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Planning report · Fingal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 05:30

White Hart Road, Stephenstown

53.59647, -6.19219

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. Most home extensions nearby get approved (78%).

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78%of home extensions approved nearbyn=46 · 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. 5AppealHere about 4 months
  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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations.

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 1991–2000.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1991–2000 (census estimate)most built

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
G3
Zoning · High amenity
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
Zoning
What it says

GB - Green Belt: Create a rural/urban Greenbelt zone that permanently demarcates the boundary i. between the rural and urban areas, or ii. between urban and urban areas. The role of the Greenbelt is to check unrestricted sprawl of urban areas, to prevent coalescence of settlements, to prevent countryside encroachment and to protect the setting of towns and/or villages. The Greenbelt is attractive and multifunctional, serves the needs of both the urban and rural communities, and strengthens the links between urban and rural areas in a sustainable manner. The Greenbelt will provide opportunities for countryside access and for recreation, retain attractive landscapes, improve derelict land within and around towns, secure lands with a nature conservation interest, and retain land in agricultural use. The zoning objective will have the consequence of achieving the regeneration of undeveloped town areas by ensuring that urban development is directed towards these areas.

ZoningG3 · High amenity
What it says

GB - Green Belt: Protect and provide for a Greenbelt

Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.

the fingal development plan 2023 2029 · 5 Apr 2023 – 5 Apr 2029

Protected building2 within 100 m White Hart House (incl Carria Geal); White Hart House (including Carria Geal)
Monument zone2 within 100 m Inn, Stephenstown; Ring-ditch, Stephenstown
Radon1 in 20 homes have high radon (EPA)

Not on this site: heritage inventory, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Pacon Waste & Recycling Ltd (429 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNearby OPW map area within 500 m · floodinfo.ie
Within 500 mCountFor example
Licensed industrial sites1Pacon Waste & Recycling Ltd
Radon grid squares2
Protected buildings7Former Corn Mill; Former Mill Dam
Monuments14Ritual site - holy well; Castle - tower 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: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed sites, EPA radon map, Sites and Monuments Record, Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), OPW flood maps (CFRAM), OPW flood maps (NIFM) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed sitesCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
Records of Protected StructuresCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
OPW flood maps (CFRAM)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · shown as a yes/no only11 Sept 2026, 19:11open
OPW flood maps (NIFM)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · shown as a yes/no only11 Sept 2026, 19:11open
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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
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 here: 82% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 71% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

Attic or dormer11 decided · more info asked 9%
82% · council 92%
New house in a garden or site7 decided · more info asked 43%
71% · council 53%
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 · 18 nearby, 1,612 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.
    Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 85 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 53 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; If appealed: +130 days; Building starts: 157 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 53 days, middle half 51–55 (n=35)53 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksIf appealedAt An Coimisiún Pleanála: median 130 days (n=15, all appeals within 1.5 km)+130 daysBuilding startsStart notice: median 157 days after permission (n=17)157 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.

    Calculated46 decided home extensions, 17 start notices, 15 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    5 of 9 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 6 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed9 decided
    5 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

    Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    • 501967 Pending · Hamilton Park Care Centre Ltd., Balrothery Gardens, Blackhall,… · 313 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher31 Oct 2026, 23:12open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around White Hart Road, Stephenstown with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved
    1. 115 Acre Site adjacent to White Hart Road, on a lands at Stephenstown I F26A/0164EApproved · 411 m
    Figure 5

    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 6

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2025. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 405102023: 1 approved2023: 1 withdrawn or invalid2’23*2024: 1 approved1’242025: 1 approved2025: 1 withdrawn or invalid2’252026: 1 approved2026: 2 withdrawn or invalid2026: 1 undecided4’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2023 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Developments within 1.0 km

      SchemeHomesProgressDistance
      Castleland Park99—898 m

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Tots & Swots · Crèche4 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate614 m
      Kids Campus · Crèche26 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate646 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 housing delivery pipeline, National Planning Application Database, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Dublin housing delivery pipelineCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:00open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Fingal County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here1
      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: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 7

      This street block against the council

      33% of homes built before 1971 (council 11%). 90% owner-occupied (council 67%).

      Homes built before 1971
      33% · council 11%
      Homes built since 2001
      23% · council 43%
      Owner-occupied
      90% · council 67%
      Rented
      3% · council 28%
      Children under 15
      21% · council 22%
      Aged 65 and over
      14% · council 11%
      Households with 2+ cars
      70% · council 42%
      Work mainly from home
      13% · council 12%
      This small area (296 people)Fingal

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 267002034/267002002

      Road noise
      55–59 dB
      day–night average (EPA 2022)
      Bus
      546 m
      Balrothery · 101, 101X, 191
      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
      869 m
      Blessed Oliver NS, 298 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Blessed Oliver NS · primary · 298 pupils · 869 m
      • Ardgillan Community College · postprimary · 1014 pupils · 902 m
      • Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin · primary · 306 pupils · 979 m

      Stops 10

      • Balrothery · 101, 101X, 191 · 2/hour at peak · 546 m
      • Balrothery · 101, 101X, 191 · 5/hour at peak · 561 m
      • Golf Club · 101, 101X, 191 · 2/hour at peak · 572 m
      • Golf Club · 101, 101X, 191 · 5/hour at peak · 597 m
      • Balbriggan RP · 101, 101X, 191 · 5/hour at peak · 622 m
      • Balbriggan RP · 101, 101X · 2/hour at peak · 758 m

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

      • Blessed Oliver NS · 869 m-2.9% pupils (298) · an extension 2026, refused
      • Ardgillan Community College · 902 m+1.3% pupils (1,014)
      • Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin · 979 m-9.2% pupils (306)

      Council meetings 30 items

      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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Council consultation portalsPublic1 Nov 2026, 01:08open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public1 Nov 2026, 02:24open
      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. Zoned G3 (high amenity), not for homes: could you extend?
        Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
        Solicitor · planner
      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
      Stephenstown
      Electoral division
      Balbriggan Rural
      Electoral area
      Balbriggan
      Council
      Fingal County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Zoned G3 (high amenity); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
      • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Balrothery, 546 m away (2 an hour).
      • Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
      • Here (2022 census): 90% owner-occupied (council 67%); 5% of homes empty (council 5%); most built 1991–2000; 59% drive to work (council 52%); population up 17% since 2016.
      • Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 38% are asked for more information.
      • 2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • Blessed Oliver NS, 869 m away: an extension refused (2026).
      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.
      • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
      • Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
      • 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.
      Sources and licences 33
      SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
      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.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
      gis.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection AgencyCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
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      s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.comOffice of Public WorksCC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · flag only11 Sept 2026
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      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public1 Nov 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 Oct 2026
      cso.ie—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 1 Nov 2026, 05:30 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.