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Planning report · Mayo County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 26 Oct 2026, 13:48

Louisburgh ED, Westport-Belmullet Municipal District, County Mayo, Connacht, Éire / Ireland

53.75672, -9.78230

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Mayo County Council: council consultations.

1open for comments nearbyclose 30 Oct

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
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  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 2001–10, 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 2001–2010.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (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
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings7rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house; Saint Catherine's Church (Kilgeever)
Monuments16Ringfort - rath; Enclosure
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: 4 on the draft 2027 map; 4 on the final 2026 map.
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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
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
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
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: 94% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site16 decided · more info asked 38%
94% · council 90%
Approved nearbyMayo 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 · 16 nearby, 2,181 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    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
    • 502178 Pending · Callacoon, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo, F28 PK29. · 1.4 km
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher25 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Louisburgh ED, Westport-Belmullet Municipal District, County Mayo, Connacht, Éire / Ireland with 12 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedRefused
    1. 1Chapel Street, Louisburgh 2660754No decision yet · 1.8 km
    2. 20.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.6 km
    3. 30.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.8 km
    4. 40.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.9 km
    5. 50.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.9 km
    6. 6Kilgeever, Louisburgh 2660278Approved with conditions · 495 m
    7. 7Shrahnashaskey, Louisburgh 26122Approved with conditions · 619 m
    8. 8Moneen, Louisburgh 2660137Approved with conditions · 973 m
    9. 9Callacoon, Louisburgh 2660563Refused · 1.4 km
    10. 10Clooncarrabaun, Louisburgh 2655Approved with conditions · 1.5 km
    11. 11Louisburgh GAA Club, Caher 2660380Approved with conditions · 1.8 km
    12. 12Caher, Louisburgh 2660358Approved with conditions · 1.9 km
    Figure 4

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 2.0 km; the first closes 30 Oct 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-30 2660754: application received — Planning Permission to retain existing granny flat.today31 Oct5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov2660754: application received — Planning Permission to retain existing granny flat. · 1.8 km away · 2026-10-30
    Comments close
    • Comments close 30 Oct 20264 days left
      12660754 · application received — Planning Permission to retain existing granny flat.
      €20 to the council · 1.8 km away

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

    Sites that could change 4 within 2.0 km

    Empty land zoned for homes 4

    • 20.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.6 km
    • 30.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.8 km
    • 40.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.9 km
    • 50.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.9 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 5

    Applications within 500 m, by year

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

    2023: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 105102023: 1 approved1’23*2025: 1 approved1’252026: 1 approved1’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2023 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    Every application within 2.0 km 9 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    • 9Callacoon , Louisburgh , Co. Mayo Refused
      Planning application to retain and complete dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary…
      26605633 Sept 20261.4 km
    • 7Shrahnashaskey , Louisburgh Approved with conditions
      conversion of existing garage into habitable space, construction of new garage to side of existing house,…
      2612215 Jul 2026619 m
    • 11Louisburgh GAA Club , Caher , Louisburgh - Co. Mayo Approved with conditions
      The construction of a proposed dry storage shed (to be also used as a gym/sport activities area) together…
      266038030 Jun 20261.8 km
    • Caher , Louisburgh , Co. Mayo Withdrawn or not valid
      Planning permission to renovate & extend existing cottage with revised site access & connection to public…
      26603577 May 20261.9 km
    • 12Caher , Louisburgh , Co. Mayo Approved with conditions
      Planning permission to renovate & extend existing cottage with revised site access & connection to public…
      266035822 Jun 20261.9 km
    • 6Kilgeever , Louisburgh , Co. Mayo Approved with conditions
      The development will consist of 1.) the retention of minor alterations to existing dwelling house previously…
      26602782 Jun 2026495 m
    • 10Clooncarrabaun , Louisburgh , Co. Mayo Approved with conditions
      construct general purpose shed
      265511 Jun 20261.5 km
    • 8Moneen , Louisburgh , Co Mayo Approved with conditions
      Alterations and extension to existing family dwelling house with associated ancillary site works and…
      266013721 Apr 2026973 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months
    3 no sign-off needed
    • Moneen, Louisburgh, Mayo · 30 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/60683 · 927 m
    • Ballyhip, Louisburgh, Mayo · 10 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25398 · 428 m
    • Knappaghbeg, Louisburgh, Mayo · 30 Jan 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · P25/51 · 1.9 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    0
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Mayo County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here4
    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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 6

    This street block against the council

    81% owner-occupied (council 73%).

    Homes built before 1971
    21% · council 26%
    Homes built since 2001
    36% · council 32%
    Owner-occupied
    81% · council 73%
    Rented
    14% · council 21%
    Children under 15
    22% · council 19%
    Aged 65 and over
    22% · council 20%
    Households with 2+ cars
    60% · council 45%
    Work mainly from home
    9% · council 9%
    This small area (159 people)Mayo

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 157116002

    Nearest school
    1.4 km
    S N Padraig Naofa, 133 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • S N Padraig Naofa · primary · 133 pupils · 1.4 km
    • Sancta Maria College · postprimary · 571 pupils · 1.8 km

    Stops 2

      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 26 Oct 2026, 01:54
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      Council consultation portalsPublic26 Oct 2026, 00:55open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public26 Oct 2026, 01:54open
      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. Application 1.8 km away open for comments until 30 Oct 2026: comment?
        Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
        Council
      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
      Bellakip
      Electoral division
      Louisburgh
      Electoral area
      Westport
      Council
      Mayo County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 4 sites nearby could change: 4 empty zoned plots.
      • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 30 Oct 2026.
      • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
      • Here (2022 census): 81% owner-occupied (council 73%); 26% of homes empty (council 22%); most built 2001–2010; 68% drive to work (council 66%); population up 17% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 60 days (about 9 weeks); 42% are asked for more information.
      • 9 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 86% approved (council 93%).
      • 4 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
      What the terms mean 7 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.
      • 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 25
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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.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.023 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public26 Oct 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher25 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.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026
      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
      meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public26 Oct 2026
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      services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
      propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence26 Oct 2026
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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 26 Oct 2026, 13:48 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.