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Planning report · Longford County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 17 Oct 2026, 20:27

R194, School Land

53.77510, -7.64994

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2026.

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Not held yet for Longford County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 20260open 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2026.

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. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of School LandBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2026: 2660155 · new house, approved2018: 1 file on School Land2020: 2 files on School Land2021: 1 file on School Land2022: 1 file on School Land2026: 1 file on School Land6 files

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

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

  1. 2026
    2660155 · new house · approved 2026 · not started, runs out 2031
    approvedstartedsigned off
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
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Residential: To provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity

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.

longford county development plan 2021 2027 · 30 Nov 2021 – 30 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 lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1water pump
Monuments1R167413
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), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
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: 86% approved, and 1 in 7 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site7 decided · more info asked 14%
86% · council 85%
Approved nearbyLongford 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, 561 council-wide

Figure 3

School Land, file by file since 2018

1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved.

6 planning files on School Land since 2018, by kind and decision.201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2018 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 1877Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20137No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20145No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21311No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22111No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660155New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

6 files with "School Land" 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 · 2018–2026

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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    0 of 3 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed3 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 R194, School Land with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseLarge schemeApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 1Ballinalee, Co. Longford 2660161No decision yet · 440 m
    2. 2Saintjohnstown, Ballinalee 2660224Approved with conditions · 194 m
    3. 3Ballinalee, Saintjohnstown 2660274No decision yet · 474 m
    4. 4School Land, Ballinalee 2660155Approved with conditions · 0 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 17 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    18 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 18 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 17 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 2 started, 5 with no start notice found, 8 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT18: lodged → approved17: approved → approved1 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal5: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out2: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off8: approved → ran out18 lodged18 lodged18 approved18 approved17 approved17 approved1 withdrawn1 withdrawn5 no start notice found5 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out2 started, not signed off2 started, not signed off1 signed off1 signed off8 ran out8 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.

    Measured18 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    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

      • 0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 440 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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
      Figure 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2020. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2018: 4, 2019: 1, 2020: 4, 2021: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 205102018: 4 approved4’18*2019: 1 approved1’192020: 4 approved4’202021: 2 approved2’212022: 1 approved1’222023: 1 approved1’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 2 approved2’252026: 2 approved2’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

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

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 5 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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Wiggles and Giggles · Crèche8 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 281 m
      Teach Leanbh · Crèche19 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 537 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
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register14 Oct 2026, 23:20open
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Longford County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here10
      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 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      49% owner-occupied (council 61%).

      Homes built before 1971
      18% · council 24%
      Homes built since 2001
      55% · council 39%
      Owner-occupied
      49% · council 61%
      Rented
      44% · council 31%
      Children under 15
      21% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      14% · council 16%
      Households with 2+ cars
      37% · council 39%
      Work mainly from home
      9% · council 8%
      This small area (395 people)Longford

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 137006001

      Bus
      479 m
      Ballinalee · 865 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      145 m
      Samhthann NS, 145 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Samhthann NS · primary · 145 pupils · 145 m

      Stops 2

      • Ballinalee · 865 · 0/hour at peak · 479 m
      • Ballinalee · 865 · 0/hour at peak · 522 m

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

      • Samhthann NS · 145 m-4.6% pupils (145)
      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 17 Oct 2026, 02:12
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
      Council consultation portalsPublic17 Oct 2026, 01:36open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public17 Oct 2026, 02:12open
      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. New house (2660155) approved 2026, not started: still planned?
        Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
        Seller · solicitor
      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
      School Land
      Electoral division
      Ballinalee
      Electoral area
      Granard
      Council
      Longford County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 1 application on this site; latest 2660155, approved 2026, not started, runs out 2031.
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 1 site nearby could change: 1 empty zoned plot.
      • Ballinalee (bus 865) 478 m away: 4 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 49% owner-occupied (council 61%); 13% of homes empty (council 14%); most built 2001–2010; 65% drive to work (council 59%); population up 4% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 50 days (about 7 weeks); 37% are asked for more information.
      • 5 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • 10 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
      What the terms mean 3 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.
      • 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 4.016 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.017 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)Public17 Oct 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher17 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 4.012 Oct 2026
      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.011 Oct 2026
      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
      meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public17 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.017 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 licence17 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026
      gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.09 Oct 2026
      tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register14 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.011 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 17 Oct 2026, 20:27 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.