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Planning report · Louth County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 5 Nov 2026, 08:15

7 Lios Mead, Dundalk

53.98416, -6.37215

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%). 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Not held yet for Louth County Council: council consultations.

3planning files on this houselatest 2024100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=51 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs46 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 45–491open for comments nearbyclose 9 Nov

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 46 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 4 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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

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 1971–1980. 3 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Marshes UpperBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2025: 2460448 · driveway, approved2023: 2360360 · signage, withdrawn or invalid2023: 2360302 · signage, withdrawn or invalid2022: 2 files on Marshes Upper2024: 1 file on Marshes Upper2025: 3 files on Marshes Upper2026: 2 files on Marshes Upper8 files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. 2025
    2460448 · driveway · approved 2025 · started, not signed off
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2023
    2360360 · signage · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  3. 2023
    2360302 · signage · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
On this site
C2.1
Zoning · Economic development and employment
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningC2.1 · Economic development and employment
What it says

General Employment: To provide for general enterprise and employment generating activities.

Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.

louth county development plan · 11 Nov 2021 – 1 Jan 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.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments1Souterrain
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), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 23:58
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:13open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:58open
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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
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 site6 decided · more info asked 50%
100% · council 58%
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 · 6 nearby, 612 council-wide

Figure 3

Marshes Upper, file by file since 2022

4 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved.

8 planning files on Marshes Upper since 2022, by kind and decision.20222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2022 · two-storey rear · approved · 22112No number · 2022 · single-storey rear · approved · 2224No number · 2026 · other extension · approved · 2660100No number · 2026 · other extension · approved · 2660184Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460063No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560222No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560319No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560557New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

8 files with "Marshes Upper" 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 · 2022–2026

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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 46 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 72 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 46 days; If more info asked (1 in 4): 122 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 127 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 46 days, middle half 45–49 (n=37)46 daysIf more info asked (1 in 4)With further information: median 122 days (n=14)122 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 127 days after permission (n=16)127 days after permissionSigned off44% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated51 decided home extensions, 16 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 3 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    0 became permissions
    Approvals appealed3 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

    Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    • 323966 Refused · Haggardstown and Marshes Upper, including works on Blackrock Road… · 171 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher4 Nov 2026, 23:17open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around 7 Lios Mead, Dundalk with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsAppealApproved
    1. 1Bay Football Club, Blackrock Road 26116No decision yet · 327 m
    2. 2Haggardstown and Marshes Upper, including works on Blackrock Road (R172) and Hardy?s Lane 323966Appeal: refused · 171 m
    3. 3Finnabair Industrial Estate Marshes Upper, Dundalk Co. Louth 2660100Approved with conditions · 300 m
    4. 4KFC Drive-Thru Restaurant, Unit 20 Dundalk Retail Park 2660448Approved with conditions · 452 m
    Figure 6

    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.

    21 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 19 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 18 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 4 started, 12 with no start notice found, 1 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT19: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused18: approved → approved2: refused → refused1 approved by the council, refused after an appeal12: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out4: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → ran out21 lodged21 lodged19 approved19 approved2 refused2 refused18 approved18 approved3 refused3 refused12 no start notice found12 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out4 started, not signed off4 started, not signed off1 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.

    Measured21 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 9 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-09 26116: application received — EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21/1066 - Permission for development that will consist of the construction of a new clubroomstoday10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov30 Nov5 Dec26116: application received — EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21/1066 - Permission for development that will consist of the construction of a new clubrooms · 327 m away · 2026-11-09
    Comments close
    • Comments close 9 Nov 20264 days left
      126116 · application received — EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21/1066 - Permission for development that will consist of the…
      €20 to the council · 327 m away

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

    Figure 8

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 3 and 4 a year; busiest 2025. 90% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 6, 2022: 3, 2023: 3, 2024: 3, 2025: 4, 2026: 205102021: 5 approved2021: 1 refused6’21*2022: 3 approved3’222023: 2 approved2023: 1 refused3’232024: 3 approved3’242025: 4 approved4’252026: 2 approved2’26*
    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 4 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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    1 no sign-off needed
    • Blackrock Road, Dundalk, Louth · 8 Jun 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 284 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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Naíonra Dhún Dealgan · Crèche9 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate770 m
    The Holy Family Parish Community Creche · Crèche29 Oct 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate866 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 4 Nov 2026, 23:36
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register4 Nov 2026, 23:36open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Louth County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here502
    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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 03:55open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 9

    This street block against the council

    85% owner-occupied (council 67%).

    Homes built before 1971
    19% · council 28%
    Homes built since 2001
    32% · council 33%
    Owner-occupied
    85% · council 67%
    Rented
    13% · council 28%
    Children under 15
    20% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    21% · council 14%
    Households with 2+ cars
    47% · council 38%
    Work mainly from home
    11% · council 10%
    This small area (216 people)Louth

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 147019023

    Bus
    305 m
    The Loakers · 169 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    770 m
    Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan, 214 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan · primary · 214 pupils · 770 m

    Stops 15

    • The Loakers · 169 · 1/hour at peak · 305 m
    • The Loakers · 169 · 0/hour at peak · 338 m
    • Bothar Na Feirme · 174B · 2/hour at peak · 453 m
    • Dundalk R Pk · 916 · 2/hour at peak · 487 m
    • Dundalk N Cntr · DF01 · 0/hour at peak · 503 m
    • Bothar Na Feirme · 169 · 1/hour at peak · 507 m
    • Dundalk R Pk · 174B · 2/hour at peak · 517 m
    • Dundalk N Cntr · DF01 · 521 m

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

    • Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan · 770 m-0.9% pupils (214) · 5 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
    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 5 Nov 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 23:05open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.05 Nov 2026, 05:03open
    Council consultation portalsPublic5 Nov 2026, 01:15open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public5 Nov 2026, 02:33open
    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. Driveway (2460448) started Aug 2025, never signed off: is it finished?
      Ask for: The completion certificate, or an engineer's opinion of compliance.
      Seller · solicitor
    2. Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment), not for homes: could you extend?
      Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
      Solicitor · planner
    3. Application 327 m away open for comments until 9 Nov 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      Council
    4. 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
    Marshes Upper
    Electoral division
    Dundalk Rural (South)
    Electoral area
    Dundalk South
    Council
    Louth County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • 1 job on this site started but never signed off as finished.
    • Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment); not protected; no vacant land tax.
    • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 9 Nov 2026.
    • Bothar Na Feirme (bus 174B) 453 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 5 from all stops within 500 m.
    • Here (2022 census): 85% owner-occupied (council 67%); 8% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1971–1980; 74% drive to work (council 59%).
    • Around here the council decides in a median 51 days (about 7 weeks); 38% are asked for more information.
    • 4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
    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—
    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 4.05 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)Public5 Nov 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher4 Nov 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 4.02 Nov 2026
    transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
    lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.05 Nov 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 5 Nov 2026, 08:15 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.