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Planning report · Roscommon County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 00:26

R368, Elphin

53.84881, -8.19009

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Not held yet for Roscommon County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 20241open for comments nearbyclose 10 Nov

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  8. 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. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024.

Timeline from 1955: planning permission needed from October 1964, building regulations from June 1992, building records online from March 2014, sign-off opt-out from September 2015. Most homes here were built 2001–2010. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of ElphinBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2024: 2499 · garden room, approved2021: 4 files on Elphin2022: 1 file on Elphin2023: 5 files on Elphin2024: 2 files on Elphin2025: 6 files on Elphin18 files

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

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

  1. 2024
    2499 · garden room · approved 2024 · not started, runs out 2029
    approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Elphin and Environs (644 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings2Archbold House; Bank of Ireland
Monuments14R163947; R163967
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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 1 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
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: 100% approved, and 100% are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site5 decided · more info asked 100%
100% · council 79%
Approved nearbyRoscommon 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 · 5 nearby, 698 council-wide

Figure 3

Elphin, file by file since 2021

5 of 5 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 4 of 4.

18 planning files on Elphin since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo. 9 · 2021 · rear · approved · 21214No number · 2023 · side · approved · 23223No number · 2023 · first-floor · approved · 2360055No number · 2024 · other extension · approved · 2499No number · 2025 · first-floor · approved · 2560435Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21135No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2182No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22504No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23175No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23232No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23299No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460176No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560152No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2562New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21524No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 2560034No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 2560199No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 2560247
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

18 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 · 2021–2026

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

1 no decision or withdrawn
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Other10—

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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around R368, Elphin with 6 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsDerelict buildingEmpty land zoned for homes
    1. 1Rear of Main Street, Elphin 2660536No decision yet · 390 m
    2. 2Main st, Elphin 06-2023Derelict building · 285 m
    3. 3Elphin 004-2026Derelict building · 289 m
    4. 4Main St Elphin 54-2022Derelict building · 378 m
    5. 5Main St, Elphin 23-2023Derelict building · 446 m
    6. 60.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 291 m
    Figure 4

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 15 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    15 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 15 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 15 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 3 started, 9 with no start notice found, 2 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT15: lodged → approved15: approved → approved9: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out3: approved → started, not signed off2: approved → ran out15 lodged15 lodged15 approved15 approved15 approved15 approved9 no start notice found9 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out3 started, not signed off3 started, not signed off2 ran out2 ran out

    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.

    Measured15 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 5

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 10 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-10 2660536: application received — Permission to construct 4 No. terraced, two-storey, two-bedroom dwellings together with all boundary treatments, road setoday6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov26 Nov1 Dec2660536: application received — Permission to construct 4 No. terraced, two-storey, two-bedroom dwellings together with all boundary treatments, road se · 390 m away · 2026-11-10
    Comments close
    • Comments close 10 Nov 20269 days left
      12660536 · application received — Permission to construct 4 No. terraced, two-storey, two-bedroom dwellings together with all…
      €20 to the council · 390 m away

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

    Sites that could change 5 within 500 m

    Derelict building 4

    • 2Main st, Elphin · listed as derelict · 285 m
    • 3Elphin · listed as derelict · 289 m
    • 4Main St Elphin · listed as derelict · 378 m
    • 5Main St, Elphin · listed as derelict · 446 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 1

    • 60.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 291 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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 6

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2023. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 3, 2022: 1, 2023: 4, 2024: 1, 2025: 605102021: 3 approved3’21*2022: 1 approved1’222023: 4 approved4’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 6 approved6’25
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    Every application within 500 m 4 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    • Main street , Elphin , Co Roscommon Withdrawn or not valid
      Planning permission to revert the existing vacant old post office on main street, to a two bedroom dwelling…
      266036017 Jul 2026367 m
    • Rear of Main Street , Elphin , Co. Roscommon. Withdrawn or not valid
      Permission for the following: to construct 2 No. semi-detached single storey two bedroom dwellings, together…
      266017417 Apr 20262 homes390 m
    • 6 Palace Road , Elphin , Co. Roscommon Withdrawn or not valid
      Retention permission and permission for the completion of extension to dwelling house, together with…
      25605734 Dec 20251 homes115 m
    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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months
    2 not signed off1 no sign-off needed
    • 9 Castle Street, Elphin, Roscommon, F45 A580 · 18 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · PD/21/214 · 371 m
    • Main Street, Elphin, Roscommon, F45 D9P2 · 9 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2560247 · 377 m
    • 2 Newline Road, Elphin, Roscommon, F45 AP65 · 7 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2560247 · 390 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 31 Oct 2026, 02:56
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Chatterland Creche · Crèche9 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 222 m
    Elphin Montessori Preschool · Crèche13 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate253 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.
    Sources: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Roscommon County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here10
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here14
    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.
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 7

    This street block against the council

    89% owner-occupied (council 74%).

    Homes built before 1971
    36% · council 29%
    Homes built since 2001
    33% · council 37%
    Owner-occupied
    89% · council 74%
    Rented
    6% · council 20%
    Children under 15
    17% · council 20%
    Aged 65 and over
    17% · council 19%
    Households with 2+ cars
    56% · council 47%
    Work mainly from home
    14% · council 9%
    This small area (178 people)Roscommon

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 197059004

    Bus
    356 m
    Elphin · NG05 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    253 m
    Abbeycarton Ns, 138 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Abbeycarton Ns · primary · 138 pupils · 253 m
    • Elphin Community College · postprimary · 206 pupils · 945 m

    Stops 5

    • Elphin · NG05 · 356 m
    • Elphin · 570, NG05 · 0/hour at peak · 384 m
    • Elphin · 570 · 0/hour at peak · 390 m
    • Elphin · 451, 468 · 403 m
    • Elphin · 451, 468 · 403 m

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

    • Abbeycarton Ns · 253 m-14.3% pupils (138)
    • Elphin Community College · 945 m+6.7% pupils (206) · 2 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
    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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Council consultation portalsPublic31 Oct 2026, 01:06open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public31 Oct 2026, 02:21open
    Land Development Agency public land registerCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
    cso_saps_2022CC BY 4.0—open
    National Transport AuthorityCC 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 mapsCC BY 4.0——
    Fingal County CouncilCC BY 4.0——
    Question 6

    What to ask, and who

    1. Garden room (2499) approved 2024, not started: still planned?
      Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
      Seller · solicitor
    2. Application 390 m away open for comments until 10 Nov 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      Council
    3. 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
    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 2499, approved 2024, not started, runs out 2029.
    • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
    • 5 sites nearby could change: 4 derelict, 1 empty zoned plot.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 10 Nov 2026.
    • Elphin (bus 570, NG05) 384 m away: 3 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
    • Here (2022 census): 89% owner-occupied (council 74%); 20% of homes empty (council 17%); most built 2001–2010; 59% drive to work (council 67%); population up 17% since 2016.
    • 1 home extension within 250 m since 2025.
    • The council decides in a median 98 days (about 14 weeks); 57% are asked for more information.
    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
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    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.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026
    data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026
    data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public31 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 Oct 2026
    cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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    services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
    data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
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    lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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    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 1 Nov 2026, 00:26 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.