Planning report · Meath County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 12 Oct 2026, 02:59
Ratoath Road, Baltrasna, Harlockstown
53.49685, -6.40135
Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2017. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%).
1planning file on this houselatest 201798%of home extensions approved nearbyn=82 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–560open 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- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 52 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 5 months after
- 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
What's the planning story of this house?
When it was built, and the rules since
Most homes here were built 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2018.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 2018RA171011 · extension · approved 2018 · started, no sign-off neededapprovedstartedsigned off?
On this site
P5
Zoning · Rural and agricultural
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
1 in 20
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
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
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.
Vacant land taxNo not on the map
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Radon grid squares | 1 | |
| Monuments | 3 | Burial ground; R171592 |
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: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 1 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, constraints.radon, rzlt, constraints, constraints.flood_cfram, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:18 | open |
| constraints.radon | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:36 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 00:14 | open |
| constraints | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false) | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| constraints.flood_cfram | CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 · not redistributable — shown as a flag only | 11 Sept 2026, 19:11 | open |
| constraints.smr | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | 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.
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
Extensions are almost always approved here: 100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 70% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
Single-storey rear18 decided · more info asked 22%
100% · council 98%
Attic or dormer21 decided · more info asked 38%
100% · council 92%
New house in a garden or site20 decided · more info asked 35%
70% · council 78%
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 · 59 nearby, 4,423 council-wide
Ratoath Road, file by file since 2017
4 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid
4 files with "Ratoath 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 · 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.
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 70 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated82 decided home extensions, 14 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
0 of 3 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 5 appealed approvals were reversed.
Refusals appealed3 decided
0 became permissions
Approvals appealed5 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
What's changing around you?
- 112.4 ha zoned for homes
- 2Ratoath Road Baltrasna, Ashbourne 2660795
- 3HICKEY'S LANE, BALTRASNA ASHBOURNE 2660464
- 4Hickeys Lane (to west of A84 RX45), Baltrasna Ashbourne 2660720
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 16 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-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.
Measured16 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
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
- 112.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 458 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2025. 100% of decisions were approvals.
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 11 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 2Ratoath Road Baltrasna , Ashbourne , Co.Meath No decision yetNew Drive-thru car wash with glazed screens. 2 No jet-wash bays with inclosing screens and ancillary…
- Ratoath Road Baltrasna , Ashbourne , Co. Meath Withdrawn or not validDrive Thru car wash system with jet wash facilities, New improved parking layout to rear of premises and…
- 4Hickeys Lane (to west of A84 RX45) , Baltrasna Ashbourne , Co. Meath Approved with conditionsrevisions to existing permission (REF: 2560649) to include revised dwelling size, with revised elevations,…
- Baltrasna Ratoath Rd , Ashbourne , Co. Meath Withdrawn or not validDrive Thru car wash system with jet wash facilities, New improved parking layout to rear of premises and…
- Baltrasna Ratoath Rd , Ashbourne , Co. Meath Withdrawn or not validpermission for a Drive Thru car wash system with jet wash facilities, New improved parking layout to rear of…
- Baltrasna , Ratoath , Co.Meath Withdrawn or not validDrive Thru car wash system with jet wash facilities, New improved parking layout to rear of premises and…
- 3HICKEY'S LANE , BALTRASNA ASHBOURNE , CO. MEATH Approved with conditionspermission is sought for extension and refurbishment of existing bungalow, and erection of a new 4 bedroom…
- HICKEY'S LANE , BALTRASNA ASHBOURNE , CO. MEATH Withdrawn or not validpermission is sought for extension and refurbishment of existing bungalow, and erection of a new 4 bedroom…
- HICKEY'S LANE , BALTRASNA ASHBOURNE , CO. MEATH Withdrawn or not validpermission is sought for extension and refurbishment of existing bungalow, and erection of a new 4 bedroom…
- HICKEY'S LANE , BALTRASNA ASHBOURNE , CO. MEATH Withdrawn or not validpermission is sought for extension and refurbishment of existing bungalow, and erection of a new 4 bedroom…
- HICKEYS LANE , BALTRASNA , ASHBOURNE CO MEATH Withdrawn or not validPERMISSION FOR A 4-BED, 2-STOREY DWELLING, PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, SOIL POLISHING FILTER,…
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.
Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
- Hickey's Lane, Ashbourne, Meath · 1 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2660720 · 390 m
- Hickey's Lane, Ashbourne, Meath · 29 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2560648 · 393 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: bcms · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:09
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 00:09 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
How busy is this area Busier than most of Meath County Council.
Homes approved
Here362
Council middle0
Homes started
Here404
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.
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
82% owner-occupied (council 75%).
Homes built before 1971
19% · council 18%
Homes built since 2001
18% · council 45%
Owner-occupied
82% · council 75%
Rented
2% · council 20%
Children under 15
22% · council 23%
Aged 65 and over
20% · council 12%
Households with 2+ cars
59% · council 54%
Work mainly from home
16% · council 11%
This small area (289 people)Meath
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 167078024
Road noise
60–64 dB
day–night average (EPA 2022) · airport noise zone D
Bus
71 m
Harlockstown · 105, 105X · busiest stop within 500 m: 3 an hour at peak
Radon
1 in 20
homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
Flood
Within 500 m
OPW flood map area, not beside the house
Nearest school
999 m
Scoil Nais Deaglain, 621 pupils
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Scoil Nais Deaglain · primary · 621 pupils · 999 m
Stops 4
- Harlockstown · 105, 105X · 3/hour at peak · 71 m
- Harlockstown · 105, 105X · 2/hour at peak · 180 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Scoil Nais Deaglain · 998 m-4% pupils (621)
Public land
- Meath County Council · 0.03 ha · 56 m
Sources: gtfs, schools, npad, 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
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtfs | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 01:44 | open |
| consult | public | 12 Oct 2026, 01:26 | open |
| moderngov | public | 12 Oct 2026, 01:27 | open |
| lda_lands | 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 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- Extension (RA171011) built without official sign-off: built properly?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
- Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural), not for homes: could you extend?Solicitor · plannerAsk for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Townland
- Harlockstown
- Electoral division
- Ratoath
- Electoral area
- Ashbourne
- Council
- Meath County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 1 application on this site; latest RA171011, approved 2018, started, no sign-off needed.
- Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural); not protected; no vacant land tax.
- 1 site nearby could change: 1 empty zoned plot.
- Harlockstown (bus 105, 105X) 70 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 5 from all stops within 500 m.
- Noise from road traffic mapped at 60–64 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022); inside Dublin Airport Noise Zone D.
- Here (2022 census): 82% owner-occupied (council 75%); 1% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 1971–1980; 53% drive to work (council 64%); population up 7% since 2016.
- Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 41% are asked for more information.
- Homes started within 1 km: 63 in the last year, 7 three years before.
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.
Sources and licences 27
| 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 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC… | 27 Sept 2026 |
| s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com | Office of Public Works | CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 · flag only | 11 Sept 2026 |
| gis.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Monuments Service (SMR) | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 12 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 12 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 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| esbnetworks.ie | — | all-rights-reserved (esbnetworks.ie di… · flag only | 11 Sept 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | public | 12 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 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) | PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use… | 12 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 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 12 Oct 2026, 02:59 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.