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Planning report · Louth County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 5 Nov 2026, 07:56

Barn Hill, Ardee

53.85600, -6.53648

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%). 28 homes approved 359 m away haven't started.

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Distance
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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Louth County Council: council consultations.

98%of home extensions approved nearbyn=46 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs48 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 44–490open for comments nearbywithin 500 m58homes approved nearby, not startednearest 170 m · 2660139

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. Here 48 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 16 months after
  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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992).

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 1971–1980.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built

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

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

  • 5 Jul 2021 · notice that building work was starting · signed off as finished oct 2023
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
Yes
Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (LH017-101030-)
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity and character of existing 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.

louth county development plan · 11 Nov 2021 – 1 Jan 2027

Protected building3 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished); on the council's record (not republished)
Heritage inventory2 within 100 m Ardee Railway Station; Ardee Railway Station
Monument zoneOn this site Kiln - pottery, Dawsonsdemesne; Kiln - pottery, Dawsonsdemesne

Not on this site: conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Ardee (920 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings50Bank of Ireland; house
Monuments29Castle - tower house; Historic town
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 council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 5 on the draft 2027 map; 5 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record, SMR zones of notification, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:44
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:13open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
SMR zones of notificationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:34open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 23:44open
Records of Protected StructuresNo licence stated · shown as a yes/no only—open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
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

Extensions are almost always approved here: 91% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 67% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear11 decided · more info asked 9%
91% · council 98%
New house in a garden or site9 decided · more info asked 44%
67% · council 58%
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 · 20 nearby, 893 council-wide

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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 48 days. 1 in 6 is asked for more information, which adds about 53 days. Building starts about 16 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 48 days; If more info asked (1 in 6): 102 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 472 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 mo21 mo24 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 48 days, middle half 44–49 (n=38)48 daysIf more info asked (1 in 6)With further information: median 102 days (n=8)102 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 472 days after permission (n=15)472 days after permissionSigned off80% of owners opt out of sign-off

    Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

    Calculated46 decided home extensions, 15 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    0 of 5 appealed refusals became permissions. 2 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed5 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed4 decided
    2 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 2 in the last 12 months
    • 500292 Refused · The Black Ridge, Townparks, Ardee, Co. Louth. · 368 m
    • 323972 Pending · Ardee, Co. Louth · 76 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher4 Nov 2026, 23:17open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Barn Hill, Ardee with 15 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingApproved, not startedAppealRefusedBuilding startedEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 1Barrett’s Lane, Ardee 2660469Approved with conditions · 211 m
    2. 28 Campbells Park, Ardee 2660618Approved with conditions · 411 m
    3. 3Ardee Bread Company Castle Street 2660139Approved, no sign building has started · 170 m
    4. 4Market Street and Market House Lane 22331Approved, no sign building has started · 359 m
    5. 5Irish Street/Rogan's Lane/Markethouse Lane 22375Approved, no sign building has started · 407 m
    6. 6Ardee, Co. Louth 323972Appeal: no decision yet · 76 m
    7. 721B Castle Street, Ardee 2660030Refused · 199 m
    8. 8St. Tierney Street, Ardee SN0014383LHBuilding started · 91 m
    9. 921 Castle Street, Ardee SN0014221LHBuilding started · 197 m
    10. 101.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 368 m
    11. 111.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 378 m
    12. 124.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 419 m
    13. 131.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 498 m
    14. 14Patrick Tierney Street, Ardee 2660565Approved with conditions · 93 m
    15. 15Morhall Townparks, Ardee 2660433No decision yet · 233 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 58 permissions since 2016, 17 show a start notice and 4 have a completion certificate.

    65 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 60 approved, 5 refused. After appeals: 58 approved. Of those: 4 signed off, 8 built with the owner's opt-out, 5 started, 35 with no start notice found, 6 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT60: lodged → approved5: lodged → refused58: approved → approved5: refused → refused1 approved by the council, refused after an appeal1 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal35: approved → no start notice found8: approved → built, owner opted out5: approved → started, not signed off4: approved → signed off6: approved → ran out65 lodged65 lodged60 approved60 approved5 refused5 refused58 approved58 approved6 refused6 refused1 withdrawn1 withdrawn35 no start notice found35 no start notice found8 built, owner opted out8 built, owner opted out5 started, not signed off5 started, not signed off4 signed off4 signed off6 ran out6 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.

    Measured65 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    2 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 20 Nov 2026.

    2 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-20 2660469: CONDITIONAL — Permission for part change of use of a commercial unit to a residential unit and associated site development works. *Sig; 2026-11-20 2660618: CONDITIONAL — Retention of an extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house and associated site development workstoday10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov30 Nov5 Dec2660469: CONDITIONAL — Permission for part change of use of a commercial unit to a residential unit and associated site development works. *Sig · 211 m away · 2026-11-202660618: CONDITIONAL — Retention of an extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house and associated site development works · 411 m away · 2026-11-20
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 20 Nov 202615 days left
      12660469 · CONDITIONAL — Permission for part change of use of a commercial unit to a residential unit and associated site…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 211 m away
    • Time to appeal ends 20 Nov 202615 days left
      22660618 · CONDITIONAL — Retention of an extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house and associated site development works
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 411 m away

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

    Figure 7

    Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

    28 homes 359 m away were approved Apr 2023 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Aug 2029.

