Planning report · Fingal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 11 Oct 2026, 13:23
Knockabawn, Rush, Rush
53.52051, -6.08083
Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. Most home extensions nearby get approved (89%).
89%of home extensions approved nearbyn=62 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs54 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–590open 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 54 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealHere about 4 months
- 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 1981–90, 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
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
1 in 20
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
Zoning
What it says
RS - Residential: Ensure that any new development in existing areas would have a minimal impact on and enhance existing residential amenity.
FINGAL_DP_OWN · — – —
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says
RS - Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
the fingal development plan 2023 2029 · 5 Apr 2023 – 5 Apr 2029
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.
Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Rush (471 m)
Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 6 | Sion House; Desio |
| Radon grid squares | 3 | |
| Protected buildings | 5 | Old Kilbush House; Martello Tower |
| Monuments | 1 | Martello tower |
| EU bird sites | 1 | North-West Irish Sea cSPA |
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 council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 4 on the draft 2027 map; 4 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, constraints.radon, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.flood_cfram, constraints.niah, constraints.rps, constraints.smr, constraints.spa · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:11 | open |
| constraints.radon | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:36 | open |
| epa_leap | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026, 23:09 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:59 | 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.niah | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
| constraints.rps | CC-BY-4.0 (Fingal); public/attribution, unconfirmed (DLR) | 27 Sept 2026, 19:36 | open |
| constraints.smr | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | open |
| constraints.spa | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:27 | 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 here: 81–92% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 70% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.
Single-storey rear13 decided · more info asked 8%
92% · council 94%
Attic or dormer21 decided · more info asked 29%
81% · council 90%
New house in a garden or site61 decided · more info asked 46%
70% · council 60%
Approved nearbyFingal 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 · 95 nearby, 3,672 council-wide
Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 1 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 1 in the last 12 months
- F26A/0030 · new house · refused 12 Mar 2026 · 20 m
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 54 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 79 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.
Calculated62 decided home extensions, 29 start notices, 27 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
4 of 12 appealed refusals became permissions. 2 of 16 appealed approvals were reversed.
Refusals appealed12 decided
4 became permissions
Approvals appealed16 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
What's changing around you?
- 1Quay Road, Rush F26A/0030
- 2Lands off Quay Road, Rush F25A/1015
- 3104 Tayleurs Point, Rush F23A/0567: ABP 318980-24
- 40.1 ha zoned for homes
- 50.6 ha zoned for homes
- 60.6 ha zoned for homes
- 7East Shore, Tower Street F26A/0150E
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 41 permissions since 2016, 23 show a start notice and 2 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.
Measured61 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 3 within 500 m
Empty land zoned for homes 3
- 40.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 238 m
- 50.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 249 m
- 60.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 298 m
Sources: acp, bcms, derelict, moderngov, npad, rzlt · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| acp | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026, 23:03 | open |
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 10 Oct 2026, 23:46 | open |
| derelict | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026, 09:35 | open |
| moderngov | public | 11 Oct 2026, 01:26 | open |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 01:43 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:59 | open |
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 2 and 14 a year; busiest 2024. 79% of decisions were approvals.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided
2016 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Every application within 500 m 3 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 7East Shore, Tower Street, Rush, Co. Dublin ApprovedUisce Éireann intend to apply for retention permission for development
- 1Quay Road, Rush, Co. Dublin RefusedPermission for detached single storey house on site.
- 2Lands off Quay Road, Rush, Co. Dublin RefusedThe development will consist of the construction of a
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 3 in the last 12 months
- Harbour Road, Rush, Dublin · 26 Jul 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · F24A/0626E · 262 m
- 3104 Tayleurs Point, Rush, Fingal · 14 May 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · F23A/0567: ABP 318980-24 · 152 m
- Bawn Road, Rush, Fingal, K56 A729 · 31 Oct 2025 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · F25A/0581E · 397 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 10 Oct 2026, 23:46
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 10 Oct 2026, 23:46 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Developments within 1.0 km
| Scheme | Homes | Progress | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 48 | — (2026-Q2) | 567 m |
| Kenure Park | — | — | 826 m |
| Upper Main Street Development | 67 | 65 built · 2 not started (2026-Q2) | 998 m |
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Acorns Montessori · Crèche | 3 Dec 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | approx. 205 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: dublin_pipeline, npad, schools, tusla_ey · fetched 5 Oct 2026, 23:01
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| dublin_pipeline | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 01:43 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| tusla_ey | public (Tusla statutory register; acknowledgement required, no open licence stated) | 5 Oct 2026, 23:33 | open |
How busy is this area Busier than most of Fingal County Council.
