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Planning report · Sligo County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 15:43

R296, Ballynaraw South

54.05227, -8.60486

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2025. 12 homes approved 65 m away haven't started.

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1planning file on this houselatest 20250open for comments nearbywithin 500 m12homes approved nearby, not startednearest 65 m · 2360370

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
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  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. 1 planning file 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. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Ballynaraw SouthBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2025: 2560096 · work already done, approved2024: 1 file on Ballynaraw South2025: 1 file on Ballynaraw South2026: 1 file on Ballynaraw South3 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
    2560096 · work already done · approved 2025 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
P5
Zoning · Rural and agricultural
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningP5 · Rural and agricultural
What it says

RV – rural village uses: Objective: To protect the character of the village, ensuring that local housing needs are appropriately addressed, physical and community infrastructure is maintained and improved, and local services can continue to be provided.

Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.

sligo county development plan 2024 2030 · 11 Nov 2024 – 11 Nov 2030

Heritage inventory1 within 100 m Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart

Not on this site: protected building, 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: Bunnanaddan & Environs (499 m)

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings2Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart; Bunnanaddan National School
Monuments4R158270; R158297
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: 4 on the draft 2027 map; 4 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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
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

Ballynaraw South, file by file since 2024

1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.

3 planning files on Ballynaraw South since 2024, by kind and decision.202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2025 · single-storey rear · approved · 2560096Porches, roofs, otherNew house in a side gardenNo number · 2024 · new house · approved · 2460206No number · 2026 · new house · approved · 2660216
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

3 files with "Ballynaraw South" 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 · 2024–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 no decision or withdrawn
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Two-storey rear10—

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?

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around R296, Ballynaraw South with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yetApproved
    1. 1Bunnanaddan 2360370Approved, no sign building has started · 65 m
    2. 20.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 86 m
    3. 3Ballynaraw South, Bunnannadden 2660333No decision yet · 109 m
    4. 4Ballynaraw South, Bunnanaddan 2660216Approved with conditions · 469 m
    Figure 3

    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 4

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      12 homes 65 m away were approved Sept 2024 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Sept 2029.

      Bunnanaddan · 12 homes: 12 homes approved Sep 2024, not started2024202520262027202820292030Bunnanaddan · 12 homes65 m · 236037012 homes approved Sep 2024, not started12 homes approved Sep 2024, 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 2 within 500 m

      Approved, not started 1

      • Bunnanaddan · 12 homes approved Sep 2024, not started · 65 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 1

      • 20.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 86 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 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
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 5

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 1 a year; busiest 2024. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 105102023: 1 approved1’23*2024: 1 approved1’242025: 1 approved1’252026: 1 approved1’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2023 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 2 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
      Homes coming 12 not started
      • 1Bunnanaddan · 12 homes · not started · runs out 22 Sept 2029 · 65 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 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
      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 About as busy as most of Sligo County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here12
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here1
      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 6

      This street block against the council

      62% owner-occupied (council 67%).

      Homes built before 1971
      19% · council 27%
      Homes built since 2001
      47% · council 33%
      Owner-occupied
      62% · council 67%
      Rented
      28% · council 27%
      Children under 15
      24% · council 19%
      Aged 65 and over
      13% · council 18%
      Households with 2+ cars
      45% · council 42%
      Work mainly from home
      12% · council 12%
      This small area (143 people)Sligo

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 207029001

      Bus
      33 m
      Bunnanadden · 476, 977 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      174 m
      Scoil Croi Naofa, 81 pupils
      Homes sold nearby
      1
      in 3 years (Property Price Register)
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • Scoil Croi Naofa · primary · 81 pupils · 174 m

      Stops 2

      • Bunnanadden · 476, 977 · 33 m
      • Bunnanadden · 476, 977 · 1/hour at peak · 55 m

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

      • Scoil Croi Naofa · 174 m+9.5% pupils (81)
      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. Work already done (2560096): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
        Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
        Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
        Solicitor
      3. Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural), not for homes: could you extend?
        Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
        Solicitor · planner
      4. 12 homes approved 65 m away (Bunnanaddan), not started: what is planned?
        Ask for: The planning file for 2360370.
        Council
      5. 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
      Ballynaraw South
      Electoral division
      Cloonoghill
      Electoral area
      Ballymote-Tobercurry
      Council
      Sligo County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 1 application on this site; latest 2560096, approved 2025, work already done.
      • Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural); on the vacant land tax map.
      • 2 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 1 empty zoned plot.
      • 12 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 12 at Bunnanaddan.
      • Bunnanadden (bus 476, 977) 55 m away: 3 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 62% owner-occupied (council 67%); 29% of homes empty (council 18%); most built 2001–2010; 82% drive to work (council 61%); population down 4% since 2016.
      • 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
      • The council decides in a median 52 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
      What the terms mean 4 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.
      • 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.
      Sources and licences 26
      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 4.01 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
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public1 Nov 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 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)Public1 Nov 2026
      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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 licence1 Nov 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 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, 15:43 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.