
    Households with 2+ cars
    68% · council 44%
    Work mainly from home
    18% · council 9%
    This small area (176 people)Westmeath

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 237047001/01/237047004

    Road noise
    70–74 dB
    day–night average (EPA 2022)
    Bus
    616 m
    Glassan · 466
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 2

      • Glassan · 466 · 0/hour at peak · 616 m
      • Glassan · 466 · 1/hour at peak · 627 m
      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 4 Oct 2026, 23:41
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      gtfsCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:41open
      schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      consultpublic11 Oct 2026, 01:25open
      moderngovpublic11 Oct 2026, 01:26open
      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. Work already done (2360381): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
        Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
        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
      Glassan
      Electoral division
      Glassan
      Electoral area
      Athlone
      Council
      Westmeath County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 1 application on this site; latest 2360381, approved 2024, started, no sign-off needed.
      • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 2 sites nearby could change: 2 empty zoned plots.
      • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Glassan, 616 m away (6 a day).
      • Noise from road traffic mapped at 70–74 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
      • Here (2022 census): 92% owner-occupied (council 68%); 16% of homes empty (council 9%); most built 2001–2010; 64% drive to work (council 63%); population up 9% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 60 days (about 9 weeks); 44% are asked for more information.
      • 4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      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.
      • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
      • Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
      • 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—
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      National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
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      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026
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      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC-BY-4.027 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 11 Oct 2026, 13:10 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.