Planning report · Meath County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 29 Oct 2026, 14:46

L3414, Robinstown

53.59898, -6.72173

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s.

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Time

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0open for comments nearbywithin 2 km

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
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council
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).

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

Zoning · Rural and agricultural

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningP5 · Rural and agricultural

What it says

RA - Rural Area: Rural Area

Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.

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

ZoningP5 · Rural and agricultural

What it says

RA - Rural Area: Rural Area

Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.

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.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km

Within 2.0 km	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	3	Catholic Church of the Assumption; Bective National School
Monuments	65	Church; Settlement deserted - medieval

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), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	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

A new house in a garden is harder: 83% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site12 decided · more info asked 42%

83% · 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 · 12 nearby, 1,648 council-wide

Figure 3

Balbradagh, file by file since 2023

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

3 files with "Balbradagh" 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 · 2023–2026

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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

What appeals changed

0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions.

Refusals appealed1 decided

0 became permissions

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

501527 Refused · Connells Cross Bective , Navan , Co. Meath · 1.4 km

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	28 Oct 2026, 23:11	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around L3414, Robinstown with 7 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseApprovedRefused

1Balbradagh, Robinstown 2660336Approved with conditions · 573 m
2Robinstown, Navan 25266Approved with conditions · 608 m
325 Clady Meadows, Robinstown 2561201Approved with conditions · 811 m
4Gillstown, Macetown 2660156Approved with conditions · 945 m
5Retaine, Robinstown 26101Refused · 1.4 km
6Connells Cross Bective, Navan 2660346Refused · 1.4 km
7Cloncullen, Co. Meath 2637Approved with conditions · 2.0 km

Figure 5

The next 30 days

1 deadline within 2.0 km; the first closes 25 Nov 2026.

High Court window ends

Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 25 Nov 202627 days left
Refuse permission
1.4 km away

Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

Every application within 2.0 km 9 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

Claddy Meadows , Robinstown , Co. Meath Withdrawn or not valid
the development will consist of the construction 2no 3-bedroom semi-detached 2 storey dwellings, separate…
266109531 Aug 20261 homes712 m
Balbradagh , Robinstown , Co. Meath Withdrawn or not valid
the development will consist of construction of solar panel array of up to 24 panels (49sqm) fixed to metal…
266070811 Jun 2026380 m
5Retaine , Robinstown , Navan Refused
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION NA201820 - a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent…
2610128 May 20261.4 km
6Connells Cross Bective , Navan , Co. Meath Refused
the development will consist of permission to revise the red line site boundary to address condition 4(b)…
266034621 May 20261.4 km
1Balbradagh , Robinstown , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
the development will consist of the permission to demolish 2 No. existing residential storage units and…
266033623 Jun 2026573 m
4Gillstown , Macetown , Navan Co. Meath. Approved with conditions
the development will consist of the construction of a new detached residential dwelling with domestic garage,…
26601567 Apr 20261 homes945 m
7Cloncullen , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
File Ref: 211748 - the development consists of to construct (1) part single, part two storey type dwelling…
263718 Mar 20262 homes2.0 km
2Robinstown , Navan , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
to construct an extension to the rear of an existing dwelling and refurbishment of existing dwelling house,…
2526617 Feb 20261 homes608 m
325 Clady Meadows , Robinstown , Co.Meath Approved with conditions
The development will consist of: 1-Retention Permission for revised design of garage to the rear of existing…
25612012 Jan 20261 homes811 m

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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open

Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months

3 no sign-off needed

25 Clady Meadows, Robinstown, Meath · 15 Aug 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/61201 · 820 m
Gillstown, Navan, Meath · 17 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 26/60156 · 1.3 km
Retaine, Meath, C15YA70 · 13 Mar 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560263 · 1.3 km

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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 29 Oct 2026, 02:33

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Little Robins · Crèche	20 Mar 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 237 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: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	28 Oct 2026, 23:19	open

How busy is this area About as busy as most of Meath County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here0

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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 6

This street block against the council

32% of homes built before 1971 (council 18%). 85% owner-occupied (council 75%).

Homes built before 1971

32% · council 18%

Homes built since 2001

26% · council 45%

Owner-occupied

85% · council 75%

Rented

8% · council 20%

Children under 15

16% · council 23%

Aged 65 and over

20% · council 12%

Households with 2+ cars

59% · council 54%

Work mainly from home

10% · council 11%

This small area (354 people)Meath

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 167011003

Bus

614 m

Robinstown · 189

Nearest school

744 m

S N Mhuire, 194 pupils

Homes sold nearby

in 3 years (Property Price Register)

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

S N Mhuire · primary · 194 pupils · 744 m

Stops 4

Robinstown · 189 · 0/hour at peak · 614 m
Robinstown · 189 · 0/hour at peak · 625 m

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

S N Mhuire · 744 m+10.9% pupils (194)

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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:02	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
Council consultation portals	Public	29 Oct 2026, 01:01	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	29 Oct 2026, 02:14	open
Land Development Agency public land register	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

Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural), 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: Balbradagh
Electoral division: Bective
Electoral area: Navan
Council: Meath County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural); not protected; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Robinstown, 614 m away (8 a day).
Here (2022 census): 85% owner-occupied (council 75%); 6% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 1971–1980; 64% drive to work (council 64%); population up 5% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 38% are asked for more information.
9 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 71% approved (council 87%).
0 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
5 sales nearby in 3 years; median €240,000.

What the terms mean 6 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.

Sources and licences 28

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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	23 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	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	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	29 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	28 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	26 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	29 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	29 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)	© PSRA, PSI licence	29 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	28 Oct 2026
water.ie	—	© the publisher · flag only	—
water.ie	—	© the publisher · flag only	—
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	25 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 29 Oct 2026, 14:46 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.

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