Planning report · Louth County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 17 Oct 2026, 13:19

L22542

53.84012, -6.44177

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 applications nearby open for comments.

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Distance

250 m 500 m 1 km 2 km

Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Louth County Council: council consultations.

2open for comments nearbyclose 21 Oct–11 Nov

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

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.

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

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

On this site

Protected or listed · on the council's list

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 2.0 km

Within 2.0 km	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	9	Richardstown Castle; Rathcoole House
Monuments	35	Enclosure; Souterrain

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: 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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026, 23:18	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 00:14	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	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.

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 01:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open

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: 17% approved, and 1 in 6 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site6 decided · more info asked 17%

17% · 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 · 6 nearby, 1,024 council-wide

Figure 3

Dromin, file by file since 2018

3 of 3 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 0 of 1.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

6 files with "Dromin" 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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 01:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

What appeals changed

0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed1 decided

0 became permissions

Approvals appealed1 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

Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months

500778 Pending · Dromin Knockatober Cangy Mooremount Richardstown (ED Stabannan)… · 190 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	17 Oct 2026, 01:34	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around L22542 with 8 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsAppealRefusedNo decision yetApproved

1Dromin House Dromin, Dunleer 2660688No decision yet · 813 m
2Toberdoney, Dromin Dunleer 2660636No decision yet · 1.7 km
3Dromin Knockatober Cangy Mooremount Richardstown (ED Stabannan) Painestown Ballymageragh and Knockdinnin, County Louth 500778Appeal: no decision yet · 190 m
4Dromin House Dromin, Dunleer 2560728Refused · 663 m
5Knockatober, Dunleer 2660506No decision yet · 1.3 km
6Knockatober, Dunleer 25186Approved with conditions · 1.6 km
7Dromin, Dunleer 2560753Approved with conditions · 1.7 km
8Richardstown, Dromin 2660467Refused · 1.8 km

Figure 5

The next 30 days

2 deadlines within 2.0 km; the first closes 21 Oct 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 21 Oct 20264 days left
22660636 · application received — Retention permission for detached Dog Kennels and all associated site works
€20 to the council · 1.7 km away
Comments close 11 Nov 202625 days left
12660688 · application received — Retention of a tennis court, the retention of a replacement agricultural shed, and the retention…
€20 to the council · 813 m away

Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

Figure 6

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 1 a year; busiest 2020. 80% 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

2Toberdoney , Dromin Dunleer , County Louth comments close 21 Oct 2026
Retention permission for detached Dog Kennels and all associated site works
266063616 Sept 20261.7 km
1Dromin House Dromin , Dunleer , Co Louth comments close 11 Nov 2026
Retention of a tennis court, the retention of a replacement agricultural shed, and the retention of the…
26606887 Oct 2026813 m

Every application within 2.0 km 12 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

Pine Haven Dromin , Dunleer , Co. Louth Withdrawn or not valid
Retention permission for: 1. A front porch. 2. Conversion of the existing first floor area to habitable…
266067230 Sept 20261 homes1.3 km
Dromin House Dromin , Dunleer , Co Louth Withdrawn or not valid
Retention permission for a tennis court, the retention of a replacement agricultural shed, and the retention…
266064318 Sept 2026813 m
5Knockatober , Dunleer , County Louth No decision yet
Retention and Permission: Retention permission for a two storey dwelling house with a single storey annexe, a…
266050627 Jul 20262 homes1.3 km
8Richardstown , Dromin , Dunleer Refused
1. Retention permission for dwellinghouse, 2. Retention permission for 2 No. sheds to rear of dwellinghouse,…
26604674 Sept 20262 homes1.8 km
Knockatober , Dunleer , County Louth Withdrawn or not valid
Retention and Permission: The retention development consists of the retention of a two storey dwelling house…
266043129 Jun 20262 homes1.3 km
Richardstown , Dromin , Dunleer Withdrawn or not valid
Retention and Permission: 1. Retention permission for dwelling house. 2. Retention permission for 2 No. sheds…
266041825 Jun 20262 homes1.8 km
6Knockatober , Dunleer , Co Louth Approved with conditions
Permission for an extension and alterations to existing dwelling house and associated site development works
2518613 Feb 20261 homes1.6 km
7Dromin , Dunleer , County Louth Approved with conditions
Permision for the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, access…
256075314 Aug 20261 homes1.7 km
4Dromin House Dromin , Dunleer , Co Louth Refused
Retention of a tennis court, the retention of a replacement agricultural shed, and the retention of the…
256072830 Jun 20261 homes663 m
Knockatober , Dunleer , County Louth Withdrawn or not valid
The retention development consists of the retention of a two storey dwellinghouse with single storey annexe,…
256066521 Oct 20251 homes1.3 km

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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 01:09	open

Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months

1 not signed off2 no sign-off needed

Knockatober, Haynestown, Louth · 28 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25186 · 1.6 km
Greenlanes, Dromin, Louth · 30 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560366 · 983 m
To the Rear of The Village Saloon, Dromin, Louth, A92 H7T1 · 23 Feb 2026 · start notice not signed off · 2560354 · 510 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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 01:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 01:09	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

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: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 01:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 7

This street block against the council

88% owner-occupied (council 67%).

Homes built before 1971

36% · council 28%

Homes built since 2001

30% · council 33%

Owner-occupied

88% · council 67%

Rented

5% · council 28%

Children under 15

16% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

14% · council 14%

Households with 2+ cars

71% · council 38%

Work mainly from home

9% · council 10%

This small area (408 people)Louth

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 147015002

Nearest school

506 m

Dromin NS, 97 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Dromin NS · primary · 97 pupils · 506 m

Stops 0

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

Dromin NS · 505 m+1% pupils (97)

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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026, 23:43	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 02:05	open
Council consultation portals	Public	17 Oct 2026, 01:36	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	17 Oct 2026, 02:12	open
Land Development Agency public land register	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	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Application 813 m away open for comments until 11 Nov 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
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: Dromin
Electoral division: Dromin
Electoral area: Ardee
Council: Louth County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Not protected; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
2 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 11 Nov 2026.
No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Here (2022 census): 88% owner-occupied (council 67%); 6% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 63% drive to work (council 59%); population up 8% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 52 days (about 7 weeks); 40% are asked for more information.
12 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
2 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).

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.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
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 25

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	16 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	17 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	17 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	17 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	17 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)	© PSRA, PSI licence	17 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 17 Oct 2026, 13:19 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.

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