Cavan Road
Homes here mostly date from the 1950s. 48 homes approved 151 m away haven't started.
Not held yet for Cavan County Council: council consultations.
How planning works, with this area's numbers
steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 48 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council
- 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
What's the planning story of this house?
When it was built, and the rules since
Most homes here were built 1946–60, before planning permission was needed.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
What it says
Existing Residential: Protect and enhance the amenity of developed 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.
cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028 · 11 Jul 2022 – 10 Jul 2028
What it says
Existing Residential: Protect and enhance the amenity of developed 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.
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.
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 19 | A. Smith; house |
| Monuments | 3 | Church; Graveyard |
How we work this out
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
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development plan zoning (councils) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:06 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
| Constraint layers (bundle) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
| Sites and Monuments Record | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | open |
How we work this out
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 04:50
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 02:21 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 04:50 | open |
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
Magheranure, file by file since 2021
1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved.
8 files with "Magheranure" 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 · 2021–2026
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
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 04:50
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 02:21 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 04:50 | open |
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 48 days.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated22 decided home extensions, 7 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
0 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.
Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.
CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file
What's changing around you?
- 1Páirc na Cairéal 2560234
- 2Magheranure 2460508
- 31.6 ha zoned for homes
- 41.5 ha zoned for homes
- 50.8 ha zoned for homes
- 63.3 ha zoned for homes
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes
- 80.8 ha zoned for homes
- 9No 14 Bridge Street, Cootehill 2660082
- 10No 95 Bridge Street, Cootehill 2660330
- 11St Michael's Hall Chapel Lane, Munnilly Cootehill 2660056
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 40 permissions since 2016, 6 show a start notice and 3 have a completion certificate.
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.
Measured40 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
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
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
48 homes 151 m away were approved Aug 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Aug 2030.
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 11 within 500 m
Approved, not started 2
- Páirc na Cairéal · 48 homes approved Aug 2025, not started · 151 m
- Magheranure · 16 homes approved Mar 2025, not started · 319 m
Empty land zoned for homes 9
- 31.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 27 m
- 41.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 68 m
- 50.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 116 m
- 63.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 154 m
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 162 m
- 80.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 167 m
- 0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 168 m
- 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 205 m
- 1.9 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 28 Oct 2026, 04:50
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 02:21 | open |
| Derelict sites registers | CC BY 4.0 | 26 Oct 2026, 23:09 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 04:50 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:43 | open |
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 5 and 9 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.
2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Every application within 500 m 3 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 10No 95 Bridge Street , Cootehill , Co. Cavan. Approved with conditions(1) to convert attached domestic garage to habitable accommodation, (2) to construct new extensions at first…
- 9No 14 Bridge Street , Cootehill , Co. Cavan Approved with conditionsto reinstate previously demolished buildings to rear yard of commercial premises as ancillary storage use…
- 11St Michael's Hall Chapel Lane , Munnilly Cootehill , Co. Cavan Approved with conditionsfor alterations to previously approved planning permission, Planning Ref 23/60278 at St Michael's Hall,…
How we work this out
Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 04:50
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 04:50 | open |
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 02:21 | open |
Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
- Bough, Maudabawn, Cootehill, Cavan · 26 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 26/60198 · 326 m
- 34 Bridge Street, Cootehill, Cavan, H16 K763 · 15 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/60518 · 305 m
How we work this out
Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 02:21
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 02:21 | open |
Homes coming 64 not started
- Cavan Road · 49 homes · building started · 146 m
- 1Páirc na Cairéal · 48 homes · not started · runs out 18 Aug 2030 · 151 m
- Magheranure · 23 homes · building started · 358 m
- 2Magheranure · 16 homes · not started · runs out 29 Jul 2030 · 319 m
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 04:50
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 02:21 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 04:50 | open |
| Social housing construction status report | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:02 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Estate: Griffith Park · 1 applications in 10 years
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cootehill Community Childcare · Crèche | 17 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 796 m |
How we work this out
Sources: Housing estates, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 23:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing estates | ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026, 23:03 | open |
| Department of Education school list | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026, 23:04 | open |
| Tusla early years register | Public register | 21 Oct 2026, 23:37 | open |
How busy is this area Busier than most of Cavan County Council.
How we work this out
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 04:50
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 23:08 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 02:21 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 04:50 | open |
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
69% of homes built before 1971 (council 25%). 76% owner-occupied (council 69%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 027028004
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Darley NS · primary · 130 pupils · 542 m
- Holy Family S S · primary · 182 pupils · 748 m
- St Michaels National School · primary · 232 pupils · 866 m
Stops 4
- Cootehill · 172, 175, 178 · 294 m
- Cootehill · 172, 175, 178 · 1/hour at peak · 310 m
- Cootehill · 179 · 0/hour at peak · 631 m
- Cootehill · 179 · 639 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Darley NS · 542 m+4% pupils (130)
- Holy Family S S · 748 m+2.2% pupils (182)
- St Michaels National School · 866 m-7.6% pupils (232)
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 28 Oct 2026, 04:50
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:02 | open |
| Department of Education school list | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026, 23:04 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026, 04:50 | open |
| Council consultation portals | Public | 28 Oct 2026, 00:59 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | Public | 28 Oct 2026, 02:10 | open |
| Land Development Agency public land register | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 16:43 | open |
| cso_saps_2022 | CC BY 4.0 | — | open |
| National Transport Authority | CC 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 maps | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
| Fingal County Council | CC BY 4.0 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?SolicitorAsk for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
- 48 homes approved 151 m away (Páirc na Cairéal), not started: what is planned?CouncilAsk for: The planning file for 2560234.
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Townland
- Magheranure
- Electoral division
- Cootehill Urban
- Electoral area
- Bailieborough - Cootehill
- Council
- Cavan County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
- 11 sites nearby could change: 2 approved schemes, 9 empty zoned plots.
- 64 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 48 at Páirc na Cairéal.
- Cootehill (bus 172, 175) 310 m away: 12 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
- Here (2022 census): 76% owner-occupied (council 69%); 14% of homes empty (council 15%); most built 1946–1960; 60% drive to work (council 65%); population up 7% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 58 days (about 8 weeks); 45% are asked for more information.
- 3 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
- 63 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
What the terms mean 5 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.
- 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 27
| Source | Publisher | Licence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.com | An Coimisiún Pleanála | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Monuments Service (SMR) | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | Local authorities (consultation portals) | Public | 28 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | © the publisher | 27 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.com | Local authorities (derelict sites registers) | CC BY 4.0 | 26 Oct 2026 |
| overpass-api.de | OpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County Council | ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | Public | 28 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC BY 4.0 | 28 Oct 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Tailte Éireann | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors | CC BY 4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| propertypriceregister.ie | Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR) | © PSRA, PSI licence | 28 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | Public register | 21 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026 |