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Planning report · Cavan County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 20 Oct 2026, 09:18

Shercock Road

54.06705, -7.06263

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2021.

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Not held yet for Cavan County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 202154 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 49–540open 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 54 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 2 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. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2022.

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 LisnasaranBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2022: 21643 · change of use, approved2017: 1 file on Lisnasaran2020: 1 file on Lisnasaran2021: 2 files on Lisnasaran2023: 1 file on Lisnasaran5 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. 2022
    21643 · change of use · approved 2022 · not started, runs out 2027
    approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
C2.1
Zoning · Economic development and employment
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningC2.1 · Economic development and employment
What it says

General Enterprise and Employment: Provide for and improve general enterprise and employment generating uses.

Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.

cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028 · 11 Jul 2022 – 10 Jul 2028

ZoningC2.1 · Economic development and employment
What it says

General Enterprise and Employment: Provide for and improve general enterprise and employment generating uses.

Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.

cavan county development plan incorporating variation no1 2022 2028 · 11 Jul 2022 – 10 Jul 2028

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 taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments2Ringfort - rath; R175280
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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 2 on the draft 2027 map; 2 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
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
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 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

Lisnasaran, file by file since 2017

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

5 planning files on Lisnasaran since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2017 · two-storey rear · approved · 17158No number · 2023 · other extension · approved · 2360079Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2115No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 21643New house in a side gardenNo number · 2020 · new house · approved · 2013
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

5 files with "Lisnasaran" 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 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 54 days. Building starts about 2 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 54 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 46 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 54 days, middle half 49–54 (n=12)54 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 46 days after permission (n=8)46 days after permissionSigned off25% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated14 decided home extensions, 8 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    0 of 3 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed3 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 Shercock Road with 2 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homes
    1. 10.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 128 m
    2. 22.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 226 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 12 permissions since 2016, 7 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    12 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 12 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 12 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 5 started, 3 with no start notice found, 2 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT12: lodged → approved12: approved → approved3: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out5: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off2: approved → ran out12 lodged12 lodged12 approved12 approved12 approved12 approved3 no start notice found3 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out5 started, not signed off5 started, not signed off1 signed off1 signed off2 ran out2 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.

    Measured12 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

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

      Sites that could change 2 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 2

      • 10.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 128 m
      • 22.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 226 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 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 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2021. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 3, 2019: 2, 2020: 2, 2021: 3, 2023: 1, 2025: 105102017: 3 approved3’17*2019: 2 approved2’192020: 2 approved2’202021: 3 approved3’212023: 1 approved1’232025: 1 approved1’25
      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
        0
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

        Named places estate, developments, inspections

        Crèches and schools inspected

        NameLatest inspectionDistance
        Cootehill Community Childcare · Crèche17 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate858 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 About as busy as most of Cavan County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here0
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here1
        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 8

        This street block against the council

        92% owner-occupied (council 69%).

        Homes built before 1971
        23% · council 25%
        Homes built since 2001
        39% · council 41%
        Owner-occupied
        92% · council 69%
        Rented
        7% · council 24%
        Children under 15
        23% · council 22%
        Aged 65 and over
        17% · council 15%
        Households with 2+ cars
        44% · council 47%
        Work mainly from home
        0% · council 8%
        This small area (151 people)Cavan

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 027027003/02

        Bus
        30 m
        Lisnasaran · 172 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
        Nearest school
        86 m
        St Aidans Comprehensive School, 654 pupils
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        • St Aidans Comprehensive School · postprimary · 654 pupils · 86 m

        Stops 2

        • Lisnasaran · 172 · 0/hour at peak · 30 m
        • Lisnasaran · 172 · 0/hour at peak · 47 m

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

        • St Aidans Comprehensive School · 86 m+3.8% pupils (654)
        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. Change of use (21643) approved 2022, not started: still planned?
          Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
          Seller · solicitor
        2. Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment), not for homes: could you extend?
          Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
          Solicitor · planner
        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
        Lisnasaran
        Electoral division
        Cootehill Rural
        Electoral area
        Bailieborough - Cootehill
        Council
        Cavan County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
        • 1 application on this site; latest 21643, approved 2022, not started, runs out 2027.
        • Zoned C2.1 (economic development and employment); not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • 2 sites nearby could change: 2 empty zoned plots.
        • Lisnasaran (bus 172) 30 m away: 4 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
        • Here (2022 census): 92% owner-occupied (council 69%); 2% of homes empty (council 15%); most built 2001–2010; 83% drive to work (council 65%); population up 5% since 2016.
        • The council decides in a median 58 days (about 8 weeks); 45% are asked for more information.
        • 1 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
        What the terms mean 3 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.
        • 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 25
        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 4.016 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 Monuments Service (SMR)CC 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
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public20 Oct 2026
        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
        services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
        propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence20 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.09 Oct 2026
        tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register14 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.018 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 20 Oct 2026, 09:18 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.