Planning report · Meath County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 19 Oct 2026, 18:13

Billywood Road

53.75398, -6.89658

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Time

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1open for comments nearbyclose 23 Oct

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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed.

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	4	Williamstown
Monuments	41	Enclosure - large enclosure; 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.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:24	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 00:29	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 19 Oct 2026, 02:08

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 01:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 02:08	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: 85% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site13 decided · more info asked 38%

85% · council 78%

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 · 13 nearby, 2,968 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 19 Oct 2026, 02:08

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 02:08	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 19 Oct 2026, 02:08

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	19 Oct 2026, 01:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 02:08	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Billywood Road with 11 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApprovedRefusedNo decision yet

1Oakley park or Laurencetown, Kells 26207No decision yet · 591 m
2Oakley park or Laurencetown, Kells 2632Approved with conditions · 589 m
3Oakley Park, Kells 2660357Approved with conditions · 664 m
4Oakley Park, Kells 2660837Refused · 693 m
5Mountainpole, Kells 25223Approved with conditions · 1.1 km
6Dulane, Kells 2661018No decision yet · 1.2 km
7Whitecommons, Kells 2660206Approved with conditions · 1.3 km
8Maperath, Kells 26135Refused · 1.3 km
9Maperath, Kells 2660308Approved with conditions · 1.4 km
10Maperath, Kells 26134Refused · 1.4 km
11Unit 7 Kells Business Park, Kells 2561234Approved with conditions · 1.5 km

Figure 3

The next 30 days

1 deadline within 2.0 km; the first closes 23 Oct 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 23 Oct 20264 days left
126207 · application received — the development will consist of Revisions to planning permission previously granted under…
€20 to the council · 591 m away

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

Open for comments €20 to comment

1Oakley park or Laurencetown , Kells , Co. Meath comments close 23 Oct 2026
the development will consist of Revisions to planning permission previously granted under planning ref.…
2620718 Sept 20262 homes591 m

Every application within 2.0 km 11 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

6Dulane , Kells , Co. Meath No decision yet
the development will consist of the refurbishment and extension of the existing dwelling house, demolition of…
266101812 Aug 20261.2 km
4Oakley Park , Kells , County Meath Refused
the development will consist of; Retention Permission 1. Change of use of a 952 sq. m machinery storage and…
266083727 Aug 2026693 m
10Maperath , Kells , Co. Meath Refused
File Ref: 211672 - Construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new combined entrance and to…
261346 Jul 20262 homes1.4 km
8Maperath , Kells , Co. Meath Refused
File Ref: 211671 - Construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new combined entrance and to…
261353 Jul 20261 homes1.3 km
3Oakley Park , Kells , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
permission is sought for single storey side pitched roof extension to the North-side of existing dwelling…
266035722 May 2026664 m
9Maperath , Kells , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and install a sewage treatment system…
26603087 May 20261 homes1.4 km
7Whitecommons , Kells , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
the development will consist of construction of single storey extension to existing dwelling with use of…
266020629 May 20261.3 km
2Oakley park or Laurencetown , Kells , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
File Ref: 211348 - the development will consist of the following: (A) to construct a two storied type…
263220 Mar 20262 homes589 m
11Unit 7 Kells Business Park , Kells , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
the development consists of the retention of the existing perimeter fence on site
256123414 Jan 20261.5 km
5Mountainpole , Kells , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
the development will consist of the following: (1) Retention permission for single storey extension to front…
252239 Jan 20261.1 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 19 Oct 2026, 02:08

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 02:08	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	19 Oct 2026, 01:33	open

Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months

3 no sign-off needed

Moynalty Road, Kells, Meath, A82 P2V9 · 31 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2660206 · 1.5 km
Oakley Park, Dulane Cross, Meath · 27 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 2660357 · 723 m
Mountainpole House, Mountainpole, Kells, Meath, A82 RK00 · 27 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560257 · 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 19 Oct 2026, 01:33

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 01:33	open

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

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here2

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 19 Oct 2026, 02:08

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	19 Oct 2026, 01:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 02:08	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 4

This street block against the council

46% of homes built before 1971 (council 18%). 90% owner-occupied (council 75%).

Homes built before 1971

46% · council 18%

Homes built since 2001

25% · council 45%

Owner-occupied

90% · council 75%

Rented

7% · council 20%

Children under 15

18% · council 23%

Aged 65 and over

20% · council 12%

Households with 2+ cars

74% · council 54%

Work mainly from home

11% · council 11%

This small area (270 people)Meath

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 167059001

Homes sold nearby

in 3 years (Property Price Register)

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

None nearby.

Stops 1

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 19 Oct 2026, 02:28

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:44	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Council consultation portals	Public	19 Oct 2026, 01:38	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	19 Oct 2026, 02:28	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
Application 591 m away open for comments until 23 Oct 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
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: Oakleypark or Laurencetown
Electoral division: Maperath
Electoral area: Kells
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.
1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 23 Oct 2026.
No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Here (2022 census): 90% owner-occupied (council 75%); 12% of homes empty (council 6%); most built before 1919; 69% 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.
11 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 67% approved (council 87%).
2 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).

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.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
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 25

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	19 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	19 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	19 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	18 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	19 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	19 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	19 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	18 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
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	18 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 19 Oct 2026, 18:13 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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