Homes approved
Here0
Council middle0
Homes started
Here79
Council middle3
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
75% owner-occupied (council 67%).
Homes built before 1971
15% · council 11%
Homes built since 2001
19% · council 43%
Owner-occupied
75% · council 67%
Rented
21% · council 28%
Children under 15
17% · council 22%
Aged 65 and over
12% · council 11%
Households with 2+ cars
51% · council 42%
Work mainly from home
14% · council 12%
This small area (439 people)Fingal
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267118012
Bus
759 m
Kilbush Lane · 33, 33A, 33X
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
671 m
St Joseph's Secondary School, 945 pupils
Homes sold nearby
15
in 3 years (Property Price Register)
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- St Joseph's Secondary School · postprimary · 945 pupils · 671 m
Stops 5
- Kilbush Lane · 33, 33A, 33X · 5/hour at peak · 759 m
- Skerries Road · 33, 33A, 33E, 33X, 33n · 3/hour at peak · 770 m
- Rush Main Street · 33, 33A, 33E, 33X, 33n · 3/hour at peak · 774 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- St Joseph's Secondary School · 671 m+1.8% pupils (945)
Open consultations
Council meetings 30 items
- 14 Sept 2026 · Notice of proposed disposal of land to the rear of Beaver Lodge, The Priory, Donabate, Co. Dublin…
- 14 Sept 2026 · Notice of proposed disposal of land at Garristown, Co. Dublin to North and East Voluntary Housing…
- 14 Sept 2026 · Ormond Court, Rush, Co. Dublin
- 14 Sept 2026 · Knightsgate Avenue, Rush, Co. Dublin
- 10 Sept 2026 · Councillor M. Boland - Engagement with the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Irish Rail re…
- 10 Sept 2026 · Councillor C. Johnston - Coastal Erosion Emergency Measures - Portrane - AI109687
- 10 Sept 2026 · Councillor C. Johnston - Tower Bay - Portrane to Donabate Pedestrian and Cycle Path - AI109688
- 10 Sept 2026 · Councillor E. Dockrell - Identifying a Site in Rush/Lusk for Padel-Courts - AI109220
Public land
- Fingal County Council · 0.53 ha · 223 m
- Fingal County Council · 0.11 ha · 234 m
- Dublin City Council · 0.27 ha · 362 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 4 Oct 2026, 23:41
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtfs | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:41 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 01:43 | open |
| consult | public | 11 Oct 2026, 01:25 | open |
| moderngov | public | 11 Oct 2026, 01:26 | 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
- 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
- Rush
- Electoral division
- Rush
- Electoral area
- Rush-Lusk
- Council
- Fingal County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
- 3 sites nearby could change: 3 empty zoned plots.
- 1 application refused within 100 m since 2025; latest a new house (2026).
- No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Kilbush Lane, 759 m away (5 an hour).
- Here (2022 census): 75% owner-occupied (council 67%); 3% of homes empty (council 5%); most built 1981–1990; 54% drive to work (council 52%); population up 12% 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: 36 in the last year, 5 three years before.
- 3 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
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 33
| 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 | 10 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 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gis.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures) | CC-BY-4.0 (Fingal); public/attribution… | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Monuments Service (SMR) | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Parks and Wildlife Service | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 11 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 11 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 |
| services.arcgis.com | Dublin local authorities (housing delivery pipeline) | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| data.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register) | 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 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | public | 11 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 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… | 11 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 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… | 5 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 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 11 Oct 2026, 13:23 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.