Planning report · Longford County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 18 Oct 2026, 18:19

L5019, Longford

53.75077, -7.80383

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024.

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Distance

250 m 500 m 1 km 2 km

Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Longford County Council: council consultations.

2planning files on this houselatest 2024 49 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 47–52 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. Here 49 days
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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

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

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

2025
2460320 · work already done · approved 2025 · started, no sign-off needed
approvedstartedsigned off?
2022
21365 · work already done · approved 2022 · work already done
approvedstartedsigned off?

On this site

Yes

Protected or listed · a recorded monument (Ringfort - rath)

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Monument zoneOn this site Ringfort - rath, Cloonbalt

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, 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	25	garda station/constabulary barracks; house
Monuments	47	Ringfort - rath

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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 3 on the draft 2027 map; 3 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Sites and Monuments Record, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026, 23:18	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 00:14	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

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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open

Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 2

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 49 days.

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

Calculated18 decided home extensions, 5 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 3

What appeals changed

0 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

Approvals appealed2 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 L5019, Longford with 14 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseBuilding startedEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedRefusedNo decision yet

1Cloonbalt, Longford 2460320Building started · 24 m
21.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.5 km
32.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.5 km
45.0 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.8 km
5Clonbalt, Longford 2560307Approved with conditions · 357 m
6Cloonrallagh, Longford 2660045Approved with conditions · 427 m
7Langeera, Minard 2660148Approved with conditions · 510 m
8Minard, Longford 2560261Refused · 1.2 km
9Longford Rugby Club, Demesne 2660033Approved with conditions · 1.5 km
10No. 8 Abbeycartron, Abbeycartron Td 2552Approved · 1.6 km
11No. 26 Abbeycartron, Longford 2617Approved with conditions · 1.7 km
12Demesne Lane, Battery Road 2660025Approved with conditions · 1.7 km
13Lismore House, Lismore 2560301Refused · 1.8 km
14Cluain Doire, Lamagh 2660233No decision yet · 1.9 km

Figure 4

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 11 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 5

The next 30 days

Nothing closes within 2.0 km in the next 30 days.

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

Sites that could change 3 within 2.0 km

Empty land zoned for homes 3

21.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.5 km
32.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.5 km
45.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.8 km

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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 00:14	open

Figure 6

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2019. 100% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2018 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Every application within 2.0 km 10 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

14Cluain Doire , Lamagh , Newtownforbes No decision yet
(a) retention & completion of existing dwelling for which planning permission was previously granted under…
266023322 Jul 20262 homes1.9 km
7Langeera , Minard , Co. Longford Approved with conditions
modifications to previously approved Planning Permission Ref. No. 22/258. These modifications include changes…
266014823 Jun 20261 homes510 m
11No. 26 Abbeycartron , Longford , Co. Longford Approved with conditions
material alterations namely removal of window to elevation at ground floor level of existing dwelling house,…
261719 Jun 20261.7 km
6Cloonrallagh , Longford , Co. Longford Approved with conditions
an existing two storey type dwelling house as constructed
266004527 Apr 20261 homes427 m
9Longford Rugby Club , Demesne , Longford Approved with conditions
the proposed construction of a standalone single-storey gym building incorporating gym/fitness areas,…
266003319 Mar 20261.5 km
12Demesne Lane , Battery Road , Longford Co. Longford Approved with conditions
the proposed construction of a two storey type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary…
266002513 Mar 20261 homes1.7 km
5Clonbalt , Longford , Co. Longford Approved with conditions
of existing annex building which is used as a storage room and a utility room to service existing bungalow…
25603076 Feb 2026357 m
13Lismore House , Lismore , Co. Longford Refused
additional works and design changes carried out during the refurbishment and extension of Lismore House…
256030119 Aug 20261.8 km
8Minard , Longford , Co. Longford Refused
the proposed reuse of an existing agricultural gateway which is in existence and which was previously used to…
256026119 Dec 20251.2 km
10No. 8 Abbeycartron , Abbeycartron Td , Longford Approved
of PL21/60 - to (1) construct a two storey extension to the rear of a detached two storey dwelling consisting…
255226 Nov 20251.6 km

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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open

Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months

3 no sign-off needed

Demesne Lane, Battery Road, Longford · 20 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2660025 · 1.8 km
1Cloonbalt, Longford, N39 A0W6 · 2 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2460320 · 24 m
Minard, Knockatee, Longford, N39E7N5 · 20 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 22258 · 536 m

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 18 Oct 2026, 01:21

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open

Homes coming 0 not started

Aghadegnan · 30 homes · building started · 1.2 km

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, 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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Bright Beginnings · Crèche	18 Jun 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	561 m
Longford Montessori Centre · Crèche	5 Mar 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 762 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 14 Oct 2026, 23:20

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	14 Oct 2026, 23:20	open

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

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here2

Council middle1

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 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 7

This street block against the council

9% of homes built before 1971 (council 24%). 91% owner-occupied (council 61%).

Homes built before 1971

9% · council 24%

Homes built since 2001

7% · council 39%

Owner-occupied

91% · council 61%

Rented

9% · council 31%

Children under 15

11% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

29% · council 16%

Households with 2+ cars

47% · council 39%

Work mainly from home

4% · council 8%

This small area (181 people)Longford

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 137013007

Bus

313 m

Clonbalt Wds · 862 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak

Nearest school

1.8 km

S N Cnoc An Mharcaigh, 289 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

S N Cnoc An Mharcaigh · primary · 289 pupils · 1.8 km
St Christophers S S · primary · 49 pupils · 1.9 km

Stops 6

Clonbalt Wds · 862 · 0/hour at peak · 313 m
Clonbalt Wds · 862 · 0/hour at peak · 333 m

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, 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 18 Oct 2026, 02:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026, 23:43	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Council consultation portals	Public	18 Oct 2026, 01:37	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	18 Oct 2026, 02:18	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

Work already done (2460320): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Work already done (21365): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
Seller · council
Building work started 24 m away: for how long?
Ask for: The planning conditions for 2460320.
Agent · council
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: Cloonbalt
Electoral division: Caldragh
Electoral area: Longford
Council: Longford County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

2 applications on this site; latest 2460320, approved 2025, started, no sign-off needed.
Monument zone; no vacant land tax.
3 sites nearby could change: 3 empty zoned plots.
Clonbalt Wds (bus 862) 313 m away: 5 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
Here (2022 census): 91% owner-occupied (council 61%); 8% of homes empty (council 14%); most built 1991–2000; 86% drive to work (council 59%).
The council decides in a median 50 days (about 7 weeks); 37% are asked for more information.
10 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 78% approved (council 86%).
1 building job started within 250 m in the last six months.

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.
Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
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	16 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	18 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	18 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	18 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	12 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	18 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	18 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	18 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	11 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 register	14 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	11 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 18 Oct 2026, 18:19 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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