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Planning report · Meath County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 21:09

L3403

53.85848, -6.65787

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 11 homes approved 446 m away haven't started.

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0open for comments nearbywithin 500 m11homes approved nearby, not startednearest 446 m · 2460435

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 before 1919, before planning permission was needed.

Timeline from 1896: 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 1900–1918.1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1900–1918 (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

On this site
P5
Zoning · Rural and agricultural
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningP5 · Rural and agricultural
What it says

RA - Rural Area: Rural Area

Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.

meath county development plan 2021 2027 · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027

ZoningP5 · Rural and agricultural
What it says

RA - Rural Area: Rural Area

Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.

meath county development plan 2021 2027 as varied · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027

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: Drumconrath (580 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
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), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · 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
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, 05:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
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: 56% approved, and 67% are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site9 decided · more info asked 67%
56% · council 75%
Approved nearbyMeath 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 · 9 nearby, 1,651 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    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, 05:04
    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, 05:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around L3403 with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not started
    1. 1Carrickmacross Road 2460435Approved, no sign building has started · 446 m
    Figure 3

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

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

      Figure 4

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      11 homes 446 m away were approved Aug 2024 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jun 2030.

      Carrickmacross Road · 11 homes: 11 homes approved Aug 2024, not started20242025202620272028202920302031Carrickmacross Road · 11 homes446 m · 246043511 homes approved Aug 2024, not started11 homes approved Aug 2024, 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 1 within 500 m

      Approved, not started 1

      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, 05:04
      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, 05:04open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 5

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 1 a year; busiest 2023. 25% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 105102021: 2 refused2’21*2023: 1 refused1’232024: 1 approved1’24
      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 0 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
        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
        Homes coming 11 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
        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, 05:04open
        Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
        How busy is this area About as busy as most of Meath County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here11
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here10
        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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
        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, 05:04open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 6

        This street block against the council

        48% of homes built before 1971 (council 18%). 87% owner-occupied (council 75%).

        Homes built before 1971
        48% · council 18%
        Homes built since 2001
        22% · council 45%
        Owner-occupied
        87% · council 75%
        Rented
        5% · council 20%
        Children under 15
        18% · council 23%
        Aged 65 and over
        16% · council 12%
        Households with 2+ cars
        66% · council 54%
        Work mainly from home
        14% · council 11%
        This small area (332 people)Meath

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 167027005/167027006

        Nearest school
        614 m
        S N Pheadair Agus Phoil, 125 pupils
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        • S N Pheadair Agus Phoil · primary · 125 pupils · 614 m

        Stops 2

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

          • S N Pheadair Agus Phoil · 614 m-3.8% pupils (125)
          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, 05:04
          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, 05:04open
          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. Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural), not for homes: could you extend?
            Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
            Solicitor · planner
          2. 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
          Rathtrasna
          Electoral division
          Drumcondra
          Electoral area
          Kells
          Council
          Meath County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
          • Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural); not protected; no vacant land tax.
          • 1 site nearby could change: 1 approved scheme.
          • 11 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 11 at Carrickmacross Road.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 87% owner-occupied (council 75%); 10% of homes empty (council 6%); most built before 1919; 64% drive to work (council 64%); population up 6% since 2016.
          • The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 38% are asked for more information.
          • 10 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
          What the terms mean 3 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.
          • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
          • 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 24
          SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
          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.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
          dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public31 Oct 2026
          www2.courts.ie—© the publisher30 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.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
          transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
          lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
          meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public31 Oct 2026
          services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.031 Oct 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 licence31 Oct 2026
          services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
          gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
          gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
          services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 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 31 Oct 2026, 21:09 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.