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Planning report · Louth County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 12 Oct 2026, 04:42

Castlecoo Hill Road

53.78657, -6.25841

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2020. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (94%).

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Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
3planning files on this houselatest 202094%of home extensions approved nearbyn=54 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs45 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 44–490open 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 45 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 3 months after
  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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2021.

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 1971–1980. 3 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of AlmondstownBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2021: 20944 · garage, approved2020: 20717 · garage, withdrawn or invalid2020: 202 · garage, withdrawn or invalid2019: 1 file on Almondstown2020: 4 files on Almondstown2021: 3 files on Almondstown2022: 1 file on Almondstown2024: 1 file on Almondstown2025: 1 file on Almondstown11 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. 2021
    20944 · garage · approved 2021 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2020
    20717 · garage · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  3. 2020
    202 · garage · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
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 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments9Enclosure; Ecclesiastical site
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: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
rzltCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
constraints.smrCC-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: bcms, npad · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:09
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
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: 62% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site29 decided · more info asked 59%
62% · council 68%
Approved nearbyLouth 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 · 29 nearby, 1,020 council-wide

Figure 3

Almondstown, file by file since 2019

1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 5.

11 planning files on Almondstown since 2019, by kind and decision.20192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2025 · garage conversion · approved · 2560301Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2019 · other work · refused · 19542No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20813No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 20944No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 211199No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460543New house in a side gardenNo number · 2020 · new house · refused · 20641No number · 2020 · new house · refused · 20712No number · 2021 · new house · approved · 211002No number · 2021 · new house · approved · 211452No number · 2022 · new house · refused · 22929
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

11 files with "Almondstown" 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 · 2019–2026

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: npad, acp · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 01:44
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
    npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 45 days. 1 in 2 is asked for more information, which adds about 120 days. Building starts about 3 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 45 days; If more info asked (1 in 2): 173 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 96 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 45 days, middle half 44–49 (n=28)45 daysIf more info asked (1 in 2)With further information: median 173 days (n=26)173 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 96 days after permission (n=20)96 days after permissionSigned off95% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated54 decided home extensions, 20 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    4 of 9 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 3 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed9 decided
    4 became permissions
    Approvals appealed3 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?

    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 10 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    17 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 10 approved, 7 refused. After appeals: 10 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 5 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 2 with no start notice found, 3 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT10: lodged → approved7: lodged → refused10: approved → approved7: refused → refused2: approved → no start notice found5: approved → built, owner opted out3: approved → ran out17 lodged17 lodged10 approved10 approved7 refused7 refused10 approved10 approved7 refused7 refused2 no start notice found2 no start notice found5 built, owner opted out5 built, owner opted out3 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.

    Measured17 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

      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 7 a year; busiest 2020. 59% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 1, 2020: 7, 2021: 5, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 105102017: 1 approved1’17*2020: 3 approved2020: 4 refused7’202021: 3 approved2021: 2 refused5’212022: 1 refused1’222023: 1 approved1’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 1 approved1’25
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 0 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: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 01:44
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
        acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        bcmsCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
        0
        How busy is this area About as busy as most of Louth 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: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        bcmsCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
        npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 9

        This street block against the council

        94% owner-occupied (council 67%).

        Homes built before 1971
        21% · council 28%
        Homes built since 2001
        31% · council 33%
        Owner-occupied
        94% · council 67%
        Rented
        2% · council 28%
        Children under 15
        19% · council 21%
        Aged 65 and over
        16% · council 14%
        Households with 2+ cars
        76% · council 38%
        Work mainly from home
        10% · council 10%
        This small area (324 people)Louth

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 147009002

        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        None nearby.

          Stops 0

            Sources: gtfs, schools, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, 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 11 Oct 2026, 23:43
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            gtfsCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
            schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
            consultpublic12 Oct 2026, 01:26open
            moderngovpublic12 Oct 2026, 01:27open
            lda_landsCC-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. Garage (20944) ran out unbuilt in 2026: built anyway?
              Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
              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
            Almondstown
            Electoral division
            Clogher
            Electoral area
            Drogheda Rural
            Council
            Louth County Council
            Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
            • 3 applications on this site; latest 20944, approved 2021, ran out unbuilt.
            • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
            • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
            • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
            • Here (2022 census): 94% owner-occupied (council 67%); 6% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1971–1980; 66% drive to work (council 59%); population up 6% since 2016.
            • Around here the council decides in a median 51 days (about 7 weeks); 38% are asked for more information.
            • 2 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
            What the terms mean 4 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.
            • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
            • 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.
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            Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
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            National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
            services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC-BY-4.09 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 12 Oct 2026, 04:42 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.