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Planning report · Mayo County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 27 Oct 2026, 18:44

Abbey Street, Ballyhaunis

53.76183, -8.76312

Homes here mostly date from before 1919.

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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Mayo County Council: council consultations.

0open for comments nearbywithin 500 m

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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed.

Timeline from 1896: 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 1900–1918.1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1900–1918 (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
M2
Zoning · Major town centre
Yes
Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (MA093-063004-)
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says

Town Centre: To maintain and enhance the vitality, viability and environment of the town centre and provide for appropriate town centre uses.

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

mayo county development plan 2022 2028 · 10 Aug 2022 – 9 Aug 2028

Protected building2 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished); on the council's record (not republished)
Heritage inventory5 within 100 m post box; Ulster Bank
Monument zoneOn this site Graveyard, Friarsground; Earthwork, Friarsground

Not on this site: conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Ballyhaunis (483 m); Dawn Meats Ireland Unlimited Company (528 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings20Ballyhaunis Courthouse; Saint Patrick's Catholic Church
Monuments12Enclosure; Earthwork
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: 14 on the draft 2027 map; 12 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record, SMR zones of notification, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
SMR zones of notificationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:34open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
Records of Protected StructuresNo licence stated · shown as a yes/no only—open
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
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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
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: 100% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site7 decided · more info asked 57%
100% · 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 · 7 nearby, 2,181 council-wide

Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 1 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 1 in the last 12 months

  • 2560883 · change of use · refused 16 Apr 2026 · 59 m
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 27 Oct 2026, 01:33
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

What appeals changed

2 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

Approvals appealed2 decided
2 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 Abbey Street, Ballyhaunis with 11 numbered planning items
⌖ the houseRefusedEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yetApproved
  1. 1McCabbe House Abbey Street, Ballyhaunis 2560883Refused · 59 m
  2. 20.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 232 m
  3. 30.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 261 m
  4. 40.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 347 m
  5. 50.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 402 m
  6. 60.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 445 m
  7. 70.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 449 m
  8. 8Old Convent Accommodation Centre, Abbey View 2560765No decision yet · 52 m
  9. 9Old Convent Accommodation Centre, Abbey View 2660232Approved with conditions · 80 m
  10. 10Hazelhill Clare Road, Ballyhaunis 2660682No decision yet · 220 m
  11. 11Ballyhaunis Wastewater Treatment Plant, Abbeyquarter 2660477Approved with conditions · 404 m
Figure 4

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 25 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

27 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 26 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 25 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 3 started, 19 with no start notice found, 3 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT26: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused25: approved → approved1: refused → refused1 approved by the council, refused after an appeal19: approved → no start notice found3: approved → started, not signed off3: approved → ran out27 lodged27 lodged26 approved26 approved1 refused1 refused25 approved25 approved2 refused2 refused19 no start notice found19 no start notice found3 started, not signed off3 started, not signed off3 ran out3 ran out

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.

Measured27 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 5

The next 30 days

Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

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

    Sites that could change 7 within 500 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 7

    • 20.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 232 m
    • 30.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 261 m
    • 40.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 347 m
    • 50.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 402 m
    • 60.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 445 m
    • 70.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 449 m
    • 0.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 474 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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 6

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 3 and 6 a year; busiest 2022. 96% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 6, 2022: 6, 2023: 4, 2024: 3, 2025: 6, 2026: 205102021: 6 approved6’21*2022: 6 approved6’222023: 4 approved4’232024: 3 approved3’242025: 5 approved2025: 1 refused6’252026: 2 approved2’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Every application within 500 m 6 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    Building work nearby 4 in the last 12 months
    4 not signed off
    • Knox Street, Ballyhaunis, Mayo · 12 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/60484 · 388 m
    • Knox Street, Ballyhaunis, Mayo · 12 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/60484 · 388 m
    • Abbey Street, Ballyhaunis, Mayo, 00000 · 25 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · P22/656 · 46 m
    • Abbeyquarter, Ballyhaunis, Mayo · 28 Oct 2025 · 25 homes · start notice not signed off · PT8MO208 · 393 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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Ballyhaunis Community Pre- school · Crèche25 Oct 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate111 m
    Greater Tomorrow · Crèche6 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate170 m
    Making Memories Pre school · Crèche31 May 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate854 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 21 Oct 2026, 23:37
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register21 Oct 2026, 23:37open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Mayo County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here29
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here41
    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 27 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 7

    This street block against the council

    61% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 38% owner-occupied (council 73%).

    Homes built before 1971
    61% · council 26%
    Homes built since 2001
    10% · council 32%
    Owner-occupied
    38% · council 73%
    Rented
    46% · council 21%
    Children under 15
    19% · council 19%
    Aged 65 and over
    17% · council 20%
    Households with 2+ cars
    8% · council 45%
    Work mainly from home
    5% · council 9%
    This small area (134 people)Mayo

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 157025013

    Bus
    237 m
    Ballyhaunis · 429, 440, 64 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    277 m
    Scoil Iosa, 385 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Scoil Iosa · primary · 385 pupils · 277 m

    Stops 3

    • Ballyhaunis · 429, 440, 64 · 1/hour at peak · 237 m
    • Ballyhaunis · 440, 64 · 1/hour at peak · 238 m
    • Ballyhaunis · Dublin - Westport · 1/hour at peak · 291 m

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

    • Scoil Iosa · 277 m+0.8% pupils (385)
    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 27 Oct 2026, 01:57
    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
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 01:33open
    Council consultation portalsPublic27 Oct 2026, 00:57open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public27 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    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. Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
      Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
      Seller · 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
    Friarsground
    Electoral division
    Ballyhaunis
    Electoral area
    Claremorris
    Council
    Mayo County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned M2 (major town centre); monument zone; no vacant land tax.
    • 7 sites nearby could change: 7 empty zoned plots.
    • 1 application refused within 100 m since 2025; latest for change of use (2026).
    • Ballyhaunis (bus 429, 440) 237 m away: 1 an hour at morning peak; 2 from all stops within 500 m.
    • Here (2022 census): 46% rent (council 21%); 42% of homes empty (council 22%); most built before 1919; 38% drive to work (council 66%); population up 16% since 2016.
    • The council decides in a median 60 days (about 9 weeks); 42% are asked for more information.
    • Homes started within 1 km: 29 in the last year, 1 three years before.
    • 6 applications nearby in the last 12 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.
    • Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
    • 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 29
    SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
    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 4.027 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
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR zones)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public27 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher26 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 4.026 Oct 2026
    data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.026 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)Public27 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
    propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence27 Oct 2026
    services6.arcgis.comLocal authorities (Record of Protected Structures)No licence stated · flag only—
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
    tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register21 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 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 27 Oct 2026, 18:44 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.