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Planning report · Louth County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 17:00

Ecco Road

54.00785, -6.41325

Homes here mostly date from the 1960s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (99%).

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Time
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Not held yet for Louth County Council: council consultations.

99%of home extensions approved nearbyn=143 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs48 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 44–500open 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. Here 48 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 1961–70, around when planning permission began (1964).

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 1961–1970.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1961–1970 (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
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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Diageo Ireland Limited t/a The Great Northern Brewery (559 m); Great Northern Distillery Ltd (787 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings2Ice House Hill Park; Catholic Church of the Holy Redeemer
Monuments2Souterrain; R174621
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), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, 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
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 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

Extensions are almost always approved here: 95–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 100% approved, and 70% are asked for more information.

Single-storey rear29 decided · more info asked 17%
100% · council 98%
Two-storey rear22 decided · more info asked 18%
95% · council 93%
Attic or dormer28 decided · more info asked 36%
100% · council 92%
First-floor15 decided · more info asked 40%
100% · council 95%
New house in a garden or site10 decided · more info asked 70%
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 · 104 nearby, 1,268 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 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 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 48 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 76 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 48 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 125 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 130 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 48 days, middle half 44–50 (n=102)48 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 125 days (n=41)125 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 130 days after permission (n=40)130 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.

    Calculated143 decided home extensions, 40 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    7 of 9 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 8 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed9 decided
    7 became permissions
    Approvals appealed8 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

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Ecco Road with 7 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved
    1. 175 O'Hanlon Park, Dundalk 2560780Approved with conditions · 93 m
    2. 265 McSwiney Street, Dundalk 2560818Approved with conditions · 333 m
    3. 305 Oliver Plunkett Park, Dundalk 2660394Approved with conditions · 364 m
    4. 4214 Ard Easmuinn, Dundalk 2560721Approved with conditions · 389 m
    5. 5109 Cloneen Drive, Ard Easmuinn 2660005Approved with conditions · 428 m
    6. 6St. Peter's, 3 Demesne Road Dundalk 2660391Approved with conditions · 441 m
    7. 72 Oriel Terrace, Demesne Road 2660306Approved with conditions · 480 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 25 permissions since 2016, 6 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    25 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 25 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 25 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 5 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 19 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT25: lodged → approved25: approved → approved19: approved → no start notice found5: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → signed off25 lodged25 lodged25 approved25 approved25 approved25 approved19 no start notice found19 no start notice found5 built, owner opted out5 built, owner opted out1 signed off1 signed 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.

    Measured25 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

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 9 a year; busiest 2025. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 2, 2022: 4, 2023: 4, 2024: 2, 2025: 9, 2026: 405102021: 2 approved2’21*2022: 4 approved4’222023: 4 approved4’232024: 2 approved2’242025: 9 approved9’252026: 4 approved4’26*
      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 9 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
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 no sign-off needed
      • 68 Father Murray Park, Dundalk, Louth, A91 T0X2 · 4 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 456 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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
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      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Dun Dealgan Childcare · Crèche20 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate403 m
      De La Salle Pre- School · Crèche19 Apr 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate571 m
      Castletown Girls Preschool · Crèche18 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate623 m
      St. Malachy's Pre- School · Crèche3 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate894 m
      Stepping Stones · Crèche31 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate894 m
      Pugwash Bay LTD · Crèche6 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate994 m
      Pugwash Bay LTD · Crèche16 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate994 m
      Pugwash Bay Ltd · Crèche11 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate994 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 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Louth County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here104
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here660
      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 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 8

      This street block against the council

      78% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 76% owner-occupied (council 67%).

      Homes built before 1971
      78% · council 28%
      Homes built since 2001
      1% · council 33%
      Owner-occupied
      76% · council 67%
      Rented
      21% · council 28%
      Children under 15
      15% · council 21%
      Aged 65 and over
      28% · council 14%
      Households with 2+ cars
      23% · council 38%
      Work mainly from home
      13% · council 10%
      This small area (331 people)Louth

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 147019004

      Bus
      63 m
      Árd Easmuinn · 174A · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      214 m
      S N An Tslanaitheora B, 169 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • S N An Tslanaitheora B · primary · 169 pupils · 214 m
      • S N An Tslanaitheora C · primary · 160 pupils · 214 m
      • St Brighids Special Sch · primary · 104 pupils · 354 m
      • St Nicholas Monastery NS · primary · 164 pupils · 571 m
      • Castletown Rd Convent · primary · 191 pupils · 623 m
      • S N N Maolmhaodhagh N · primary · 220 pupils · 804 m
      • S N N Maolmhaodhagh B · primary · 246 pupils · 804 m
      • S N N Maolmhaodhagh C · primary · 233 pupils · 804 m

      Stops 21

      • Árd Easmuinn · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 63 m
      • Redeemer Ch · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 335 m
      • Redeemer Cntr · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 342 m
      • Redeemer Cntr · 169 · 0/hour at peak · 354 m
      • Redeemer Cntr · 169 · 357 m
      • Farndreg · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 452 m
      • Legion Avenue · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 559 m
      • Legion Avenue · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 563 m

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

      • S N An Tslanaitheora B · 214 m+1.8% pupils (169)
      • S N An Tslanaitheora C · 214 m+1.3% pupils (160)
      • St Brighids Special Sch · 354 m+7.2% pupils (104)
      • St Nicholas Monastery NS · 571 m+2.5% pupils (164)
      • Castletown Rd Convent · 623 m+3.2% pupils (191)
      • S N N Maolmhaodhagh N · 804 m+2.3% pupils (220)
      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. Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment), not for homes: could you extend?
        Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
        Solicitor · planner
      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
      Demesne
      Electoral division
      Dundalk Rural (North)
      Electoral area
      Dundalk-Carlingford
      Council
      Louth County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
      • Árd Easmuinn (bus 174A) 63 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 8 from all stops within 500 m.
      • Here (2022 census): 76% owner-occupied (council 67%); 3% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1961–1970; 50% drive to work (council 59%).
      • Around here the council decides in a median 58 days (about 8 weeks); 46% are asked for more information.
      • Homes started within 1 km: 26 in the last year, 639 three years before.
      • 9 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 85%).
      • 660 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
      What the terms mean 5 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.
      • 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 4.01 Nov 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
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      cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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      data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.026 Oct 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 1 Nov 2026, 17:00 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.