Belturbet
Homes here mostly date from before 1919. 10 homes approved 157 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 50 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 before 1919, 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
Town Core: To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the town and village core while providing and/or improving town/village centre facilities.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028 · 11 Jul 2022 – 10 Jul 2028
What it says
Town Core: To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the town and village core while providing and/or improving town/village centre facilities.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
cavan county development plan incorporating variation no1 2022 2028 · 11 Jul 2022 – 10 Jul 2028
Not on this site: conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.
Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Belturbet (809 m)
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 28 | post box; Glen Erne |
| Monuments | 9 | Historic town; Battery |
How we work this out
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record, SMR zones of notification, EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development plan zoning (councils) | CC BY 4.0 | 25 Oct 2026, 23:06 | 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 |
| SMR zones of notification | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:34 | open |
| EPA licensed facilities (LEAP) | CC BY 4.0 | 26 Oct 2026, 23:21 | open |
| Records of Protected Structures | No licence stated · shown as a yes/no only | — | 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 |
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.
What happened to applications like yours
A new house in a garden is harder: 88% approved, and 75% are asked for more information.
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 · 8 nearby, 566 council-wide
Corporation Lands, file by file since 2021
4 files with "Corporation Lands" 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 · 1 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 1 in the last 12 months
- 2660129 · garden room · refused 15 May 2026 · 61 m
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 50 days.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated19 decided home extensions, 6 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
1 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 2 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?
- 1Patrick St, Belturbet 2660594
- 2Lands at the junction of, Chapel Road and Widow's House Lane 2660586
- 3Chapel Road & Widow's House Lane 22377
- 4Patrick Street, Belturbet 2660129
- 50.2 ha zoned for homes
- 60.1 ha zoned for homes
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes
- 80.8 ha zoned for homes
- 91.0 ha zoned for homes
- 100.4 ha zoned for homes
- 11Kilconny, Belturbet 2560751
- 12Holborn Hill / Barrack Lane, Belturbet 2626
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 29 permissions since 2016, 7 show a start notice and 2 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.
Measured32 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
2 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 13 Nov 2026.
- Comments close 13 Nov 202616 days left22660586 · application received — for a) Site excavation works to facilitate the proposed development to include excavation and…€20 to the council · 140 m away
- Comments close 17 Nov 202620 days left12660594 · application received — for demolition of existing storage shed, erection of two storey split level residential building…€20 to the council · 62 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
10 homes 157 m away were approved Aug 2023 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jul 2029.
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 10 within 500 m
Approved, not started 1
- Chapel Road & Widow's House Lane · 10 homes approved Aug 2023, not started · 157 m
Empty land zoned for homes 9
- 50.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 25 m
- 60.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 28 m
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 46 m
- 80.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 71 m
- 91.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 82 m
- 100.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 107 m
- 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 161 m
- 1.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 165 m
- 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 171 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 3 and 9 a year; busiest 2022. 91% of decisions were approvals.
2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Open for comments €20 to comment
- 2Lands at the junction of , Chapel Road and Widow's House Lane , Belturbet comments close 13 Nov 2026for a) Site excavation works to facilitate the proposed development to include excavation and general site…
- 1Patrick St , Belturbet , Co. Cavan comments close 17 Nov 2026for demolition of existing storage shed, erection of two storey split level residential building comprising…
Every application within 500 m 6 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 12Holborn Hill / Barrack Lane , Belturbet , Co Cavan Approved with conditionsfor EXTENSION OF DURATION OF REF 20602 to 1)partially demolish and convert existing community centre…
- 4Patrick Street , Belturbet , Co. Cavan Refusedfor demolition of existing storage shed, erection of 2no. two Storey detached dwellings, new site entrance,…
- Patrick Street , Belturbet , Co. Cavan Withdrawn or not validfor the erection of 2no. Two Storey detached dwellings, new site entrance, carparking, connection to public…
- 11Kilconny , Belturbet , Co.Cavan Approved with conditionsfor conversion of an existing outbuilding to a one-storey, one-bedroom dwelling. Works will include the…
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 4 in the last 12 months
- 34 Holborn Hill, Belturbet, Cavan, H14 AD89 · 4 May 2026 · 7 homes · start notice not signed off · 20/602 · 380 m
- Railway Road, Belturbet, Cavan, H14P896 · 30 Mar 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 23/44 · 237 m
- Drumbarlow Road, Kilconny, Belturbet, Cavan · 11 Feb 2026 · 4 homes · start notice not signed off · PT8 CN 151 · 315 m
- Widow's Row, Corporation Lands,, Belturbet, Cavan · 5 Dec 2025 · 6 homes · start notice not signed off · PART VIII · 219 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 10 not started
- 3Chapel Road & Widow's House Lane · 10 homes · not started · runs out 9 Jul 2029 · 157 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
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Happy Days Childcare Services Ltd · Crèche | 29 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 277 m |
How we work this out
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
60% of homes built before 1971 (council 25%). 57% owner-occupied (council 69%).
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 027013005
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Convent Of Mercy NS · primary · 163 pupils · 66 m
- St Bricin's College · postprimary · 281 pupils · 230 m
- Fairgreen NS · primary · 33 pupils · 271 m
- Sn Mhuire Boys Senior School · primary · 74 pupils · 355 m
Stops 6
- Belturbet · 30, 930 · 1/hour at peak · 84 m
- Belturbet · 30, 930 · 0/hour at peak · 86 m
- Kilconny · 930 · 344 m
- Kilconny · 930 · 0/hour at peak · 352 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Convent Of Mercy NS · 66 m-0.6% pupils (163)
- St Bricin's College · 230 m+11.5% pupils (281)
- Fairgreen NS · 271 m-10.8% pupils (33)
- Sn Mhuire Boys Senior School · 355 m-2.6% pupils (74)
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
- Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?Seller · councilAsk for: Details of past works from the seller.
- 10 homes approved 157 m away (Chapel Road & Widow's House…), not started: what is planned?CouncilAsk for: The planning file for 22377.
- Application 62 m away open for comments until 17 Nov 2026: comment?CouncilAsk for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
- 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
- Corporation Lands
- Electoral division
- Belturbet
- Electoral area
- Cavan - Belturbet
- Council
- Cavan County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned M2 (major town centre); monument zone; no vacant land tax.
- 10 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 9 empty zoned plots.
- 2 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 17 Nov 2026.
- 1 application refused within 100 m since 2025; latest for garden room (2026).
- 10 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 10 at Chapel Road & Widow's House Lane.
- Belturbet (bus 30, 930) 84 m away: 1 an hour at morning peak.
- Here (2022 census): 57% owner-occupied (council 69%); 19% of homes empty (council 15%); most built before 1919; 54% drive to work (council 65%); population up 17% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 58 days (about 8 weeks); 45% are asked for more information.
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.
- Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
- Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
- 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 29
| 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 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | National Monuments Service (SMR zones) | 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 |
| data.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register) | CC BY 4.0 | 26 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-eu1.arcgis.com | Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures) | No licence stated · flag only | — |
| 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 |