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Planning report · Meath County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 25 Oct 2026, 22:46

Maudlin Vale

53.54652, -6.78314

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (96%).

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3planning files on this houselatest 202296%of home extensions approved nearbyn=55 · 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
  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 5 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). 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022.

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. 3 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of MaudlinBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2022: 22121 · new house, approved2021: 212322 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2021: 212048 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2021: 1 file on Maudlin2022: 1 file on Maudlin2023: 2 files on Maudlin2025: 1 file on Maudlin5 files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. 2022
    22121 · new house · approved 2022 · started, not signed off
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2021
    212322 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  3. 2021
    212048 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
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
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

A1 - Existing Residential: Existing Residential

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.

meath county development plan 2021 2027 · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027

ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

A1 - Existing Residential: Existing Residential

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.

meath county development plan 2021 2027 as varied · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027

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: Trimproof Limited (968 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1school
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: 2 on the draft 2027 map; 2 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 23:51
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:51open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
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: 92–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 80% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear12 decided · more info asked 17%
92% · council 97%
Attic or dormer18 decided · more info asked 11%
100% · council 92%
New house in a garden or site10 decided · more info asked 30%
80% · council 75%
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 · 40 nearby, 2,566 council-wide

Figure 3

Maudlin, file by file since 2021

1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved.

5 planning files on Maudlin since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2023 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 23464Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 212161No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22612No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23930No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560973New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

5 files with "Maudlin" 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 · 2021–2026

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 25 Oct 2026, 01:30
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 53 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 53 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 149 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 51–55 (n=48)53 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 149 days after permission (n=17)149 days after permissionSigned off59% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated55 decided home extensions, 17 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed1 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?

    Street map around Maudlin Vale with 6 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yetApproved
    1. 10.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 22 m
    2. 24.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 343 m
    3. 3(Commons 7th Division) Maudlin Vale, Trim 2660812No decision yet · 216 m
    4. 4Manorland (1st Division), Trim 26137No decision yet · 343 m
    5. 5Trim Educate Together, The Maudlins 26127Approved with conditions · 371 m
    6. 613 Mornington Green, Trim 2660277Approved with conditions · 488 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 17 permissions since 2016, 11 show a start notice and 2 have a completion certificate.

    19 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 17 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 17 approved. Of those: 2 signed off, 4 built with the owner's opt-out, 5 started, 6 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT17: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused17: approved → approved2: refused → refused6: approved → no start notice found4: approved → built, owner opted out5: approved → started, not signed off2: approved → signed off19 lodged19 lodged17 approved17 approved2 refused2 refused17 approved17 approved2 refused2 refused6 no start notice found6 no start notice found4 built, owner opted out4 built, owner opted out5 started, not signed off5 started, not signed off2 signed off2 signed 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.

    Measured19 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

      Sites that could change 2 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 2

      • 10.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 22 m
      • 24.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 343 m

      Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).

      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 5 a year; busiest 2022. 89% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 3, 2022: 5, 2023: 5, 2024: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 205102021: 2 approved2021: 1 refused3’21*2022: 5 approved5’222023: 4 approved2023: 1 refused5’232024: 2 approved2’242025: 2 approved2’252026: 2 approved2’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 5 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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
      Homes coming 0 not started
      How we work this out
      Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, 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).
      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Estate: Maudlin Vale · 11 applications in 10 years · 83% approved · most common: rear

      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: Housing estates, Department of Education school list · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 23:32
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Housing estatesODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 20:18open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Meath County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here145
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here439
      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 25 Oct 2026, 01:46
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:46open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 9

      This street block against the council

      29% of homes built before 1971 (council 18%). 83% owner-occupied (council 75%).

      Homes built before 1971
      29% · council 18%
      Homes built since 2001
      26% · council 45%
      Owner-occupied
      83% · council 75%
      Rented
      10% · council 20%
      Children under 15
      22% · council 23%
      Aged 65 and over
      19% · council 12%
      Households with 2+ cars
      66% · council 54%
      Work mainly from home
      11% · council 11%
      This small area (310 people)Meath

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 167090001

      Bus
      752 m
      Trim · 109B, 111, 111X
      Nearest school
      431 m
      Trim Educate Together National School, 174 pupils
      Homes sold nearby
      11
      in 3 years, 10 new (Property Price Register)
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Trim Educate Together National School · primary · 174 pupils · 431 m
      • Boyne Community School · postprimary · 1008 pupils · 465 m
      • Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli · primary · 294 pupils · 785 m
      • Scoil Mhuire · postprimary · 814 pupils · 794 m
      • St Marys Convent NS · primary · 521 pupils · 815 m

      Stops 8

      • Trim · 109B, 111, 111X, 189, DK03, UM09 · 3/hour at peak · 752 m
      • Trim · 109B, 111, 111X, 189, 190, DK03 · 3/hour at peak · 753 m

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

      • Trim Educate Together National School · 431 m-7.9% pupils (174)
      • Boyne Community School · 465 m+1% pupils (1,008)
      • Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli · 785 m+1.7% pupils (294)
      • Scoil Mhuire · 794 m-0.7% pupils (814)
      • St Marys Convent NS · 815 m-5.1% pupils (521)
      Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, 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 25 Oct 2026, 01:51
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 01:30open
      Council consultation portalsPublic25 Oct 2026, 01:52open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public25 Oct 2026, 01:51open
      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 (22121) started Jul 2022, never signed off: is it finished?
        Ask for: The completion certificate, or an engineer's opinion of compliance.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. 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
      Maudlin
      Electoral division
      Trim Rural
      Electoral area
      Trim
      Council
      Meath County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 1 job on this site started but never signed off as finished.
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 2 sites nearby could change: 2 empty zoned plots.
      • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Trim, 752 m away (3 an hour).
      • Here (2022 census): 83% owner-occupied (council 75%); 8% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 1971–1980; 66% drive to work (council 64%); population up 5% since 2016.
      • Around here the council decides in a median 62 days (about 9 weeks); 45% are asked for more information.
      • Homes started within 1 km: 2 in the last year, 271 three years before.
      • 5 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.
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      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.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.023 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
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      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
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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 25 Oct 2026, 22:46 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.