Planning report · Louth County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 9 Oct 2026, 22:04
L5179
53.92829, -6.46508
Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2021. 1 application nearby open for comments.
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
3planning files on this houselatest 202146 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 43–541open for comments nearbyclose 4 Nov
How planning works, with this area's numbers
steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 46 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council
- 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
What's the planning story of this house?
When it was built, and the rules since
Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 202221405 · work already done · approved 2022 · work already doneapprovedstartedsigned off?
- 202121152 · work already done · withdrawnapproved?startedsigned off?
- 20212151 · work already done · withdrawnapproved?startedsigned off?
On this site
Yes
Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (LH011-096----)
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
No zoning in the plans we hold.
Protected building1 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished)
Monument zoneOn this site Castle - tower house, Darver; Gatehouse, Darver
Not on this site: conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.
Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 2 | Darver Castle; Darver National School |
| Monuments | 7 | Castle - tower house; Bawn |
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: zoning, constraints.niah, constraints.smr, constraints.smr_zones, rps.louth, rzlt, constraints · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:11 | open |
| constraints.niah | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
| constraints.smr | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | open |
| constraints.smr_zones | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:34 | open |
| rps.louth | unstated (council's public ArcGIS service; no licence published) · not redistributable — shown as a flag only | — | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:59 | open |
| constraints | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false) | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
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.
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
A new house in a garden is harder: 89% approved, and 100% are asked for more information.
New house in a garden or site9 decided · more info asked 100%
89% · council 68%
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 · 9 nearby, 1,020 council-wide
Darver, file by file since 2017
3 of 3 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 3 of 4.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid
14 files with "Darver" 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 · 2017–2026
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
| Kind | Applied | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-storey side | 1 | 0 | — |
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.
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 46 days.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated11 decided home extensions, 1 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
1 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.
Approvals appealed1 decided
1 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
What's changing around you?
- 1Darver Castle, Darver 2660670
- 2Darver Community Centre, Darver 2659
- 3Monina Cottage, Killincoole Readypenny 2660437
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 18 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.
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.
Measured20 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 4 Nov 2026.
Comments close
- Comments close 4 Nov 202626 days left12660670 · application received — Permission for the construction of single storey extension to the side of existing two storey…€20 to the council · 0 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2024. 95% of decisions were approvals.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided
2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Open for comments €20 to comment
- 1Darver Castle , Darver , Co. Louth comments close 4 Nov 2026Permission for the construction of single storey extension to the side of existing two storey (non-original)…
Every application within 500 m 3 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 3Monina Cottage , Killincoole Readypenny , County Louth Approved with conditionsPermission for alterations to existing dwelling including a two-storey extension, a domestic garage, new…
- 2Darver Community Centre , Darver , Co Louth Approved with conditionsPermission for ramp access to first floor of existing community centre building and all associated works
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.
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kool Kidz Creche · Crèche | 19 Jul 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | approx. 175 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.
How busy is this area About as busy as most of Louth County Council.
Homes approved
Here0
Council middle0
Homes started
Here2
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.
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
42% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 91% owner-occupied (council 67%).
Homes built before 1971
42% · council 28%
Homes built since 2001
28% · council 33%
Owner-occupied
91% · council 67%
Rented
4% · council 28%
Children under 15
26% · council 21%
Aged 65 and over
19% · council 14%
Households with 2+ cars
55% · council 38%
Work mainly from home
10% · council 10%
This small area (220 people)Louth
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 147013003
Nearest school
449 m
Scoil Dairbhre Mixed, 71 pupils
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Scoil Dairbhre Mixed · primary · 71 pupils · 449 m
Stops 0
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Scoil Dairbhre Mixed · 449 m-7.8% pupils (71)
Sources: gtfs, schools, npad, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, 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 4 Oct 2026, 23:41
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtfs | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:41 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026, 01:41 | open |
| consult | public | 9 Oct 2026, 01:21 | open |
| moderngov | public | 9 Oct 2026, 01:22 | open |
| lda_lands | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 16:43 | open |
| cso_saps_2022 | CC BY 4.0 | — | open |
| National Transport Authority | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0) | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0) | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| EPA strategic noise maps | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| Fingal County Council | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- Work already done (21405): work kept with permission. Done as approved?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
- Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?Seller · councilAsk for: Details of past works from the seller.
- Application 0 m away open for comments until 4 Nov 2026: comment?CouncilAsk for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Townland
- Darver
- Electoral division
- Darver
- Electoral area
- Ardee
- Council
- Louth County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 3 applications on this site; latest 21405, approved 2022, work already done.
- Monument zone; no vacant land tax.
- Nothing nearby looks set to change.
- 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 4 Nov 2026.
- No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
- Here (2022 census): 91% owner-occupied (council 67%); 8% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 63% drive to work (council 59%); population down 5% since 2016.
- 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
- The council decides in a median 52 days (about 7 weeks); 40% are asked for more information.
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.
- 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.
- Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
- Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
- 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 28
| Source | Publisher | Licence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPA strategic noise maps | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| Fingal County Council | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0) | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| National Transport Authority | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | An Coimisiún Pleanála | CC-BY-4.0 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC-BY-4.0 | 8 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC… | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Monuments Service (SMR) | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Monuments Service (SMR zones) | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 9 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 9 Oct 2026 |
| cso.ie | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0) | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Local authorities (derelict sites registers) | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | public | 9 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Tailte Éireann | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| propertypriceregister.ie | Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR) | PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use… | 9 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures) | unstated (council's public ArcGIS serv… · flag only | — |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | 25 Sept 2026 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | public (Tusla statutory register; ackn… | 5 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 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 9 Oct 2026, 22:04 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.