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Planning report · Mayo County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 15:30

L13044

53.96319, -8.80587

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2021. 39 homes approved 257 m away haven't started.

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Not held yet for Mayo County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 202154 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 52–550open for comments nearbywithin 500 m39homes approved nearby, not startednearest 257 m · 2560161

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 54 days
  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 2021.

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 LowparkBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2021: 21519 · garage, approved2021: 2 files on Lowpark2022: 1 file on Lowpark2023: 8 files on Lowpark2025: 2 files on Lowpark13 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. 2021
    21519 · garage · approved 2021 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
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: Charlestown (580 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments3Ringfort - rath; R157706
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), 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
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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
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: 84% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site19 decided · more info asked 58%
84% · council 90%
Approved nearbyMayo 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 · 19 nearby, 2,188 council-wide

Figure 3

Lowpark, file by file since 2021

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 4 of 5.

13 planning files on Lowpark since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2023 · other extension · approved · 23680No number · 2025 · other extension · approved · 25225Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21519No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22173No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23228No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23258No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23265No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560161New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · refused · 21844No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23157No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23216No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23372No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23595
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

13 files with "Lowpark" 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 54 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 54 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 54 days, middle half 52–55 (n=10)54 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off67% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated12 decided home extensions, 3 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around L13044 with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not started
    1. 1Lowpark 2560161Approved, no sign building has started · 257 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 10 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    11 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 10 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 10 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 3 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 6 with no start notice found, 1 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT10: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused10: approved → approved1: refused → refused6: approved → no start notice found3: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → ran out11 lodged11 lodged10 approved10 approved1 refused1 refused10 approved10 approved1 refused1 refused6 no start notice found6 no start notice found3 built, owner opted out3 built, owner opted out1 ran out1 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.

    Measured11 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    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 7

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      39 homes 257 m away were approved Apr 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Apr 2031.

      Lowpark · 39 homes: 39 homes approved Apr 2026, not started202420252026202720282029203020312032Lowpark · 39 homes257 m · 256016139 homes approved Apr 2026, not started39 homes approved Apr 2026, 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

      • Lowpark · 39 homes approved Apr 2026, not started · 257 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 5 a year; busiest 2023. 91% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 5, 2024: 1, 2025: 205102021: 1 approved2021: 1 refused2’21*2022: 1 approved1’222023: 5 approved5’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 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 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
        Homes coming 39 not started
        • 1Lowpark · 39 homes · not started · runs out 19 Apr 2031 · 257 m
        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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
        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 Mayo County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here73
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here10
        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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 9

        This street block against the council

        5% of homes built before 1971 (council 26%). 56% owner-occupied (council 73%).

        Homes built before 1971
        5% · council 26%
        Homes built since 2001
        46% · council 32%
        Owner-occupied
        56% · council 73%
        Rented
        38% · council 21%
        Children under 15
        26% · council 19%
        Aged 65 and over
        10% · council 20%
        Households with 2+ cars
        45% · council 45%
        Work mainly from home
        11% · council 9%
        This small area (310 people)Mayo

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 157140005

        Bus
        709 m
        Charlestown · 964
        Nearest school
        436 m
        St Joseph's Community College, 223 pupils
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        • St Joseph's Community College · postprimary · 223 pupils · 436 m
        • S N Athracht Nfa · primary · 268 pupils · 478 m

        Stops 3

        • Charlestown · 964 · 709 m
        • Charlestown · 22, 440, 451, 64 · 1/hour at peak · 724 m
        • Charlestown · 22, 440, 451, 64, 964 · 1/hour at peak · 728 m

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

        • St Joseph's Community College · 436 m+10.9% pupils (223)
        • S N Athracht Nfa · 478 m+5.5% pupils (268)
        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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
        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 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
        Council consultation portalsPublic1 Nov 2026, 01:08open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public1 Nov 2026, 02:24open
        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. Garage (21519) ran out unbuilt in 2026: built anyway?
          Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
          Seller · solicitor
        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
        Lowpark
        Electoral division
        Sonnagh
        Electoral area
        Swinford
        Council
        Mayo County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 1 application on this site; latest 21519, approved 2021, ran out unbuilt.
        • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • 1 site nearby could change: 1 approved scheme.
        • 39 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 39 at Lowpark.
        • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Charlestown, 724 m away (1 an hour).
        • Here (2022 census): 56% owner-occupied (council 73%); 7% of homes empty (council 22%); most built 2001–2010; 69% drive to work (council 66%); population up 6% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 60 days (about 9 weeks); 42% are asked for more information.
        • 10 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
        What the terms mean 4 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.
        • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
        • 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 25
        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 4.01 Nov 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public1 Nov 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 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)Public1 Nov 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.01 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 licence1 Nov 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 1 Nov 2026, 15:30 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.