2 Deerpark Place, Virginia
Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2023. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (97%). A building site 396 m away stopped before it was finished.
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. 2 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
- 20242360265 · work already done · approved 2024 · work already doneapprovedstartedsigned off?
- 202020302 · garage · approved 2020 · ran out unbuiltapprovedstartedsigned off
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
What it says
Existing Residential: Protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities
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.
cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028 · 11 Jul 2022 – 10 Jul 2028
What it says
Existing Residential: Protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities
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.
cavan county development plan incorporating variation no1 2022 2028 · 11 Jul 2022 – 10 Jul 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.
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 4 | Virginia Park Lodge; worker's house |
How we work this out
Sources: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah · 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.niah | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
How we work this out
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 3 is asked for more information.
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 · 20 nearby, 1,349 council-wide
Deerpark, file by file since 2017
9 of 9 decided extensions on the road were approved.
18 files with "Deerpark" 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 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m
Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months
| Kind | Applied | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garage conversion | 1 | 1 | — |
On Deerpark Manor: 2 extensions in 10 years; most common rear.
Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months
Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.
How we work this out
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 50 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.
Calculated38 decided home extensions, 8 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
4 of 9 appealed approvals were reversed.
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?
- 1Unit 3 The Courtyard Cavan Road, Virginia 2660537
- 2River Crescent, Virginia 08/625
- 3Deerpark, Virginia 2660290
- 4Deerpark, Virginia 2660205
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 26 permissions since 2016, 6 show a start notice and 0 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.
Measured29 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 21 Oct 2026.
- Comments close 21 Oct 20267 days left12660537 · application received — (1) PERMISSION for a material change of use of the rear portion of the ground floor from a…€20 to the council · 445 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
1 building site nearby stopped before sign-off.
Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.
Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)
Sites that could change 1 within 500 m
Building site that stopped 1
- 2River Crescent, Virginia · 18 homes, started Oct 2016, never signed off · 396 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 1 and 7 a year; busiest 2021. 93% of decisions were approvals.
2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Open for comments €20 to comment
- 1Unit 3 The Courtyard Cavan Road , Virginia , Co. Cavan comments close 21 Oct 2026for (1) PERMISSION for a material change of use of the rear portion of the ground floor from a coffee shop to…
Every application within 500 m 5 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- Unit 3 The Courtyard Cavan Road , Virginia , Co. Cavan Withdrawn or not validfor (1) RETENTION PERMISSION for the material change of use of the front portion of the ground floor from a…
- Unit 3 The Courtyard Cavan Road , Virginia , Co. Cavan Withdrawn or not valid(1) for the material change of use of the front portion of the ground floor from a previously permitted…
- 3Deerpark , Virginia , Co. Cavan No decision yetto develop 4 No. residential sites as follows: Site 1: 1 No. detached storey and a half style dwelling and…
- 4Deerpark , Virginia , Cavan Approved with conditionsfor single storey extension to rear and garage conversion to side
How we work this out
Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
- Cavan Road, Virginia, Cavan, A82 XT71 · 14 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 22338 · 451 m
- Deerpark, (off Cavan Road N3) A82 X925, Virginia, Cavan · 8 Dec 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/60162 · 180 m
How we work this out
Source: bcms · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 00:33
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 14 Oct 2026, 00:33 | open |
Homes coming 0 not started
- River Crescent · 24 homes · ran out · runs out 25 Nov 2025 · 414 m
How we work this out
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Estate: Deerpark Manor · 3 applications in 10 years
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Angela Deighan’s Montessori School · Crèche | 9 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | approx. 396 m |
| Scallywags Childcare · Crèche | 31 Jul 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | approx. 396 m |
| Scribbles · Crèche | 18 Feb 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | approx. 396 m |
How we work this out
Sources: estates, schools, tusla_ey · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 20:18
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| estates | ODbL-1.0 (OSM) + CC-BY-SA-4.0 (NHDS) + CC-BY-4.0 (Kildare) | 27 Sept 2026, 20:18 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| tusla_ey | public (Tusla statutory register; acknowledgement required, no open licence stated) | 5 Oct 2026, 23:33 | open |
How busy is this area Busier than most of Cavan County Council.
How we work this out
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
2% of homes built before 1971 (council 25%). 64% owner-occupied (council 69%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 027092001
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
None nearby.
Stops 2
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
| 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 |
| 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
- Work already done (2360265): work kept with permission. Done as approved?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
- Garage (20302) ran out unbuilt in 2025: built anyway?Seller · solicitorAsk for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
- Application 445 m away open for comments until 21 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
- Deerpark
- Electoral division
- Virginia
- Electoral area
- Ballyjamesduff
- Council
- Cavan County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 2 applications on this site; latest 2360265, approved 2024, work already done.
- Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
- 1 site nearby could change: 1 stalled build.
- 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 21 Oct 2026.
- No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
- Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
- Here (2022 census): 64% owner-occupied (council 69%); 6% of homes empty (council 15%); most built 2001–2010; 67% drive to work (council 65%); population up 18% since 2016.
- 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
What the terms mean 9 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.
- Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
- 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.
- Building site that stopped (Commenced, no completion certificate): A housing build that told the council it was starting at least three years ago, passed its own planned finish date, and has never been signed off as finished.
Sources and licences 26
| 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 Inventory of Architectural Heritage | 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 |
| overpass-api.de | OpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County Council | ODbL-1.0 (OSM) + CC-BY-SA-4.0 (NHDS) +… | 27 Sept 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 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | public (Tusla statutory register; ackn… | 5 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |