R369, Elphin
Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024. 10 homes approved 470 m away haven't started.
Not held yet for Roscommon County Council: council consultations.
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 55 days
- 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 1 planning file 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
- 20242460232 · extension · approved 2024 · not started, runs out 2029approvedstartedsigned off
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
What it says
Town Core: See detailed explanation on the Roscommmon County Development Plan website (rosdevplan.ie).
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
roscommon county development plan 2022 2028 · 19 Apr 2022 – 18 Apr 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 | 2 | Bank of Ireland; Saint Patrick's Catholic Church |
| Monuments | 1 | R163947 |
How we work this out
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development plan zoning (councils) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026, 23:24 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 00:29 | 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
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:10 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:28 | open |
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 100% are 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 · 5 nearby, 1,206 council-wide
Elphin, file by file since 2018
5 of 5 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.
22 files with "Elphin" 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
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
| 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 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:10 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:28 | open |
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 55 days.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated9 decided home extensions, 3 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions.
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?
- 1Rear of Main Street, Elphin 2660536
- 2ChurSt F45YE18, Elphin 050-2026
- 3Chapel St, Elphin 014-2023
- 4Main St, Elphin 23-2023
- 5Millstream 2460415
- 60.5 ha zoned for homes
- 70.3 ha zoned for homes
- 81.4 ha zoned for homes
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 21 permissions since 2016, 5 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.
Measured22 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 10 Nov 2026.
- Comments close 10 Nov 202619 days left12660536 · application received — Permission to construct 4 No. terraced, two-storey, two-bedroom dwellings together with all…€20 to the council · 259 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
10 homes 470 m away were approved Apr 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Apr 2030.
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 11 within 500 m
Derelict building 7
- 2ChurSt F45YE18, Elphin · listed as derelict · 32 m
- 3Chapel St, Elphin · listed as derelict · 93 m
- 4Main St, Elphin · listed as derelict · 291 m
- Main St Elphin · listed as derelict · 428 m
- Main st, Elphin · listed as derelict · 457 m
- F45Y242 Elphin, Edenaun · listed as derelict · 465 m
- New Line Road, Elphin · listed as derelict · 472 m
Approved, not started 1
- Millstream · 10 homes approved Apr 2025, not started · 470 m
Empty land zoned for homes 3
- 60.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 24 m
- 70.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 246 m
- 81.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 310 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
| 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 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:10 | open |
| Derelict sites registers | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 23:17 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:28 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 00:29 | open |
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 1 and 5 a year; busiest 2023. 95% of decisions were approvals.
2018 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Open for comments €20 to comment
- 1Rear of Main Street , Elphin , Co. Roscommon. comments close 10 Nov 2026Permission to construct 4 No. terraced, two-storey, two-bedroom dwellings together with all boundary…
Every application within 500 m 3 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- Main street , Elphin , Co Roscommon Withdrawn or not validPlanning permission to revert the existing vacant old post office on main street, to a two bedroom dwelling…
- Rear of Main Street , Elphin , Co. Roscommon. Withdrawn or not validPermission for the following: to construct 2 No. semi-detached single storey two bedroom dwellings, together…
How we work this out
Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:28 | 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 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:10 | open |
Building work nearby 5 in the last 12 months
- 7 Newline Road, Roscommon, F45 NH98 · 2 Jun 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 23232 · 499 m
- 5 Goldsmith Crescent, Elphin, Roscommon, F45 RH24 · 9 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · PTRN286 · 224 m
- Main Street, Elphin, Roscommon, F45 D9P2 · 9 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2560247 · 456 m
- Chanterland or Windmillpark Td, Elphin, Roscommon · 5 Mar 2026 · start notice signed off · PD/24/60474 · 290 m
- 2 Newline Road, Elphin, Roscommon, F45 AP65 · 7 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2560247 · 454 m
How we work this out
Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:10
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:10 | open |
Homes coming 10 not started
- 5Millstream · 10 homes · not started · runs out 27 Apr 2030 · 470 m
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
| 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 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:10 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:28 | open |
| Social housing construction status report | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 9 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Elphin Montessori Preschool · Crèche | 13 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 552 m |
| Chatterland Creche · Crèche | 9 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | approx. 586 m |
How we work this out
How busy is this area Busier than most of Roscommon County Council.
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
| 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 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:10 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:28 | open |
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
58% owner-occupied (council 74%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 197059003
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Elphin Community College · postprimary · 206 pupils · 289 m
- Abbeycarton Ns · primary · 138 pupils · 552 m
Stops 5
- Elphin · 570 · 0/hour at peak · 398 m
- Elphin · 570, NG05 · 0/hour at peak · 399 m
- Elphin · 451, 468 · 446 m
- Elphin · 451, 468 · 450 m
- Elphin · NG05 · 479 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Elphin Community College · 289 m+6.7% pupils (206) · 2 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
- Abbeycarton Ns · 552 m-14.3% pupils (138)
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 22 Oct 2026, 02:38
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026, 23:44 | open |
| Department of Education school list | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 22 Oct 2026, 02:28 | open |
| Council consultation portals | Public | 22 Oct 2026, 01:44 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | Public | 22 Oct 2026, 02:38 | 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 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- Extension (2460232) approved 2024, not started: still planned?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
- Derelict building 32 m away (ChurSt F45YE18, Elphin): is action under way?CouncilAsk for: The council's derelict sites register entry.
- Application 259 m away open for comments until 10 Nov 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
- Elphin
- Electoral division
- Elphin
- Electoral area
- Boyle
- Council
- Roscommon County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 1 application on this site; latest 2460232, approved 2024, not started, runs out 2029.
- Zoned M2 (major town centre); not protected; no vacant land tax.
- Flood Zone A 13 m away on the Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028 flood map.
- 11 sites nearby could change: 7 derelict, 1 approved scheme, 3 empty zoned plots.
- 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 10 Nov 2026.
- 10 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 10 at Millstream.
- Elphin (bus 570) 398 m away: 3 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
- Here (2022 census): 58% owner-occupied (council 74%); 24% of homes empty (council 17%); most built 2001–2010; 60% drive to work (council 67%); population up 17% since 2016.
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.
- Listed by the council as derelict (Derelict Sites Register): Councils keep a public list of land and buildings in a ruinous or dangerous state.
- 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 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 | 16 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC BY 4.0 | 22 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 | 22 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | © the publisher | 21 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 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| services1.arcgis.com | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | Public | 22 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC BY 4.0 | 22 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 | 22 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 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 register | 21 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026 |