Planning report · Meath County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 15 Oct 2026, 00:15
Dunshaughlin
53.50768, -6.52844
Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (95%). A building site 452 m away stopped before it was finished.
95%of home extensions approved nearbyn=81 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs53 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 51–550open 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- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 53 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 2 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).
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
R1
Zoning · New residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
1 in 20
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR1 · New residential
What it says
A2 - New Residential: New Residential
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
meath county development plan 2021 2027 · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027
ZoningR1 · New residential
What it says
A2 - New Residential: New Residential
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
meath county development plan 2021 2027 as varied · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027
Monument zone3 within 100 m Ring-ditch, Dunshaughlin; Kiln, Dunshaughlin
Radon1 in 20 homes have high radon (EPA)
Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.
Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Radon grid squares | 2 | |
| Monuments | 8 | Burnt mound; Kiln |
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. This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 3 on the draft 2027 map; 3 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, constraints.radon, constraints.smr, rzlt, constraints · 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 |
| constraints.smr | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | 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 |
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: 90–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 75% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.
Single-storey rear17 decided · more info asked 6%
100% · council 98%
Attic or dormer20 decided · more info asked 25%
90% · council 92%
New house in a garden or site24 decided · more info asked 42%
75% · 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 · 61 nearby, 4,423 council-wide
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 53 days. 1 in 7 is asked for more information, which adds about 97 days. Building starts about 2 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated81 decided home extensions, 15 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
1 of 3 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.
Refusals appealed3 decided
1 became permissions
Approvals appealed4 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
Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months
- 501788 Invalid · Lands at Lagore Road , Dunshaughlin , Co Meath · 149 m
What's changing around you?
- 1Maelduin, Dunshaughlin RA/171256
- 2Lands at Lagore Road, Dunshaughlin 2660551
- 3Birch Manor, Dunshaughlin 25/61019
- 42.2 ha zoned for homes
- 50.5 ha zoned for homes
- 619.6 ha zoned for homes
- 7Unit 13A Dunshaughlin Business Park, Dunshaughlin 2660862
- 8Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath 2660279
- 9Unit 10 Section 1 Dunshaughlin Business Park, Dunshaughlin 2660269
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 16 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 1 has 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.
Measured18 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
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
1 building site nearby stopped before sign-off.
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 4 within 500 m
Building site that stopped 1
- 1Maelduin, Dunshaughlin · 24 homes, started Aug 2018, never signed off · 452 m
Empty land zoned for homes 3
- 42.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 149 m
- 50.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 316 m
- 619.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 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 2024. 89% 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 7 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 7Unit 13A Dunshaughlin Business Park , Dunshaughlin , Co. Meath. Approved with conditionsthe change of use of the two storey industrial, storage and office building to offices and self storage…
- Unit 13A Dunshaughlin Business Park , Dunshaughlin , Co. Meath. Withdrawn or not validthe change of use of the two storey industrial, storage and office building to offices and self storage…
- 2Lands at Lagore Road , Dunshaughlin , Co Meath RefusedThe development will consist of: Alterations & Amendments to residential & creche development permitted under…
- 8Dunshaughlin , Co. Meath No decision yetplanning permission for the following at Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath: 1) Construct a building for the purposes of…
- 9Unit 10 Section 1 Dunshaughlin Business Park , Dunshaughlin , Co. Meath Approved with conditionsthe proposed development will consist of the reformation of an existing kerb, the construction of a new…
- Ballymurphy , Dunshaughlin , Co. Meath Withdrawn or not valid1) Construct a building for the purposes of wholesale warehousing, light manufacturing, storage,…
- Unit 10 Section 1 Dunshaughlin Business Park , Dunshaughlin , Co. Meath Withdrawn or not validthe proposed development will consist of the reformation of an existing kerb, the construction of a new…
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 6 in the last 12 months
- 3Birch Manor, Dunshaughlin, Meath · 23 Sept 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/61019 · 137 m
