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Planning report · Cavan County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 20 Oct 2026, 16:20

Templeport GFC, Bawnboy, Bawnboy ED, Cavan-Belturbet Municipal District, County Cavan, Ulster, Éire / Ireland

54.12128, -7.67503

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s.

See on the mapWatch this area

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
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 52 days
  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.

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 2001–2010.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of BawnboyBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2017: 3 files on Bawnboy2020: 1 file on Bawnboy2021: 2 files on Bawnboy2022: 3 files on Bawnboy2023: 4 files on Bawnboy2024: 4 files on Bawnboy2026: 1 file on Bawnboy18 files

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

On this site
M4
Zoning · Major town centre
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningM4 · Major town centre
What it says

White Lands: Provide for appropriate mixed-use development within the development envelopes of small towns and villages of the county.

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

ZoningM4 · Major town centre
What it says

White Lands: Provide for appropriate mixed-use development within the development envelopes of small towns and villages of the county.

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: 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: Bawnboy Waste Water Works (506 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km
Within 2.0 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings6Bawnboy House; Bawnboy Union Workhouse
Monuments13Bawn; Structure
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, Sites and Monuments Record · 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
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

What happened to applications like yours

A new house in a garden is harder: 88% approved, and 1 in 8 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site8 decided · more info asked 12%
88% · council 90%
Approved nearbyCavan 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 · 8 nearby, 976 council-wide

Figure 3

Bawnboy, file by file since 2017

7 of 7 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 4 of 4.

18 planning files on Bawnboy since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2017 · other extension · approved · 17320No number · 2017 · two-storey side · approved · 1755No number · 2017 · single-storey rear · approved · 1780No number · 2022 · two-storey side · approved · 22183No number · 2023 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 2360113No number · 2024 · two-storey side · approved · 2460031No number · 2024 · garage conversion · approved · 2460331Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · refused · 2188No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22121No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22229No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23126No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2360011No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460645No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660218New house in a side gardenNo number · 2020 · new house · approved · 20574No number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21308No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23290No number · 2024 · new house · approved · 2460630
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

18 files with "Bawnboy" 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 52 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 52 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 52 days, middle half 48–57 (n=12)52 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off60% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated15 decided home extensions, 5 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    1 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed1 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 Templeport GFC, Bawnboy, Bawnboy ED, Cavan-Belturbet Municipal District, County Cavan, Ulster, Éire / Ireland with 2 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseNo decision yetApproved
    1. 1St. Mogues College, Bawnboy 2660493No decision yet · 127 m
    2. 2Killyneary, Bawnboy 2560648Approved with conditions · 917 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 18 permissions since 2016, 6 show a start notice and 2 have a completion certificate.

    18 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 17 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 18 approved. Of those: 2 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 2 started, 8 with no start notice found, 4 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT17: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused17: approved → approved1 refused by the council, approved after an appeal8: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out2: approved → started, not signed off2: approved → signed off4: approved → ran out18 lodged18 lodged17 approved17 approved1 refused1 refused18 approved18 approved8 no start notice found8 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out2 started, not signed off2 started, not signed off2 signed off2 signed off4 ran out4 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.

    Measured18 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 2.0 km in the next 30 days.

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

      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2023. 94% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 3, 2020: 1, 2021: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 4, 2024: 4, 2026: 105102017: 3 approved3’17*2020: 1 approved1’202021: 1 approved2021: 1 refused2’212022: 3 approved3’222023: 4 approved4’232024: 4 approved4’242026: 1 approved1’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

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

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 2.0 km 4 in the last 12 months

      See every application on the map

      • 1St. Mogues College , Bawnboy , Co. Cavan No decision yet
        to erect an all-weather multipurpose pitch in replace of existing grassed pitch to include perimeter fencing,…
        26604931 Sept 2026127 m
      • St. Mogues College , Bawnboy , Co. Cavan Withdrawn or not valid
        to erect an all-weather multipurpose pitch in replace of existing grassed pitch to include perimeter fencing,…
        266046220 Aug 2026127 m
      • St Mogues College , Bawnboy , Co.Cavan Approved with conditions
        to erect a canopy to ground floor entrance to existing detached modular classrooms building and all ancillary…
        266021823 Jun 2026127 m
      • 2Killyneary , Bawnboy , Co. Cavan Approved with conditions
        to decommission existing septic tank and install new waste water treatment system and percolation area and…
        256064817 Dec 20251 homes917 m
      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 3 in the last 12 months
      3 no sign-off needed
      • Kilsallagh, Bawnboy, Cavan · 11 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 22172 · 2.0 km
      • Kilsob, Bawnboy, Cavan · 11 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 24/60630 · 283 m
      • Corrasmongan, Bawnboy, Cavan, H14AT10 · 4 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2360287 · 741 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
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Cavan County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here4
      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 9

      This street block against the council

      36% of homes built before 1971 (council 25%). 74% owner-occupied (council 69%).

      Homes built before 1971
      36% · council 25%
      Homes built since 2001
      45% · council 41%
      Owner-occupied
      74% · council 69%
      Rented
      24% · council 24%
      Children under 15
      26% · council 22%
      Aged 65 and over
      20% · council 15%
      Households with 2+ cars
      52% · council 47%
      Work mainly from home
      15% · council 8%
      This small area (240 people)Cavan

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 027011003

      Bus
      54 m
      Bawnboy · 930 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      222 m
      St. Mogue's College, 310 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • St. Mogue's College · postprimary · 310 pupils · 222 m
      • S N Aodhain Naofa · primary · 76 pupils · 380 m

      Stops 2

      • Bawnboy · 930 · 1/hour at peak · 54 m
      • Bawnboy · 930 · 56 m

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

      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. 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
      Bawnboy
      Electoral division
      Bawnboy
      Electoral area
      Cavan - Belturbet
      Council
      Cavan County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Zoned M4 (major town centre); not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
      • Bawnboy (bus 930) 54 m away: 3 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
      • Here (2022 census): 74% owner-occupied (council 69%); 22% of homes empty (council 15%); most built 2001–2010; 63% drive to work (council 65%); population up 6% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 58 days (about 8 weeks); 45% are asked for more information.
      • 4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • St. Mogue's College, 222 m away: a pitch or play area applied for (2026).
      • 4 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).
      What the terms mean 6 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.
      • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
      • 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 4.016 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
      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
      data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026
      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC 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, 16:20 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.