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Planning report · Louth County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 23:51

Clos Emer, Dundalk

54.01627, -6.42193

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 5 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%). 16 homes approved 187 m away haven't started.

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

5planning files on this houselatest 202598%of home extensions approved nearbyn=51 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs48 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 43–511open for comments nearbyclose 19 Nov16homes approved nearby, not startednearest 64 m · 21783

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 5 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. 5 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 2001–2010. 5 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of CastletownBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2025: 2560174 · work already done, approved2025: 2560071 · new house, approved2023: 22807 · apartments, approved2022: 22734 · apartments, withdrawn or invalid2022: 22610 · apartments, withdrawn or invalid2022: 1 file on Castletown2023: 3 files on Castletown2025: 1 file on Castletown5 files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
    2560174 · work already done · approved 2025 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
  2. 2025
    2560071 · new house · approved 2025 · not started, runs out 2030
    approvedstartedsigned off
  3. 2023
    22807 · apartments · approved 2023 · started, not signed off
    approvedstartedsigned off
  4. 2022
    22734 · apartments · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  5. 2022
    22610 · apartments · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
On this site
R1
Zoning · New residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR1 · New residential
What it says

New Residential Phase 1: To provide for new residential neighbourhoods and supporting community facilities.

Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.

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 taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1Dún Lughaidh
Monuments14Historic town; Castle - tower house
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. This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 7 on the draft 2027 map; 8 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), 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
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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
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: 90–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 100% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

Single-storey rear11 decided · more info asked 27%
100% · council 98%
Attic or dormer10 decided · more info asked 30%
90% · council 92%
New house in a garden or site9 decided · more info asked 56%
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 · 30 nearby, 1,084 council-wide

Figure 3

Castletown, file by file since 2022

New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

5 planning files on Castletown since 2022, by kind and decision.20222023202420252026Extensions, atticsPorches, roofs, otherNo number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22694No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23157No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2344No. 28 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360316New house in a side gardenNo number · 2025 · new house · approved · 2560596
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

5 files with "Castletown" 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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 48 days. 1 in 2 is asked for more information, which adds about 112 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 48 days; If more info asked (1 in 2): 157 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 166 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 48 days, middle half 43–51 (n=30)48 daysIf more info asked (1 in 2)With further information: median 157 days (n=21)157 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 166 days after permission (n=11)166 days after permissionSigned off73% 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, 11 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    2 of 3 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed3 decided
    2 became permissions
    Approvals appealed4 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
    • 324571 Pending · Castletown Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth · 117 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 23:12
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher31 Oct 2026, 23:12open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Clos Emer, Dundalk with 13 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved, not startedAppealEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yetApproved
    1. 1De La Salle College, Castleblaney Road 2660703No decision yet · 324 m
    2. 2Castletown Road 22458Approved, no sign building has started · 187 m
    3. 3Castletown Road, Dundalk 324571Appeal: no decision yet · 117 m
    4. 41.0 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 68 m
    5. 50.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 179 m
    6. 62.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 462 m
    7. 70.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 0 m
    8. 8Castletown Road, Dundalk 2660523No decision yet · 140 m
    9. 9Bruach na hAbhainn, Castletown Road 2660123Approved with conditions · 145 m
    10. 10106 Townparks Castletown Road, Dundalk 2660511No decision yet · 178 m
    11. 1133 Castle Heights Castletown Road, Dundalk 2660501Approved with conditions · 256 m
    12. 1297 Marian Park, Dundalk 2660475Approved with conditions · 437 m
    13. 13'Hearthfield', Farrandreg 25172Approved with conditions · 467 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 33 permissions since 2016, 10 show a start notice and 2 have a completion certificate.

    33 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 33 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 33 approved. Of those: 2 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 7 started, 20 with no start notice found, 3 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT33: lodged → approved33: approved → approved20: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out7: approved → started, not signed off2: approved → signed off3: approved → ran out33 lodged33 lodged33 approved33 approved33 approved33 approved20 no start notice found20 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out7 started, not signed off7 started, not signed off2 signed off2 signed off3 ran out3 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.

