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Planning report · Roscommon County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 29 Oct 2026, 18:11

Castlerea

53.77416, -8.48403

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s.

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Time
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Not held yet for Roscommon County Council: council consultations.

54 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 54–550open 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. Here 54 days
  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 houseAll of DemesneBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2021: 1 file on Demesne2023: 4 files on Demesne2024: 1 file on Demesne6 files

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
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential: See detailed explanation on the Roscommmon County Development Plan website (rosdevplan.ie).

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.

roscommon county development plan 2022 2028 · 19 Apr 2022 – 18 Apr 2028

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 lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments6R154974; R154979
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 council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 1 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), 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
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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
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: 40% approved, and 80% are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site5 decided · more info asked 80%
40% · council 79%
Approved nearbyRoscommon 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 · 5 nearby, 694 council-wide

Figure 3

Demesne, file by file since 2021

3 of 3 decided extensions on the road were approved.

6 planning files on Demesne since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2021 · first-floor · approved · 2132No number · 2023 · other extension · approved · 2339No number · 2023 · first-floor · approved · 2360208Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23219No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360085No. 5 · 2024 · other work · approved · 2414New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

6 files with "Demesne" 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
    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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 54 days. 1 in 2 is asked for more information, which adds about 82 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 54 days; If more info asked (1 in 2): 133 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 54 days, middle half 54–55 (n=13)54 daysIf more info asked (1 in 2)With further information: median 133 days (n=9)133 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off60% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated22 decided home extensions, 5 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed1 decided
    1 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 Castlerea with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 11.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 91 m
    2. 2Tarmon Manor, Castlerea 2660205Approved with conditions · 93 m
    3. 3Ballindrumlea Td., Castlerea 2560547Approved with conditions · 175 m
    4. 4Ballindrumlea Td., Castlerea 2660107Approved with conditions · 218 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 15 permissions since 2016, 2 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    16 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 15 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 15 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 12 with no start notice found, 1 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT15: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused15: approved → approved1: refused → refused12: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → ran out16 lodged16 lodged15 approved15 approved1 refused1 refused15 approved15 approved1 refused1 refused12 no start notice found12 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off1 ran out1 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.

    Measured16 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    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 1 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 1

      • 11.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 91 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 4 a year; busiest 2023. 94% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 4, 2024: 2, 2025: 3, 2026: 205102021: 2 approved2’21*2022: 3 approved3’222023: 4 approved4’232024: 1 approved2024: 1 refused2’242025: 3 approved3’252026: 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 3 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 no sign-off needed
      • Ballindrimley rd, Castlerea, Roscommon, F45 FP57 · 4 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560415 · 480 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 29 Oct 2026, 02:33
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
      Homes coming 0 not started
      How we work this out
      Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Estate: Tarmon Manor · 9 applications in 10 years · 83% approved

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Castlerea Community Playschool Ltd · Crèche12 Jun 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate956 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: Housing estates, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Housing estatesODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Roscommon County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here40
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here44
      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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 02:33open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 9

      This street block against the council

      66% owner-occupied (council 74%).

      Homes built before 1971
      24% · council 29%
      Homes built since 2001
      52% · council 37%
      Owner-occupied
      66% · council 74%
      Rented
      23% · council 20%
      Children under 15
      22% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      25% · council 19%
      Households with 2+ cars
      40% · council 47%
      Work mainly from home
      8% · council 9%
      This small area (428 people)Roscommon

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 197032006/197032011

      Bus
      51 m
      Tarmon Manor · RN94 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      887 m
      St Annes Con NS, 141 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • St Annes Con NS · primary · 141 pupils · 887 m
      • Castlerea Community School · postprimary · 389 pupils · 941 m

      Stops 9

      • Tarmon Manor · RN94 · 1/hour at peak · 51 m
      • Ballindrimley · RN94 · 1/hour at peak · 618 m
      • Ballindrimley · RN94 · 0/hour at peak · 626 m
      • Main Street · RN94 · 0/hour at peak · 795 m

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

      • St Annes Con NS · 887 m+4.4% pupils (141)
      • Castlerea Community School · 941 m+0.3% pupils (389)
      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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.029 Oct 2026, 05:07open
      Council consultation portalsPublic29 Oct 2026, 01:01open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public29 Oct 2026, 02:14open
      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. 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
      Demesne
      Electoral division
      Castlereagh
      Electoral area
      Roscommon
      Council
      Roscommon County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 1 site nearby could change: 1 empty zoned plot.
      • Tarmon Manor (bus RN94) 51 m away: 6 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 66% owner-occupied (council 74%); 11% of homes empty (council 17%); most built 2001–2010; 63% drive to work (council 67%); population up 10% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 98 days (about 14 weeks); 57% are asked for more information.
      • 3 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • 44 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
      What the terms mean 5 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.
      • 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
      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 4.029 Oct 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public29 Oct 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher28 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
      overpass-api.deOpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County CouncilODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 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)Public29 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.029 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 licence29 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
      gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
      gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
      tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register28 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 29 Oct 2026, 18:11 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.