Planning report · Fingal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 10 Oct 2026, 20:40

Station Road, Raheny

53.52255, -6.14902

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2017. Most home extensions nearby get approved (84%).

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1planning file on this houselatest 2017 84%of home extensions approved nearbyn=69 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 53 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–54 0open 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
5AppealHere about 5 months
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 6 months after
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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2017.

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

2017
F17A/0569 · garage · approved 2017 · ran out unbuilt
approvedstartedsigned off

On this site

Zoning · Rural

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Vacant land tax · not on the map

1 in 20

Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

Zoning

What it says

RU - Rural: Protect and promote the value of the rural area of the County. This rural value is based on: *Agricultural and rural economic resources *Visual remoteness from significant and distinctive urban influences *A high level of natural features Agriculture and rural related resources will be employed for the benefit of the local and wider population. Building upon the rural value will require a balanced approach involving the protection and promotion of rural biodiversity, promotion of the integrity of the landscape, and enhancement of the built and cultural heritage.

FINGAL_DP_OWN · — – —

ZoningP1 · Rural

What it says

RU - Rural: Protect and promote in a balanced way, the development of agriculture and rural related enterprise, biodiversity, the rural landscape, and the built and cultural heritage

Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.

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: Lusk (996 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNearby OPW map area within 500 m · floodinfo.ie

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	3	Rusk and Lusk Railway Station; Rush and Lusk Railway Station
Radon grid squares	2
Protected buildings	3	Lusk & Rush Station; Lusk House

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: zoning, constraints.radon, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.flood_cfram, constraints.niah, constraints.rps · 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

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 9 Oct 2026, 23:23

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:23	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 01:42	open

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: 90–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 56% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear11 decided · more info asked 9%

100% · council 94%

Attic or dormer20 decided · more info asked 20%

90% · council 90%

New house in a garden or site9 decided · more info asked 33%

56% · 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 · 40 nearby, 3,672 council-wide

Figure 3

Station Road, file by file since 2012

3 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

12 files with "Station 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 · 2012–2026

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 10 Oct 2026, 01:42

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
npad	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 01:42	open
acp	CC-BY-4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open

Sources: acp, bcms, npad · 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	9 Oct 2026, 23:23	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 01:42	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 49 days. Building starts about 6 months after permission.

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

Calculated69 decided home extensions, 24 start notices, 18 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

7 of 13 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 6 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed13 decided

7 became permissions

Approvals appealed6 decided

0 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?

Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 5 permissions since 2016, 2 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.

Measured11 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 7

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 8

Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

DART+ Coastal North is planned 407 m away.

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)

Figure 9

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 5 a year; busiest 2024. 57% 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 0 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 10 Oct 2026, 01:42

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
npad	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 01:42	open
acp	CC-BY-4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:23	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Developments within 1.0 km

Scheme	Homes	Progress	Distance
Lands at Station Road, Lusk	35	35 not started (2026-Q2)	688 m
Station Road, Lusk	181	181 built (2025-Q4)	692 m
Racecourse Common	24	no activity on site reported (2026-Q2)	868 m

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
ButterFlies Creche & Montessori · Crèche	27 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	319 m
Naionra Montessori Lusca · Crèche	20 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	692 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	10 Oct 2026, 01:42	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

Here23

Council middle0

Homes started

Here32

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.

Sources: acp, bcms, npad · 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	9 Oct 2026, 23:23	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 01:42	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 10

This street block against the council

22% of homes built before 1971 (council 11%). 89% owner-occupied (council 67%).

Homes built before 1971

22% · council 11%

Homes built since 2001

27% · council 43%

Owner-occupied

89% · council 67%

Rented

6% · council 28%

Children under 15

15% · council 22%

Aged 65 and over

18% · council 11%

Households with 2+ cars

66% · council 42%

Work mainly from home

18% · council 12%

This small area (467 people)Fingal

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267104017/02

Road noise

60–64 dB

day–night average (EPA 2022)

Bus

62 m

Rosewood · 33, 33A, 33E · busiest stop within 500 m: 5 an hour at peak

Planned

407 m

DART+ Coastal North, Rush and Lusk

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

883 m

Rush and Lusk Educate Together NS, 393 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Rush and Lusk Educate Together NS · primary · 393 pupils · 883 m

Stops 13

Rosewood · 33, 33A, 33E, 33X, 33n · 2/hour at peak · 62 m
Rosewood · 33, 33A, 33X · 5/hour at peak · 89 m
Rogerstown Lane · 33, 33A, 33X · 5/hour at peak · 211 m
Rogerstown Lane · 33, 33A, 33E, 33X, 33n · 2/hour at peak · 237 m
Lusk House · 33, 33A, 33E, 33X, 33n · 2/hour at peak · 273 m
Rush & Lusk Stn · 33A · 1/hour at peak · 321 m
Lusk House · 33, 33A, 33X · 5/hour at peak · 332 m
Rush and Lusk · Dublin - Drogheda/Dundalk, Dublin - Europort · 4/hour at peak · 407 m

Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year

Rush and Lusk Educate Together NS · 883 m-4.1% pupils (393)

Open consultations

NOTICE OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 (AS AMENDED) – PART XI PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT REGS 2001 (AS AMENDED) – PART 8 - Proposed conservation refurbishment of the existing, historic Bath House and Boathouse, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin 18 days left

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

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

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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	10 Oct 2026, 01:42	open
consult	public	10 Oct 2026, 01:23	open
moderngov	public	10 Oct 2026, 01:24	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	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Garage (F17A/0569) ran out unbuilt in 2022: built anyway?
Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Zoned P1 (rural), not for homes: could you extend?
Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
Solicitor · planner
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: Raheny
Electoral division: Lusk
Electoral area: Rush-Lusk
Council: Fingal County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

1 application on this site; latest F17A/0569, approved 2017, ran out unbuilt.
Zoned P1 (rural); not protected; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
Rosewood (bus 33, 33A) 89 m away: 5 an hour at morning peak; 28 from all stops within 500 m. Planned: DART+ Coastal North Rush and Lusk 407 m away, railway order approved (An Coimisiún Pleanála; applied July 2024).
Noise from road traffic mapped at 60–64 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
Here (2022 census): 89% owner-occupied (council 67%); 8% of homes empty (council 5%); most built 1991–2000; 50% 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 4 is asked for more information.
Homes started within 1 km: 25 in the last year, 53 three years before.

What the terms mean 4 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.
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.
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 31

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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	9 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
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com \| https:	Local authorities (consultation portals)	public	10 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	all-rights-reserved	10 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	10 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC-BY-4.0	10 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…	10 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 10 Oct 2026, 20:40 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.

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