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Planning report · Meath County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 16 Oct 2026, 12:13

L5045

53.50127, -6.51189

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 5 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (94%).

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5planning files on this houselatest 202594%of home extensions approved nearbyn=34 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs53 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–550open 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. Here about 6 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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 5 planning files on this house, the latest from 2026.

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. 5 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of MooretownBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2026: 25275 · new house, approved2025: 2561211 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2025: 2560245 · new house, approved2021: 211161 · new house, approved2021: RA201024 · new house, approved2019: 1 file on Mooretown2020: 3 files on Mooretown2021: 1 file on Mooretown2022: 2 files on Mooretown2024: 2 files on Mooretown2025: 2 files on Mooretown11 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. 2026
    25275 · new house · approved 2026 · not started, runs out 2029
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2025
    2561211 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  3. 2025
    2560245 · new house · approved 2025 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned off
  4. 2021
    211161 · new house · approved 2021 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
  5. 2021
    RA201024 · new house · approved 2021 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned 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
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Radon grid squares1
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), EPA radon map, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
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: 90% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 62% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Attic or dormer10 decided · more info asked 30%
90% · council 92%
New house in a garden or site13 decided · more info asked 38%
62% · 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 · 23 nearby, 3,686 council-wide

Figure 3

Mooretown, file by file since 2019

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

11 planning files on Mooretown since 2019, by kind and decision.20192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2019 · rear · approved · RA190673No number · 2020 · first-floor · approved · RA200224No number · 2020 · attic conversion / dormer · refused · RA200502No number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 22176No number · 2022 · garage conversion · approved · 22620No number · 2024 · porch / front · approved · 2460188No number · 2024 · single-storey rear · approved · 2460383Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2020 · other work · approved · RA201024No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2561035New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · approved · 211161No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 2560245
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

11 files with "Mooretown" 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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 89 days. Building starts about 6 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 53 days; If more info asked (1 in 4): 143 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 169 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 53 days, middle half 50–55 (n=25)53 daysIf more info asked (1 in 4)With further information: median 143 days (n=9)143 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 169 days after permission (n=14)169 days after permissionSigned off79% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated34 decided home extensions, 14 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    • 500460 Pending · Mooretown, Ratoath, Co. Meath, A85 WK03 · 47 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher16 Oct 2026, 01:34open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around L5045 with 2 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseAppealApproved
    1. 1Mooretown, Ratoath 500460Appeal: no decision yet · 47 m
    2. 2Moorestown Stables, Dunshaughlin 25275Approved with conditions · 0 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 9 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    10 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 9 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 9 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 3 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 3 with no start notice found, 2 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT9: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused9: approved → approved1: refused → refused3: approved → no start notice found3: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off2: approved → ran out10 lodged10 lodged9 approved9 approved1 refused1 refused9 approved9 approved1 refused1 refused3 no start notice found3 no start notice found3 built, owner opted out3 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off2 ran out2 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.

    Measured10 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    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 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2022. 90% of decisions were approvals.

      2020: 3, 2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 205102020: 2 approved2020: 1 refused3’20*2021: 1 approved1’212022: 2 approved2’222024: 2 approved2’242025: 2 approved2’25
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2020 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 2 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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
      0
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Meath County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here4
      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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      95% owner-occupied (council 75%).

      Homes built before 1971
      22% · council 18%
      Homes built since 2001
      19% · council 45%
      Owner-occupied
      95% · council 75%
      Rented
      3% · council 20%
      Children under 15
      19% · council 23%
      Aged 65 and over
      22% · council 12%
      Households with 2+ cars
      76% · council 54%
      Work mainly from home
      18% · council 11%
      This small area (555 people)Meath

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 167078002

      Radon
      1 in 20
      homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
      Homes sold nearby
      1
      in 3 years (Property Price Register)
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 0

          Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, 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 16 Oct 2026, 01:42
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
          Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
          Council consultation portalsPublic16 Oct 2026, 01:34open
          Council meetings (ModernGov)Public16 Oct 2026, 01:42open
          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. New house (25275) approved 2026, not started: still planned?
            Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
            Seller · solicitor
          2. New house (211161) built without official sign-off: built properly?
            Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          3. New house (2560245) ran out unbuilt in 2026: built anyway?
            Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          4. Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural), not for homes: could you extend?
            Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
            Solicitor · planner
          5. 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
          Mooretown
          Electoral division
          Ratoath
          Electoral area
          Ratoath
          Council
          Meath County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
          • 5 applications on this site; latest 25275, approved 2026, not started, runs out 2029.
          • Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural); not protected; no vacant land tax.
          • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 95% owner-occupied (council 75%); 4% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 1971–1980; 64% 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.
          • 2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
          • 4 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
          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.
          • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
          • 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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          Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
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          National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
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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 16 Oct 2026, 12:13 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.