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Planning report · Cavan County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 26 Oct 2026, 15:26

Corfree Road, Loch Gowna

53.87362, -7.53418

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2025.

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Not held yet for Cavan County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 20250open for comments nearbywithin 500 m

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 2026.

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 Loch GownaBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2026: 2560400 · change of use, approved2021: 1 file on Loch Gowna2022: 1 file on Loch Gowna2024: 2 files on Loch Gowna4 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. 2026
    2560400 · change of use · approved 2026 · started, not signed off
    approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
M2
Zoning · Major town centre
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says

Town Core: To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the town and village core while providing and/or improving town/village centre facilities.

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028 · 11 Jul 2022 – 10 Jul 2028

ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says

Town Core: To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the town and village core while providing and/or improving town/village centre facilities.

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

cavan county development plan incorporating variation no1 2022 2028 · 11 Jul 2022 – 10 Jul 2028

Protected building2 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished); on the council's record (not republished)
Heritage inventory2 within 100 m water pump; water pump

Not on this site: 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: Gowna Waste Water Works (247 m)

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings6handball alley; Church of the Holy Family
Monuments5Enclosure; Church
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. This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 3 on the draft 2027 map; 2 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:51open
Records of Protected StructuresNo licence stated · shown as a yes/no only—open
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
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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
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 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site5 decided · more info asked 60%
100% · council 87%
Approved nearbyCavan 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, 566 council-wide

Figure 3

Loch Gowna, file by file since 2021

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

4 planning files on Loch Gowna since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2024 · rear · approved · 2460092Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21228No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460174New house in a side gardenNo number · 2022 · new house · approved · 2283
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

4 files with "Loch Gowna" 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 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Corfree Road, Loch Gowna with 2 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yet
    1. 10.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 100 m
    2. 2Scrabby, Loch Gowna 2660370No decision yet · 44 m
    Figure 4

    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

      Sites that could change 1 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 1

      • 10.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 100 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 5

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 2, 2025: 205102021: 1 approved1’21*2022: 2 approved2’222023: 1 approved1’232024: 2 approved2’242025: 2 approved2’25
      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 1 in the last 12 months

      See every application on the map

      • 2Scrabby , Loch Gowna , Co. Cavan No decision yet
        to (a) alter existing main site entrance by erecting new entrance piers and walls along with new sliding…
        26603701 Jul 202644 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months
      1 not signed off2 no sign-off needed
      • Cloone, Gowna, Cavan · 23 Jul 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 25/60476 · 242 m
      • Cloone, Gowna, Cavan · 23 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/60476 · 248 m
      • Scrabby, Lough Gowna, Gowna, Cavan, H12 TN83 · 26 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/60400 · 46 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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Cavan County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here3
      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 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 6

      This street block against the council

      47% owner-occupied (council 69%).

      Homes built before 1971
      18% · council 25%
      Homes built since 2001
      53% · council 41%
      Owner-occupied
      47% · council 69%
      Rented
      45% · council 24%
      Children under 15
      16% · council 22%
      Aged 65 and over
      19% · council 15%
      Households with 2+ cars
      29% · council 47%
      Work mainly from home
      5% · council 8%
      This small area (168 people)Cavan

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 027078003

      Bus
      46 m
      Lough Gowna · 865 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      46 m
      St Patricks Mxd NS, 93 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • St Patricks Mxd NS · primary · 93 pupils · 46 m

      Stops 2

      • Lough Gowna · 865 · 46 m
      • Lough Gowna · 865 · 0/hour at peak · 56 m

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

      • St Patricks Mxd NS · 46 m-7.9% pupils (93)
      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 26 Oct 2026, 01:54
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
      Council consultation portalsPublic26 Oct 2026, 00:55open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public26 Oct 2026, 01:54open
      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. Change of use (2560400) started Mar 2026, never signed off: is it finished?
        Ask for: The completion certificate, or an engineer's opinion of compliance.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
        Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
        Solicitor
      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
      Loch Gowna
      Electoral division
      Scrabby
      Electoral area
      Ballyjamesduff
      Council
      Cavan County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 1 job on this site started but never signed off as finished.
      • Zoned M2 (major town centre); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
      • 1 site nearby could change: 1 empty zoned plot.
      • Lough Gowna (bus 865) 56 m away: 4 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 47% owner-occupied (council 69%); 28% of homes empty (council 15%); most built 2001–2010; 59% drive to work (council 65%); population up 9% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 58 days (about 8 weeks); 45% are asked for more information.
      • 1 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • 2 building jobs started within 250 m in the last six months.
      What the terms mean 6 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.
      • 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
      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 4.023 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.026 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)Public26 Oct 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher25 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 4.019 Oct 2026
      data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.019 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)Public26 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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      propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence26 Oct 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (Record of Protected Structures)No licence stated · flag only—
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
      gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 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 26 Oct 2026, 15:26 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.