Planning report · Mayo County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 14 Oct 2026, 09:17
Ballinrobe Road, Cornaveagh
53.79736, -9.31433
Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025. 1 application nearby open for comments.
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
How planning works, with this area's numbers
steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council
- 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
What's the planning story of this house?
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 2025.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 20252560413 · new house · approved 2025 · not started, runs out 2029approvedstartedsigned off
- 20242460539 · new house · approved 2024 · not started, runs out 2029approvedstartedsigned off
- 201918569 · new house · approved 2019 · ran out unbuiltapprovedstartedsigned off
On this site
M4
Zoning · Major town centre
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningM4 · Major town centre
What it says
Rural Village Consolidation Zoning: To provide for, protect and strengthen the vitality and viability of Tier V Rural Villages, through consolidating development, and encouraging an appropriate mix of uses commensurate with the character, capacity and connectivity of the rural village, incl
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
mayo county development plan 2022 2028 · 10 Aug 2022 – 9 Aug 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 not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Monuments | 5 | Church; Religious house - unclassified |
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
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:18 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 00:14 | open |
| constraints | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false) | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| constraints.smr | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | open |
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.
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
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 site19 decided · more info asked 58%
100% · council 91%
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 · 19 nearby, 3,380 council-wide
Magherafadda, file by file since 2018
1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid
4 files with "Magherafadda" 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.
How long, and what if someone objects?
What's changing around you?
- 1Magherafadda, Ballyheane Castlebar 2660744
- 2BALLYHEAN, CASTLEBAR 2660596
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 12 permissions since 2016, 2 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.
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.
Measured12 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 27 Oct 2026.
Comments close
- Comments close 27 Oct 202613 days left12660744 · application received — The upgrade and relocation of the existing septic tank system, and all associated site…€20 to the council · 153 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2019. 100% of decisions were approvals.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided
2018 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Open for comments €20 to comment
- 1Magherafadda , Ballyheane Castlebar , Co. Mayo comments close 27 Oct 2026The upgrade and relocation of the existing septic tank system, and all associated site development works at…
Every application within 500 m 2 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 2BALLYHEAN , CASTLEBAR , CO. MAYO Approved with conditionsPERMISSION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AN OFF-LICENCE AREA FOR THE SALE OF BEER AND SPIRITS OFF THE PREMISES,…
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.
Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
- Cunnaker, Ballyheane, Mayo, F23 WP92 · 28 Nov 2025 · start notice not signed off · 2560480 · 385 m
- Ballyheane, Ballyhean, Mayo · 24 Oct 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/60413 · 46 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: bcms · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 00:33
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 14 Oct 2026, 00:33 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
How busy is this area About as busy as most of Mayo County Council.
Homes approved
Here0
Council middle0
Homes started
Here2
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.
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
91% owner-occupied (council 73%).
Homes built before 1971
21% · council 26%
Homes built since 2001
33% · council 32%
Owner-occupied
91% · council 73%
Rented
6% · council 21%
Children under 15
24% · council 19%
Aged 65 and over
22% · council 20%
Households with 2+ cars
55% · council 45%
Work mainly from home
16% · council 9%
This small area (311 people)Mayo
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 157055002
Bus
252 m
Ballyheane · 422 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
Nearest school
349 m
SN Beal Atha na hEin, 95 pupils
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- SN Beal Atha na hEin · primary · 95 pupils · 349 m
Stops 2
- Ballyheane · 422 · 0/hour at peak · 252 m
- Ballyheane · 422 · 323 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- SN Beal Atha na hEin · 349 m+4.4% pupils (95)
Sources: gtfs, schools, npad, 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
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtfs | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 14 Oct 2026, 02:03 | open |
| consult | public | 14 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
| moderngov | public | 14 Oct 2026, 01:30 | open |
| lda_lands | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 16:43 | open |
| cso_saps_2022 | CC BY 4.0 | — | open |
| National Transport Authority | CC 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 maps | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| Fingal County Council | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- New house (2560413) approved 2025, not started: still planned?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
- New house (2460539) approved 2024, not started: still planned?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
- New house (18569) ran out unbuilt in 2024: built anyway?Seller · solicitorAsk for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
- Application 153 m away open for comments until 27 Oct 2026: comment?CouncilAsk for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Townland
- Magherafadda
- Electoral division
- Cloonkeen
- Electoral area
- Castlebar
- Council
- Mayo County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 3 applications on this site; latest 2560413, approved 2025, not started, runs out 2029.
- Zoned M4 (major town centre); not protected; no vacant land tax.
- Nothing nearby looks set to change.
- 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 27 Oct 2026.
- Ballyheane (bus 422) 252 m away: 3 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
- Here (2022 census): 91% owner-occupied (council 73%); 11% of homes empty (council 22%); most built 1971–1980; 65% drive to work (council 66%); population down 2% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 60 days (about 9 weeks); 43% are asked for more information.
- 2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
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.
- Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
- Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
- 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 24
| Source | Publisher | Licence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.com | An Coimisiún Pleanála | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC-BY-4.0 | 13 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC… | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Monuments Service (SMR) | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 14 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 14 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.com | Local authorities (derelict sites registers) | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | public | 14 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Tailte Éireann | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| propertypriceregister.ie | Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR) | PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use… | 14 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 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 14 Oct 2026, 09:17 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.