- Oak Court, Dunshaughlin, Meath · 5 Aug 2026 · 839 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/61019 · 490 m
- 13 Oak Drive, Dunshaughlin, Meath · 30 Jul 2026 · 839 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/61019 · 354 m
- 13 Oak Drive, Dunshaughlin, Meath · 22 Jul 2026 · 839 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/61019 · 412 m
- Lagore Road, Dunshaughlin, Meath · 10 Jul 2026 · 94 homes · start notice not signed off · ABP-322670-25 · 351 m
- 18 Coldrick's Pass, Dunshaughlin, Meath, A85 VE43 · 8 Dec 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 21/707 · 321 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 14 Oct 2026, 00:33
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 14 Oct 2026, 00:33 | open |
Homes coming 0 not started
- R147 / Dublin Road Dunshaughlin County Meath. · 51 homes · building started · 381 m
How we work this out
Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Estate: The Willows · 25 applications in 10 years · 100% approved · most common: attic conversion / dormer
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cookies Early Learning Centre Ltd · Crèche | 29 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 727 m |
| Reach for the Stars · Crèche | 23 Oct 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 860 m |
| Here We Grow Preschool · Crèche | 7 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 963 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: estates, schools, tusla_ey · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 20:18
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| estates | ODbL-1.0 (OSM) + CC-BY-SA-4.0 (NHDS) + CC-BY-4.0 (Kildare) | 27 Sept 2026, 20:18 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| tusla_ey | public (Tusla statutory register; acknowledgement required, no open licence stated) | 14 Oct 2026, 23:20 | open |
How busy is this area Busier than most of Meath County Council.
Homes approved
Here51
Council middle0
Homes started
Here5,446
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
30% of homes built before 1971 (council 18%). 87% owner-occupied (council 75%).
Homes built before 1971
30% · council 18%
Homes built since 2001
27% · council 45%
Owner-occupied
87% · council 75%
Rented
4% · council 20%
Children under 15
17% · council 23%
Aged 65 and over
26% · council 12%
Households with 2+ cars
69% · council 54%
Work mainly from home
16% · council 11%
This small area (239 people)Meath
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 167030016/02
Bus
746 m
The Willows · 109, 109B
Radon
1 in 20
homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
Nearest school
628 m
Coláiste Rioga, 267 pupils
Homes sold nearby
256
in 3 years, 31 new (Property Price Register)
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Coláiste Rioga · postprimary · 267 pupils · 628 m
- S N Seachnaill Naofa · primary · 622 pupils · 810 m
Stops 7
- The Willows · 109, 109B · 3/hour at peak · 746 m
- The Willows · 109, 109B · 2/hour at peak · 764 m
- Dunshaughlin · 179 · 775 m
- Seachnall Aby · 109, 109B · 3/hour at peak · 780 m
- Seachnall Aby · 109, 109B · 2/hour at peak · 789 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Coláiste Rioga · 628 m+38.3% pupils (267)
- S N Seachnaill Naofa · 810 m-0.2% pupils (622)
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 | 14 Oct 2026, 02:03 | open |
| consult | public | 14 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
| moderngov | public | 14 Oct 2026, 01:30 | 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
- On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?SolicitorAsk for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
- 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
- Dunshaughlin
- Electoral division
- Dunshaughlin
- Electoral area
- Ratoath
- Council
- Meath County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned R1 (new residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
- 4 sites nearby could change: 1 stalled build, 3 empty zoned plots.
- No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is The Willows, 746 m away (3 an hour).
- Here (2022 census): 87% owner-occupied (council 75%); 2% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 1971–1980; 58% drive to work (council 64%); population up 46% since 2016.
- Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
- Homes started within 1 km: 1,129 in the last year, 926 three years before.
- 7 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
- 1 building job started within 250 m in the last six 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.
- 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.
- Building site that stopped (Commenced, no completion certificate): A housing build that told the council it was starting at least three years ago, passed its own planned finish date, and has never been signed off as finished.
Sources and licences 28
| 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 | 13 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC… | 27 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 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 14 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 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| esbnetworks.ie | — | all-rights-reserved (esbnetworks.ie di… · flag only | 11 Sept 2026 |
| overpass-api.de | OpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County Council | ODbL-1.0 (OSM) + CC-BY-SA-4.0 (NHDS) +… | 27 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 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 14 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… | 14 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 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | public (Tusla statutory register; ackn… | 14 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 15 Oct 2026, 00:15 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.