Planning report · Cavan County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 15 Oct 2026, 18:49
Main Street, Virginia
53.83447, -7.08088
Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2023. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%).
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 202398%of home extensions approved nearbyn=43 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 44–520open 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- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 50 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 7 months after
- 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 202423329 · extension · approved 2024 · built, signed offapprovedstartedsigned off
- 202323321 · extension · withdrawnapproved?started?signed off?
- 202323260 · extension · withdrawnapproved?started?signed off?
On this site
M2
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
ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says
Town Core: To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the town and village core while providing and/or improving town/village centre facilities.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028 · 11 Jul 2022 – 10 Jul 2028
ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says
Town Core: To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the town and village core while providing and/or improving town/village centre facilities.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
cavan county development plan incorporating variation no1 2022 2028 · 11 Jul 2022 – 10 Jul 2028
Protected building14 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished); on the council's record (not republished)
Not on this site: monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.
Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Virginia (436 m)
Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 17 | The Cottage; Virginia Park Lodge |
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, constraints.niah, epa_leap, rps.cavan, rzlt, constraints · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026, 23:18 | open |
| constraints.niah | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
| epa_leap | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Oct 2026, 23:31 | open |
| rps.cavan | unstated (council's public ArcGIS service; no licence published) · not redistributable — shown as a flag only | — | 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 |
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
Extensions are almost always approved here: 100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 100% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.
Attic or dormer11 decided · more info asked 18%
100% · council 95%
New house in a garden or site13 decided · more info asked 54%
100% · council 90%
Approved nearbyCavan 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 · 24 nearby, 1,349 council-wide
Virginia, file by file since 2017
10 of 11 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 6 of 6.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid
54 files with "Virginia" 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 · 2017–2026
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?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 50 days. 1 in 5 is asked for more information, which adds about 65 days. Building starts about 7 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated43 decided home extensions, 8 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
1 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 5 of 10 appealed approvals were reversed.
Refusals appealed1 decided
1 became permissions
Approvals appealed10 decided
5 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
What's changing around you?
- 1Main Street, Virginia 2660232
- 2Cavan Road, Virginia 2660077
- 3Church View, Ballyjamesduff Road 2560766
- 4Virginia Park Lodge, Deerpark 2660038
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 43 permissions since 2016, 8 show a start notice and 2 have 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.
Measured48 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
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
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 3 and 7 a year; busiest 2022. 96% of decisions were approvals.
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 5 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 1Main Street , Virginia , County Cavan No decision yetfor (A) the change of use and refurbishment of part of ground floor of the existing derelict building,…
- Main Street , Virginia , County Cavan Withdrawn or not validfor a residential development comprising of: (A) the change of use and refurbishment of part of ground floor…
- 2Cavan Road , Virginia , Co. Cavan Approved with conditionsfor (1) Change of internal layout and use at Ground Floor Level from Commercial Retail Unit (planning…
- 4Virginia Park Lodge , Deerpark , Virginia No decision yetfor the temporary planning permission (previously granted under Planning Ref. No. 15/389, 20/389 & 20/573)…
- 3Church View , Ballyjamesduff Road , Virginia Co. Cavan Approved with conditionsfor: (1) Renovation and extension of the existing stone-fronted estate cottage, listed under rps reference…
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 3 in the last 12 months
- The Drumlins, Bailieborough Road, Virginia, Cavan · 16 Jun 2026 · 78 homes · start notice not signed off · 2460650 · 488 m
- 5 New Street, Virginia, Cavan, A82 V9K8 · 1 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 25/60166 · 368 m
- Ballyjamesduff Road, Virginia, Cavan, A82 P9K7 · 30 Oct 2025 · 2 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 2560112 · 253 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 15 Oct 2026, 00:44
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 15 Oct 2026, 00:44 | open |
Homes coming 0 not started
- Rampart View · 11 homes · building started · 415 m
How we work this out
Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, 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).
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Angela Deighan’s Montessori School · Crèche | 9 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | approx. 680 m |
| Scallywags Childcare · Crèche | 31 Jul 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | approx. 680 m |
| Scribbles · Crèche | 18 Feb 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | approx. 680 m |
| Angel's Nest Creche and Playgroup · Crèche | 15 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 892 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.
How busy is this area Busier than most of Cavan County Council.
Homes approved
Here87
Council middle0
Homes started
Here102
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
15% of homes built before 1971 (council 25%). 62% owner-occupied (council 69%).
Homes built before 1971
15% · council 25%
Homes built since 2001
63% · council 41%
Owner-occupied
62% · council 69%
Rented
33% · council 24%
Children under 15
20% · council 22%
Aged 65 and over
12% · council 15%
Households with 2+ cars
31% · council 47%
Work mainly from home
7% · council 8%
This small area (309 people)Cavan
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 027092010
Bus
128 m
Virginia · 109, 109X, 172 · busiest stop within 500 m: 3 an hour at peak
Nearest school
359 m
Virginia Mxd NS, 463 pupils
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Virginia Mxd NS · primary · 463 pupils · 359 m
- Virginia College · postprimary · 809 pupils · 425 m
Stops 6
- Virginia · 109, 109X, 172, 186, 187, 30 · 3/hour at peak · 128 m
- Virginia · 109X, 172, 186, 187, 30, EK1 · 3/hour at peak · 153 m
- Bailieborough Road · 172 · 1/hour at peak · 337 m
- Bailieborough Road · 172 · 1/hour at peak · 387 m
- Lough Ramor · 109, 109X, 186, EK1, VI07 · 2/hour at peak · 735 m
- Lough Ramor · 109X, 186, EK1, VI07 · 2/hour at peak · 751 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Virginia Mxd NS · 359 m-3.7% pupils (463)
- Virginia College · 425 m-4.1% pupils (809)
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 | 15 Oct 2026, 02:04 | open |
| consult | public | 15 Oct 2026, 01:32 | open |
| moderngov | public | 15 Oct 2026, 01:32 | 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
- 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
- Virginia
- Electoral division
- Virginia
- Electoral area
- Ballyjamesduff
- Council
- Cavan County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 3 applications on this site; latest 23329, approved 2024, built, signed off.
- Zoned M2 (major town centre); not protected; no vacant land tax.
- Nothing nearby looks set to change.
- Virginia (bus 109X, 172) 153 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 8 from all stops within 500 m.
- Here (2022 census): 62% owner-occupied (council 69%); 6% of homes empty (council 15%); most built 2001–2010; 57% drive to work (council 65%); population up 18% since 2016.
- Around here the council decides in a median 90 days (about 13 weeks); 54% are asked for more information.
- Homes started within 1 km: 91 in the last year, 2 three years before.
- 5 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 27
| 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 | 14 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 Inventory of Architectural Heritage | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 15 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 15 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 |
| data.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register) | 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 | 15 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 15 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… | 15 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures) | unstated (council's public ArcGIS serv… · flag only | — |
| 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 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | public (Tusla statutory register; ackn… | 14 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 15 Oct 2026, 18:49 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.