    Market Street and Market… · 28 homes: 28 homes approved Apr 2023, not started; Ardee Bread Company… · 20 homes: 20 homes approved Sep 2026, not started; Irish Street/Rogan's… · 10 homes: 10 homes approved Jun 2022, not started202220232024202520262027202820292030Market Street and Market… · 28 homes359 m · 2233128 homes approved Apr 2023, not started28 homes approved Apr 2023, not startedArdee Bread Company… · 20 homes170 m · 266013920 homes approved Sep 2026, not started20 homes approved Sep 2026, not startedIrish Street/Rogan's… · 10 homes407 m · 2237510 homes approved Jun 2022, not started10 homes approved Jun 2022, not startedtoday

    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 7 within 500 m

    Approved, not started 3

    Empty land zoned for homes 4

    • 101.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 368 m
    • 111.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 378 m
    • 124.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 419 m
    • 131.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 498 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.02 Nov 2026, 23:17open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
    Figure 8

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 8 and 16 a year; busiest 2025. 92% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 11, 2022: 13, 2023: 9, 2024: 8, 2025: 16, 2026: 8051015202021: 11 approved11’21*2022: 12 approved2022: 1 refused13’222023: 9 approved9’232024: 8 approved8’242025: 14 approved2025: 2 refused16’252026: 6 approved2026: 2 refused8’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

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

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Every application within 500 m 15 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    Building work nearby 6 in the last 12 months
    2 signed off as finished4 not signed off
    • 8St. Tierney Street, Ardee, Louth, A92 H1FX · 27 Jun 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 91 m
    • 921 Castle Street, Ardee, Louth, A92 Y0CR · 21 May 2026 · 7-day notice signed off · 197 m
    • The Boat Trench, Ardee, Louth · 1 May 2026 · 21 homes · start notice not signed off · 2460476 · 295 m
    • Castle Street, Ardee, Louth, A92 WR25 · 29 Apr 2026 · start notice not signed off · PT8LH94 · 196 m
    • 10 Markethouse / Rogans Lane, Ardee, Louth, A92 H528 · 15 Dec 2025 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · 2560396 · 396 m
    • Castle Street, Ardee, Louth, A92 APK4 · 21 Nov 2025 · start notice signed off · 2460072 · 202 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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    Homes coming 58 not started
    How we work this out
    Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, 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).
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Cheeky Monkey Early Years Limited · Crèche16 Sept 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate566 m
    Toddlers' Hill Creche & Montessori · Crèche13 Aug 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate708 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 4 Nov 2026, 23:36
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register4 Nov 2026, 23:36open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Louth County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here194
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here398
    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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 9

    This street block against the council

    87% owner-occupied (council 67%).

    Homes built before 1971
    32% · council 28%
    Homes built since 2001
    15% · council 33%
    Owner-occupied
    87% · council 67%
    Rented
    11% · council 28%
    Children under 15
    14% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    35% · council 14%
    Households with 2+ cars
    40% · council 38%
    Work mainly from home
    4% · council 10%
    This small area (167 people)Louth

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 147002005

    Bus
    395 m
    Aldi Ardee · 177 · busiest stop within 500 m: 3 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    388 m
    S N Mhuire na Trocaire, 339 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • S N Mhuire na Trocaire · primary · 339 pupils · 388 m
    • Ardee Monastery · primary · 244 pupils · 440 m
    • Ardee Educate Together NS · primary · 177 pupils · 839 m
    • Ardee Community School · postprimary · 1317 pupils · 839 m

    Stops 5

    • Aldi Ardee · 177 · 1/hour at peak · 395 m
    • Ardee Ch · 167, 182, 980, DK08 · 2/hour at peak · 401 m
    • Ardee Ch · 167, 182, 980, DK08 · 3/hour at peak · 435 m
    • Ardee · 167, 177, 180, 182, 980, 980A · 3/hour at peak · 544 m
    • Ardee · 167, 177, 182, 980, 980A, 980B · 4/hour at peak · 546 m

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

    • S N Mhuire na Trocaire · 387 m+8% pupils (339)
    • Ardee Monastery · 440 m-5.4% pupils (244)
    • Ardee Educate Together NS · 839 m+2.3% pupils (177)
    • Ardee Community School · 839 m-2.7% pupils (1,317)
    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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:05open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Council consultation portalsPublic5 Nov 2026, 01:15open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public5 Nov 2026, 02:33open
    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. Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
      Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
      Seller · council
    2. 20 homes approved 170 m away (Ardee Bread Company Castle…), not started: what is planned?
      Ask for: The planning file for 2660139.
      Council
    3. Decision 210 m away can be appealed until 20 Nov 2026: appeal?
      Ask for: The decision on the council's website (€220 to appeal).
      Council
    4. Building work started 91 m away: for how long?
      Ask for: The agent's answer.
      Agent · council
    5. 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
    Dawsonsdemesne
    Electoral division
    Ardee Urban
    Electoral area
    Ardee
    Council
    Louth County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned R2 (existing residential); monument zone; no vacant land tax.
    • 7 sites nearby could change: 3 approved schemes, 4 empty zoned plots.
    • 58 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 28 at Market Street and Market House Lane.
    • Ardee Ch (bus 167, 182) 435 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 6 from all stops within 500 m.
    • Here (2022 census): 87% owner-occupied (council 67%); 8% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1971–1980; 65% drive to work (council 59%); population up 11% since 2016.
    • Around here the council decides in a median 51 days (about 7 weeks); 35% are asked for more information.
    • Homes started within 1 km: 267 in the last year, 38 three years before.
    • 15 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 80% approved (council 85%).
    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.
    • Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
    • 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.
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    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
    propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence5 Nov 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (Record of Protected Structures)No licence stated · flag only—
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
    tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register4 Nov 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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 5 Nov 2026, 07:56 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.