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Planning report · Monaghan County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 26 Oct 2026, 12:46

Shercock Road

53.97994, -6.73170

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 20 homes approved 314 m away haven't started.

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Not held yet for Monaghan County Council: council consultations.

51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 49–541open for comments nearbyclose 4 Nov20homes approved nearby, not startednearest 314 m · 2560176

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 51 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 3 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations.

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 2001–2010.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (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
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
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 existing residential amenity,to facilitate residential development on small infill sites within established residential areas,the comprehensive redevelopment of brownfield residential sites for sustainable residential development.

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.

monaghan county development plan 2025 2031 · 7 Jul 2025 – 1 Jul 2031

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: Pilgrim's Food Masters Ireland Limited (535 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings2Derryolam House; Carrickmacross Union Workhouse
Monuments2Ringfort - rath; R174330
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: 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), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:51open
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
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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

Extensions are almost always approved here: 100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 91% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

Two-storey rear12 decided · more info asked 58%
100% · council 96%
New house in a garden or site11 decided · more info asked 64%
91% · council 93%
Approved nearbyMonaghan 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 · 23 nearby, 774 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 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?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 51 days. 1 in 2 is asked for more information, which adds about 47 days. Building starts about 3 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 51 days; If more info asked (1 in 2): 100 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 99 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 51 days, middle half 49–54 (n=17)51 daysIf more info asked (1 in 2)With further information: median 100 days (n=12)100 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 99 days after permission (n=10)99 days after permissionSigned off60% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated29 decided home extensions, 10 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    1 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed1 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed2 decided
    0 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 1 in the last 12 months
    • 500585 Granted with conditions · Lurgans , Carrickmacross , Co. Monaghan · 281 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher25 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Shercock Road with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved, not startedBuilding startedEmpty land zoned for homes
    1. 1Mullanarry, Carrickmacross 2660426No decision yet · 307 m
    2. 2Lurgans 2560176Approved, no sign building has started · 314 m
    3. 3Shercock Road, Carrickmacross 24/60415Building started · 194 m
    4. 43.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 305 m
    Figure 5

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 4 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-04 2660426: application received — permission to replace existing derelict shed with 2-storey 2-bedroom dwelling, re-open former entrance and connect to extoday31 Oct5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov2660426: application received — permission to replace existing derelict shed with 2-storey 2-bedroom dwelling, re-open former entrance and connect to ex · 307 m away · 2026-11-04
    Comments close
    • Comments close 4 Nov 20269 days left
      12660426 · application received — permission to replace existing derelict shed with 2-storey 2-bedroom dwelling, re-open former…
      €20 to the council · 307 m away

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

    Figure 6

    Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

    20 homes 314 m away were approved Dec 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Apr 2031.

    Lurgans · 20 homes: 20 homes approved Dec 2025, not started202420252026202720282029203020312032Lurgans · 20 homes314 m · 256017620 homes approved Dec 2025, not started20 homes approved Dec 2025, 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 2 within 500 m

    Approved, not started 1

    • Lurgans · 20 homes approved Dec 2025, not started · 314 m

    Empty land zoned for homes 1

    • 43.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 305 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 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 3 and 4 a year; busiest 2023. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 1, 2023: 4, 2024: 3, 2025: 105102021: 1 approved1’21*2023: 4 approved4’232024: 3 approved3’242025: 1 approved1’25
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

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

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    Every application within 500 m 5 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 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 2 in the last 12 months
    1 not signed off1 no sign-off needed
    • 3Shercock Road, Carrickmacross, Monaghan · 7 May 2026 · 5 homes · start notice not signed off · 24/60415 · 194 m
    • Shercock Road, Carrickmacross, Monaghan, A81 A403 · 23 Feb 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 24/60415 · 197 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
    Homes coming 20 not started
    • 2Lurgans · 20 homes · not started · runs out 22 Apr 2031 · 314 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 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
    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
    Carrickmacross Childcare Ltd · Crèche13 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate460 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 21 Oct 2026, 23:37
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register21 Oct 2026, 23:37open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Monaghan County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here63
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here190
    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 8

    This street block against the council

    9% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 80% owner-occupied (council 71%).

    Homes built before 1971
    9% · council 28%
    Homes built since 2001
    36% · council 33%
    Owner-occupied
    80% · council 71%
    Rented
    19% · council 24%
    Children under 15
    22% · council 22%
    Aged 65 and over
    15% · council 16%
    Households with 2+ cars
    52% · council 48%
    Work mainly from home
    5% · council 7%
    This small area (192 people)Monaghan

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 177016006

    Bus
    506 m
    Workhouse · 171
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 4

      • Workhouse · 171 · 0/hour at peak · 506 m
      • Workhouse · 171 · 1/hour at peak · 509 m
      Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, 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
      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. Application 307 m away open for comments until 4 Nov 2026: comment?
        Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
        Council
      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
      Derryolam
      Electoral division
      Carrickmacross Rural
      Electoral area
      Carrickmacross-Castleblayney
      Council
      Monaghan County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
      • 2 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 1 empty zoned plot.
      • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 4 Nov 2026.
      • 20 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 20 at Lurgans.
      • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Workhouse, 506 m away (5 a day).
      • Here (2022 census): 80% owner-occupied (council 71%); 9% of homes empty (council 12%); most built 2001–2010; 64% drive to work (council 66%); population up 10% since 2016.
      • Around here the council decides in a median 111 days (about 16 weeks); 70% are asked for more information.
      • Homes started within 1 km: 49 in the last year, 92 three years before.
      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.
      • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
      • 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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      Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
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      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
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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, 12:46 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.