    Measured33 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 19 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-19 2660703: application received — Permission for a two-storey extension including general school accommodation and ASD unit, revisions to the site entranctoday5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov30 Nov2660703: application received — Permission for a two-storey extension including general school accommodation and ASD unit, revisions to the site entranc · 324 m away · 2026-11-19
    Comments close
    • Comments close 19 Nov 202619 days left
      12660703 · application received — Permission for a two-storey extension including general school accommodation and ASD unit,…
      €20 to the council · 324 m away

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

    Figure 8

    Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

    16 homes 187 m away were approved Jun 2023 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jun 2028.

    Castletown Road · 16 homes: 16 homes approved Jun 2023, not started2023202420252026202720282029Castletown Road · 16 homes187 m · 2245816 homes approved Jun 2023, not started16 homes approved Jun 2023, 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 5 within 500 m

    Approved, not started 1

    Empty land zoned for homes 4

    • 41.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 68 m
    • 50.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 179 m
    • 62.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 462 m
    • 70.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 9

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 4 and 7 a year; busiest 2023. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 6, 2022: 5, 2023: 7, 2024: 4, 2025: 7, 2026: 405102021: 6 approved6’21*2022: 5 approved5’222023: 7 approved7’232024: 4 approved4’242025: 7 approved7’252026: 4 approved4’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

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

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    Every application within 500 m 15 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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
    2 not signed off
    • Fatima Park, Dundalk, Louth · 20 Jul 2026 · start notice not signed off · 2660184 & 2560222 · 432 m
    • 10B Castletown Road, Dundalk, Louth · 29 Jan 2026 · 3 homes · start notice not signed off · 2460073 · 251 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 31 Oct 2026, 02:56
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    Homes coming 16 not started
    • Townspark · 34 homes · building started · 192 m
    • Clos Emer · 34 homes · building started · 64 m
    • 2Castletown Road · 16 homes · not started · runs out 25 Jun 2028 · 187 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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    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 Busier than most of Louth County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here1,111
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here87
    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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 10

    This street block against the council

    2% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 24% owner-occupied (council 67%).

    Homes built before 1971
    2% · council 28%
    Homes built since 2001
    78% · council 33%
    Owner-occupied
    24% · council 67%
    Rented
    66% · council 28%
    Children under 15
    29% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    3% · council 14%
    Households with 2+ cars
    11% · council 38%
    Work mainly from home
    5% · council 10%
    This small area (329 people)Louth

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 147008014

    Bus
    110 m
    Castle Park · 174A · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    284 m
    St Louis Secondary School, 524 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • St Louis Secondary School · postprimary · 524 pupils · 284 m
    • S.N Eoin Baiste · primary · 164 pupils · 375 m
    • De La Salle College · postprimary · 755 pupils · 399 m

    Stops 15

    • Castle Park · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 110 m
    • Castle Park · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 135 m
    • Saltown · 169 · 0/hour at peak · 231 m
    • Saltown · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 245 m
    • St Ronan's Terrace · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 320 m
    • Barton Pk · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 406 m
    • Fatima Drive · 174A · 2/hour at peak · 431 m
    • De La Salle Coll · 169 · 0/hour at peak · 487 m

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

    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 31 Oct 2026, 23:00
    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 4.031 Oct 2026, 23:00open
    Council consultation portalsPublic31 Oct 2026, 01:06open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public31 Oct 2026, 02:21open
    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. Apartments (22807) started Sep 2024, never signed off: is it finished?
      Ask for: The completion certificate, or an engineer's opinion of compliance.
      Seller · solicitor
    2. Work already done (2560174): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
      Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
      Seller · solicitor
    3. New house (2560071) approved 2025, not started: still planned?
      Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
      Seller · solicitor
    4. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
      Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
      Solicitor
    5. 16 homes approved 187 m away (Castletown Road), not started: what is planned?
      Ask for: The planning file for 22458.
      Council
    6. 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
    Castletown
    Electoral division
    Castletown (North)
    Electoral area
    Dundalk-Carlingford
    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 R1 (new residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
    • 5 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 4 empty zoned plots.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 19 Nov 2026.
    • 16 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 16 at Castletown Road.
    • Castle Park (bus 174A) 110 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 14 from all stops within 500 m.
    • Here (2022 census): 66% rent (council 28%); 15% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 55% drive to work (council 59%).
    • The council decides in a median 52 days (about 7 weeks); 39% are asked for more information.
    What the terms mean 8 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.
    • 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.
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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 31 Oct 2026, 23:51 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.