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Planning report · Leitrim County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 05:20

R207, Drumshanbo

54.04269, -8.04723

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. A building site 585 m away stopped before it was finished.

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Distance
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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Leitrim County Council: council consultations.

51 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 47–530open for comments nearbywithin 2 km

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 6 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
P1
Zoning · Rural
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningP1 · Rural
What it says

Agriculture: To provide for agriculture in a manner which protects the amenity of adjoining land uses.

Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.

leitrim county development plan 2023 2029 · 21 Mar 2023 – 20 Mar 2029

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: Drumshanbo (949 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km
Within 2.0 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings24Drumshanbo Railway Station; Saint John's Church (Kiltoghert)
Monuments13Ringfort - rath; Crannog
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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
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: 83% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site6 decided · more info asked 50%
83% · council 97%
Approved nearbyLeitrim 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, 241 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    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, 05:04
    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, 05:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 51 days. Building starts about 6 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 51 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 180 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 51 days, middle half 47–53 (n=15)51 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 180 days after permission (n=8)180 days after permissionSigned off50% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated19 decided home extensions, 8 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around R207, Drumshanbo with 11 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingBuilding site that stoppedApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 1Drumshanbo Td, Drumshanbo 2660218Approved with conditions · 1.5 km
    2. 210 Allenbrooke, Drumshanbo 20212Building site that stopped · 585 m
    3. 310 Corryard Wood, Drumshanbo 2660044Approved with conditions · 289 m
    4. 416 Cnoc An Lúir, Drumshanbo 2560284Approved with conditions · 404 m
    5. 5Blackrock, Drumshanbo 2660178Approved with conditions · 627 m
    6. 6Prospect House, Carricknabrack 2660057Approved with conditions · 674 m
    7. 7Corlough Td. Dowra Road, Drumshanbo 2660150Approved with conditions · 1.1 km
    8. 8Lough Allen Hotel and Spa, Corrachuil Drumshanbo 2660195No decision yet · 1.1 km
    9. 9Cornaroy, Drumshanbo 2621No decision yet · 1.1 km
    10. 10Mountain View, Drumshanbo 2660042Approved with conditions · 1.4 km
    11. 11Murhaun Td., Drumshanbo 2660006Approved with conditions · 2.0 km
    Figure 4

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 2.0 km; the first closes 18 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-18 2660218: CONDITIONAL — (a) Steel Shipping Container for use ancillary to the dwelling house with associated change to site boundary, (b) Gardentoday5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov30 Nov2660218: CONDITIONAL — (a) Steel Shipping Container for use ancillary to the dwelling house with associated change to site boundary, (b) Garden · 1.5 km away · 2026-11-18
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 18 Nov 202618 days left
      12660218 · CONDITIONAL — (a) Steel Shipping Container for use ancillary to the dwelling house with associated change to site…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 1.5 km away

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

    Figure 5

    Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

    1 building site nearby stopped before sign-off.

    10 Allenbrooke, Drumshanbo · 13 homes: 13 homes, started Oct 2023, never signed off20232024202520262027202810 Allenbrooke, Drumshanbo · 13 homes585 m · 2021213 homes, started Oct 2023, never signed off13 homes, started Oct 2023, never signed offtoday

    Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.

    Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)

    Sites that could change 1 within 2.0 km

    Building site that stopped 1

    • 210 Allenbrooke, Drumshanbo · 13 homes, started Oct 2023, never signed off · 585 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, 05:04
    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, 05:04open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 6

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2025. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2022: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 3, 2026: 105102022: 1 approved1’22*2024: 1 approved1’242025: 3 approved3’252026: 1 approved1’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2022 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Every application within 2.0 km 10 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, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    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 6 in the last 12 months
    2 not signed off4 no sign-off needed
    • Church Street, Drumshanbo, Leitrim, N41 A336 · 7 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2660057 · 730 m
    • Aras Phadraig Community Centre, Ballinamore Road, Drumshanbo, Leitrim, N41H938 · 16 May 2026 · start notice not signed off · 726 m
    • Main Street, Drumshanbo, Leitrim, N41 Y725 · 14 Apr 2026 · start notice not signed off · 23-C-05 · 691 m
    • 4 Corryard Wood, Drumshanbo, Leitrim, N41 K020 · 2 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560062 · 342 m
    • 2 Corryard Wood, Drumshanbo, Leitrim · 2 Apr 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 2560061 · 308 m
    • 2 Corryard Wood, Drumshanbo, Leitrim, N41 AH63 · 30 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560061 · 307 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
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Drumshanbo Community Childcare Facilities CLG t/a Bo Peep Kidz · Crèche27 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate811 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 About as busy as most of Leitrim County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here11
    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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    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, 05:04open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 7

    This street block against the council

    39% of homes built before 1971 (council 27%). 74% owner-occupied (council 71%).

    Homes built before 1971
    39% · council 27%
    Homes built since 2001
    27% · council 40%
    Owner-occupied
    74% · council 71%
    Rented
    11% · council 23%
    Children under 15
    15% · council 20%
    Aged 65 and over
    22% · council 19%
    Households with 2+ cars
    40% · council 45%
    Work mainly from home
    6% · council 10%
    This small area (199 people)Leitrim

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 117035001

    Bus
    485 m
    Acres Lake · 567 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
    Nearest school
    653 m
    Drumshanbo Vocational School, 509 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Drumshanbo Vocational School · postprimary · 509 pupils · 653 m
    • St Patricks Ns · primary · 243 pupils · 977 m

    Stops 7

    • Acres Lake · 567 · 1/hour at peak · 485 m
    • Drumshanbo BP · 449, 567, NG05 · 1/hour at peak · 532 m
    • Drumshanbo BP · 449, 567, NG05 · 1/hour at peak · 560 m
    • Acres Lake · 567 · 1/hour at peak · 650 m
    • Drumshanbo · 462, 469 · 691 m
    • Drumshanbo · 462, 469 · 691 m

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

    • Drumshanbo Vocational School · 653 m+9% pupils (509)
    • St Patricks Ns · 977 m-1.2% pupils (243) · a pitch or play area 2024, approved with conditions · 2 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    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, 05:04open
    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. Zoned P1 (rural), 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
    Drumhalwy
    Electoral division
    Drumshanbo
    Electoral area
    Ballinamore-Lea-6
    Council
    Leitrim County Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned P1 (rural); not protected; no vacant land tax.
    • 1 site nearby could change: 1 stalled build.
    • Acres Lake (bus 567) 485 m away: 11 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
    • Here (2022 census): 74% owner-occupied (council 71%); 19% of homes empty (council 24%); most built 2001–2010; 69% drive to work (council 66%); population up 18% since 2016.
    • The council decides in a median 53 days (about 8 weeks); 36% are asked for more information.
    • 10 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 96%).
    • St Patricks NS, 977 m away: a pitch or play area approved (2024).
    • 11 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
    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.
    • 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.
    • Building site that stopped (Commenced, no completion certificate): A housing build that told the council it was starting at least three years ago, passed its own planned finish date, and has never been signed off as finished.
    Sources and licences 27
    SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
    EPA strategic noise maps—CC BY 4.0—
    Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
    Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
    National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
    services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026
    data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.031 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
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public31 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher30 Oct 2026
    cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
    dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
    services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
    data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
    transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
    meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public31 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
    propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence31 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
    tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register28 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    Measured
    counted from a public register
    Calculated
    a rate or median we worked out from those counts
    Our classification
    we sorted it by reading each description
    Estimate
    inferred from another source (census, map data)
    Rule summary
    the law, simplified: check before relying on it
    How we work this out
    Generated 31 Oct 2026, 05:20 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.