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Planning report · Leitrim County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 20 Oct 2026, 02:41

Drumshanbo

54.04433, -8.03533

Homes here mostly date from the 1970s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2023. A building site 218 m away stopped before it was finished.

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Not held yet for Leitrim County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 202350 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–530open 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 50 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 1971–80, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2023.

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. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of DristernaunBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1971–1980 (census estimate)most built2023: 2352 · attic or dormer, approved2017: 1 file on Dristernaun2021: 1 file on Dristernaun2022: 1 file on Dristernaun2023: 4 files on Dristernaun2025: 1 file on Dristernaun8 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. 2023
    2352 · attic or dormer · approved 2023 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the established amenity of existing residential communities.

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

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 (746 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings14Gallaghers; bank/financial institution
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 · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 23:51
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:51open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
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
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 20 Oct 2026, 02:09
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 01:45open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 02:09open
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: 89% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site9 decided · more info asked 56%
89% · council 96%
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 · 9 nearby, 369 council-wide

Figure 3

Dristernaun, file by file since 2017

4 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

8 planning files on Dristernaun since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2017 · other extension · approved · 1780No number · 2023 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 2352No number · 2023 · porch / front · approved · 2360019No. 14 · 2025 · other extension · approved · 2560195Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2022 · other work · approved · 2255No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360089No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360109New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21212
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

8 files with "Dristernaun" 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 · 2017–2026

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 20 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 20 Oct 2026, 02:09
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 01:45open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 02:09open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 50 days. Building starts about 6 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 50 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 188 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 50 days, middle half 48–53 (n=20)50 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 188 days after permission (n=11)188 days after permissionSigned off55% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated25 decided home extensions, 11 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed2 decided
    0 reversed
    Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

    Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

    CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Drumshanbo with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseBuilding site that stopped
    1. 110 Allenbrooke, Drumshanbo 20212Building site that stopped · 218 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 27 permissions since 2016, 10 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    27 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 27 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 27 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 6 built with the owner's opt-out, 4 started, 12 with no start notice found, 5 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT27: lodged → approved27: approved → approved12: approved → no start notice found6: approved → built, owner opted out4: approved → started, not signed off5: approved → ran out27 lodged27 lodged27 approved27 approved27 approved27 approved12 no start notice found12 no start notice found6 built, owner opted out6 built, owner opted out4 started, not signed off4 started, not signed off5 ran out5 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.

    Measured27 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    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 8

      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 homes218 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 500 m

      Building site that stopped 1

      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 20 Oct 2026, 02:09
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 01:45open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 02:09open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
      Figure 9

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 6 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2020: 2, 2021: 3, 2022: 6, 2023: 5, 2024: 4, 2025: 305102017: 1 approved1’17*2018: 3 approved3’182020: 2 approved2’202021: 3 approved3’212022: 6 approved6’222023: 5 approved5’232024: 4 approved4’242025: 3 approved3’25
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 0 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 20 Oct 2026, 02:09
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 02:09open
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 01:45open
        Building work nearby 5 in the last 12 months
        2 not signed off3 no sign-off needed
        • Aras Phadraig Community Centre, Ballinamore Road, Drumshanbo, Leitrim, N41H938 · 16 May 2026 · start notice not signed off · 341 m
        • Main Street, Drumshanbo, Leitrim, N41 Y725 · 14 Apr 2026 · start notice not signed off · 23-C-05 · 481 m
        • 2 Corryard Wood, Drumshanbo, Leitrim · 2 Apr 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 2560061 · 494 m
        • 4 Corryard Wood, Drumshanbo, Leitrim, N41 K020 · 2 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560062 · 460 m
        • 2 Corryard Wood, Drumshanbo, Leitrim, N41 AH63 · 30 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560061 · 494 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 20 Oct 2026, 01:45
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 01:45open
        0
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

        Named places estate, developments, inspections

        Crèches and schools inspected

        NameLatest inspectionDistance
        Childhood Days · Crèche14 Mar 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 580 m
        Drumshanbo Community Childcare Facilities CLG t/a Bo Peep Kidz · Crèche27 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate712 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 14 Oct 2026, 23:20
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        Tusla early years registerPublic register14 Oct 2026, 23:20open
        How busy is this area Busier than most of Leitrim County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here0
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here12
        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 20 Oct 2026, 02:09
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 01:45open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 02:09open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 10

        This street block against the council

        70% owner-occupied (council 71%).

        Homes built before 1971
        25% · council 27%
        Homes built since 2001
        16% · council 40%
        Owner-occupied
        70% · council 71%
        Rented
        26% · council 23%
        Children under 15
        14% · council 20%
        Aged 65 and over
        27% · council 19%
        Households with 2+ cars
        32% · council 45%
        Work mainly from home
        6% · council 10%
        This small area (154 people)Leitrim

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 117035007

        Bus
        436 m
        Drumshanbo BP · 449, 567, NG05 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
        Nearest school
        331 m
        St Patricks Ns, 243 pupils
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        • St Patricks Ns · primary · 243 pupils · 331 m
        • Drumshanbo Vocational School · postprimary · 509 pupils · 863 m

        Stops 5

        • Drumshanbo BP · 449, 567, NG05 · 1/hour at peak · 436 m
        • Drumshanbo BP · 449, 567, NG05 · 1/hour at peak · 457 m
        • Drumshanbo · 462, 469 · 481 m
        • Drumshanbo · 462, 469 · 487 m
        • Drumshanbo · 567, 571, 572 · 2/hour at peak · 599 m

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

        • St Patricks Ns · 331 m-1.2% pupils (243) · a pitch or play area 2024, approved with conditions · 2 classrooms 2024, approved with conditions
        • Drumshanbo Vocational School · 863 m+9% pupils (509)
        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 20 Oct 2026, 02:32
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.020 Oct 2026, 02:09open
        Council consultation portalsPublic20 Oct 2026, 01:41open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public20 Oct 2026, 02:32open
        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. Attic or dormer (2352): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
          Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
          Seller · solicitor
        2. Stalled build 218 m away (10 Allenbrooke, Drumshanbo): what happens next?
          Ask for: The planning file for 20212.
          Council
        3. 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
        Dristernaun
        Electoral division
        Drumshanbo
        Electoral area
        Ballinamore-Lea-6
        Council
        Leitrim County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 1 application on this site; latest 2352, approved 2023, work already done.
        • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • 1 site nearby could change: 1 stalled build.
        • Drumshanbo BP (bus 449, 567) 436 m away: 1 an hour at morning peak.
        • Here (2022 census): 70% owner-occupied (council 71%); 17% of homes empty (council 24%); most built 1971–1980; 68% 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.
        • St Patricks NS, 331 m away: a pitch or play area approved (2024).
        • 12 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.
        • 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.
        • 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.
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        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 4.016 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.020 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
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public20 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher20 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 4.019 Oct 2026
        data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026
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        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.020 Oct 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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        Measured
        counted from a public register
        Calculated
        a rate or median we worked out from those counts
        Our classification
        we sorted it by reading each description
        Estimate
        inferred from another source (census, map data)
        Rule summary
        the law, simplified: check before relying on it
        How we work this out
        Generated 20 Oct 2026, 02:41 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.