Athlumney Castle, Johnstown
Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (96%).
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
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 7 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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 202222111 · 1. existing single · approved 2022 · not started, runs out 2027approvedstartedsigned off
- 2022212218 · extension · approved 2022 · not started, runs out 2027approvedstartedsigned off
- 2021212150 · extension · withdrawnapproved?started?signed off?
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
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
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.
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 7 | unknown; church/chapel |
| Monuments | 10 | Church; Graveyard |
How we work this out
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
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
Extensions are almost always approved here: 95–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 80% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
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 · 61 nearby, 2,572 council-wide
Athlumney, file by file since 2021
16 of 16 decided extensions on the road were approved.
23 files with "Athlumney" 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
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 6 is asked for more information, which adds about 100 days. Building starts about 7 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated114 decided home extensions, 34 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
0 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 2 of 6 appealed approvals were reversed.
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
- 324256 Withdrawn · 25 Rowan Glen, Navan, Co Meath · 452 m
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews) | © the publisher | 31 Oct 2026, 23:12 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
What's changing around you?
- 10.2 ha zoned for homes
- 21.7 ha zoned for homes
- 3Castlebridge House, Athlumney 26164
- 4No. 16 The Court, Athlumney Abbey 2660113
- 5Loreto Secondary School, St. Michaels Navan 2660706
- 6Academy Street, Navan 2660748
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 30 permissions since 2016, 8 show a start notice and 3 have a completion certificate.
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.
Measured32 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 26 Nov 2026.
- Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 26 Nov 202625 days leftReferral withdrawn452 m away
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
- 10.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 407 m
- 21.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 480 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| Derelict sites registers | CC BY 4.0 | 26 Oct 2026, 23:09 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 4 and 8 a year; busiest 2024. 94% of decisions were approvals.
2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Every application within 500 m 10 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 3Castlebridge House , Athlumney , Navan Approved with conditionsretention permission for existing private residence, existing site entrance, walls, piers & existing yard…
- 6Academy Street , Navan , Co. Meath Approved with conditionsWe, Glenveagh Homes Ltd., intend to apply for planning permission for the development of a large-scale…
- Academy Street , Navan , Co. Meath Withdrawn or not validPermission for a Large-Scale Residential Development - planning permission for the development of a…
- 5Loreto Secondary School , St. Michaels Navan , County Meath Approved with conditionsthe erection and installation of (i) a new single storey detached flat roofed gas boiler cabin; and (ii) all…
- Loreto Secondary School , St. Michaels Navan , County Meath Approved with conditionsREDIII - Planning Permission for the erection and installation of (i) a new single storey detached flat…
- Loreto Secondary School , St. Michaels Navan , County Meath Withdrawn or not validthe erection and installation of (i) a new single storey detached flat roofed gas boiler cabin; and (ii) all…
- Loreto Secondary School , St. Michaels Navan , County Meath Withdrawn or not validREDIII - The erection and installation of (i) a new single storey detached flat roofed biomass boiler unit…
- 4No. 16 The Court , Athlumney Abbey , Navan County Meath Approved with conditionsProposed family flat extension to the side/rear of the existing dwelling house, including retention…
- No. 16 The Court , Athlumney Abbey , Navan County Meath Withdrawn or not validProposed family flat extension to the side/rear of the existing dwelling house, including retention…
- No. 16 The Court , Athlumney Abbey , Navan County Meath Withdrawn or not validproposed family flat extension to the side/rear of the existing dwelling house, including retention…
How we work this out
Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
- 80 Athlumney Castle, Navan, Meath, C15 C6EC · 17 Mar 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 23656 · 215 m
How we work this out
Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Flowers Montessori & Playschool · Crèche | 21 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 350 m |
| Happy Ever After Playschool · Crèche | 1 Mar 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 350 m |
| Kiddy Academy · Crèche | 29 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 525 m |
| Giraffe Childcare Limited · Crèche | 19 Jun 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 619 m |
| Wonderkids Limited · Crèche | 27 Sept 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 623 m |
| Tigers Childcare · Crèche | 13 Mar 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 921 m |
How we work this out
How busy is this area Busier than most of Meath County Council.
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 03:07 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
0% of homes built before 1971 (council 18%). 77% owner-occupied (council 75%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 167065021
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Loreto Secondary School · postprimary · 920 pupils · 598 m
- Gaelscoil Eanna · primary · 138 pupils · 957 m
Stops 17
- The Orchard · 188, NV1 · 3/hour at peak · 253 m
- The Orchard · 188, NV1 · 2/hour at peak · 279 m
- Athlumney Vllge · 188, NV1 · 3/hour at peak · 327 m
- Athlumney Vllge · 188, NV1 · 2/hour at peak · 356 m
- Limekilnhill · NX · 2/hour at peak · 588 m
- Limekilnhill · NX · 3/hour at peak · 646 m
- Bóthar Sion · NX · 4/hour at peak · 697 m
- Bóthar Sion · NX · 2/hour at peak · 718 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Loreto Secondary School · 598 m+1.2% pupils (920) · 2 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
- Gaelscoil Eanna · 957 m+0.7% pupils (138)
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
| 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 | 1 Nov 2026, 05:02 | open |
| Council consultation portals | Public | 1 Nov 2026, 01:08 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | Public | 1 Nov 2026, 02:24 | 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 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- 1. existing single (22111) approved 2022, not started: still planned?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
- Extension (212218) approved 2022, not started: still planned?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
- 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
- Athlumney
- Electoral division
- Navan Rural
- Electoral area
- Navan
- Council
- Meath County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 3 applications on this site; latest 22111, approved 2022, not started, runs out 2027.
- Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
- 2 sites nearby could change: 2 empty zoned plots.
- The Orchard (bus 188, NV1) 253 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 10 from all stops within 500 m.
- Here (2022 census): 77% owner-occupied (council 75%); 1% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 1991–2000; 60% drive to work (council 64%); population up 14% since 2016.
- Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
- 10 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 87%).
- Loreto Secondary School, 598 m away: 2 classrooms approved (2024).
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 26
| 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 | 30 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 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 | 1 Nov 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | © the publisher | 31 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 | 1 Nov 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 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 | 1 Nov 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 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |