Planning report · Monaghan County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 9 Oct 2026, 20:49
Belgium Park, Monaghan
54.25317, -6.96865
Homes here mostly date from 1919–1945. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%). 37 homes approved 267 m away haven't started.
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=71 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs53 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–561open for comments nearbyclose 20 Oct37homes approved nearby, not startednearest 267 m · 22371
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 53 days
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 7 months after
- 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 1919–45, 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
On this site
M2
Zoning · Major town centre
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningM2 · Major town centre
What it says
Town Centre: To provide, protect and enhance town centre facilities and promote town centre strengthening.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
monaghan county development plan 2025 2031 · 7 Jul 2025 – 1 Jul 2031
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: Monaghan (838 m)
Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 59 | The Beeches; Kilnacloy House |
| Monuments | 5 | Burial; Town defences |
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: 9 on the draft 2027 map; 7 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: zoning, constraints.niah, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoning | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:11 | open |
| constraints.niah | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:35 | open |
| epa_leap | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026, 23:09 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:59 | open |
| constraints | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false) | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| constraints.smr | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 19:29 | open |
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.
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
Extensions are almost always approved here: 100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 100% approved, and 81% are asked for more information.
Single-storey rear11 decided · more info asked 27%
100% · council 99%
Two-storey rear12 decided · more info asked 50%
100% · council 97%
New house in a garden or site16 decided · more info asked 81%
100% · council 93%
Approved nearbyMonaghan 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 · 39 nearby, 1,651 council-wide
Kilnacloy, file by file since 2017
5 of 5 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid
30 files with "Kilnacloy" 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.
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 85 days. Building starts about 7 months after permission.
Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.
Calculated71 decided home extensions, 20 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
0 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 5 appealed approvals were reversed.
Refusals appealed2 decided
0 became permissions
Approvals appealed5 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
Appeals nearby 2 in the last 12 months
What's changing around you?
- 1Mullach Glas, Mullaghmonaghan 2660395
- 2Monaghan Heating & Plumbing Centre 22371
- 375 Station View, Kilnacloy 2660174
- 40.8 ha zoned for homes
- 50.1 ha zoned for homes
- 60.5 ha zoned for homes
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes
- 8Station View, Kilnacloy 2660273
- 98 New Terrace, Kilnacloy 2660302
- 10Unit 8B, North Road Monaghan 2686
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 73 permissions since 2016, 13 show a start notice and 6 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.
Measured76 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 20 Oct 2026.
Comments close
- Comments close 20 Oct 202611 days left12660395 · application received — planning permission for development comprising the change of use of part of the first floor of…€20 to the council · 464 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet
37 homes 267 m away were approved Jun 2023 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jun 2028.
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 5 within 500 m
Approved, not started 1
- Monaghan Heating & Plumbing Centre · 37 homes approved Jun 2023, not started · 267 m
Empty land zoned for homes 4
- 40.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 110 m
- 50.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 131 m
- 60.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 354 m
- 70.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 364 m
Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 4 and 15 a year; busiest 2021. 96% of decisions were approvals.
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided
2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.
Measuredcouncil register via NPAD
Open for comments €20 to comment
- 1Mullach Glas , Mullaghmonaghan , Co. Monaghan comments close 20 Oct 2026planning permission for development comprising the change of use of part of the first floor of the existing…
Every application within 500 m 7 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 10Unit 8B , North Road Monaghan , Co Monaghan No decision yetpermission for change of use from convenience shop to takeaway and erect new signage to front elevation and…
- 98 New Terrace , Kilnacloy , Monaghan Approved with conditionspermission for development which will consist of: demolition of existing lean-to shed, construction of a…
- 8Station View , Kilnacloy , Monaghan No decision yetpermission for a proposed development consisting of the construction of 49 no. dwellings comprising of the…
- MONAGHAN GENERAL HOSPITAL , HIGH STREET MONAGHAN , MONAGHAN Withdrawn or not validpermission will include (A) Change the use of part of existing hospital outbuilding from its current use as…
- 8 New Terrace , Kilnacloy , Monaghan Withdrawn or not validpermission for development consisting of the demolition of existing lean-to shed, construction of a detached…
- 375 Station View , Kilnacloy , Monaghan Refusedpermission for 1) retention permission of the attached pergola structure to the side and rear of the existing…
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.
Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
- 3 New Terrace, Monaghan, H18 PX34 · 28 Nov 2025 · 7-day notice signed off · 236 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: bcms · fetched 8 Oct 2026, 06:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 8 Oct 2026, 06:04 | open |
Homes coming 37 not started
- 2Monaghan Heating & Plumbing Centre · 37 homes · not started · runs out 27 Jun 2028 · 267 m
How we work this out
Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, 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).
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Crèches and schools inspected
| Name | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Glenpark Montessori School · Crèche | 12 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate | 517 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.
How busy is this area Busier than most of Monaghan County Council.
Homes approved
Here0
Council middle0
Homes started
Here112
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.
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
68% of homes built before 1971 (council 28%). 54% owner-occupied (council 71%).
Homes built before 1971
68% · council 28%
Homes built since 2001
18% · council 33%
Owner-occupied
54% · council 71%
Rented
42% · council 24%
Children under 15
19% · council 22%
Aged 65 and over
14% · council 16%
Households with 2+ cars
17% · council 48%
Work mainly from home
1% · council 7%
This small area (183 people)Monaghan
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 177059004
Road noise
55–59 dB
day–night average (EPA 2022)
Bus
110 m
Monaghan Bus Stn · 162, 175, 175A · busiest stop within 500 m: 6 an hour at peak
Nearest school
337 m
Monaghan Model School, 199 pupils
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Monaghan Model School · primary · 199 pupils · 337 m
- St Marys Bns · primary · 229 pupils · 855 m
- St. Louis Secondary School · postprimary · 532 pupils · 955 m
- St Louis Infant School · primary · 208 pupils · 989 m
- St. Louis Girls National School · primary · 202 pupils · 989 m
Stops 14
- Monaghan Bus Stn · 162, 175, 175A, 176, 182, 32 · 6/hour at peak · 110 m
- Westenra Terrace · MN2, MN3 · 1/hour at peak · 371 m
- Westenra Terrace · MN2, MN3 · 1/hour at peak · 418 m
- Monaghan Hospital · 176, MN3 · 1/hour at peak · 453 m
- North Road · 176, MN1, MN2, MN3 · 3/hour at peak · 464 m
- Monaghan Hospl · 176 · 468 m
- Glaslough Street · MN1, MN2 · 1/hour at peak · 486 m
- St Davnet's Campus · MN1, MN3 · 0/hour at peak · 550 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Monaghan Model School · 337 m+3.6% pupils (199)
- St Marys Bns · 855 m+3.2% pupils (229)
- St. Louis Secondary School · 955 m+2.1% pupils (532)
- St. Louis Girls National School · 989 m+0.5% pupils (202)
- St Louis Infant School · 989 m-8.4% pupils (208)
Sources: gtfs, schools, npad, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, 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 4 Oct 2026, 23:41
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtfs | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:41 | open |
| schools | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026, 23:32 | open |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 Oct 2026, 01:41 | open |
| consult | public | 9 Oct 2026, 01:21 | open |
| moderngov | public | 9 Oct 2026, 01:22 | open |
| lda_lands | 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
- Application 464 m away open for comments until 20 Oct 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
- Kilnacloy
- Electoral division
- Monaghan Urban
- Electoral area
- Monaghan
- Council
- Monaghan County Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- Zoned M2 (major town centre); no vacant land tax.
- 5 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 4 empty zoned plots.
- 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 20 Oct 2026.
- 37 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 37 at Monaghan Heating & Plumbing Centre.
- Monaghan Bus Stn (bus 162, 175) 110 m away: 6 an hour at morning peak; 13 from all stops within 500 m.
- Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
- Here (2022 census): 54% owner-occupied (council 71%); 19% of homes empty (council 12%); most built 1919–1945; 58% drive to work (council 66%); population down 5% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 97 days (about 14 weeks); 63% are asked for more information.
What the terms mean 9 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.
- Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
- Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
- 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 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 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC-BY-4.0 | 8 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC… | 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 | https: | Local authorities (consultation portals) | public | 9 Oct 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | — | all-rights-reserved | 9 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 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| data.epa.ie | Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register) | CC-BY-4.0 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | public | 9 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC-BY-4.0 | 9 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) | PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use… | 9 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC-BY-4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | 25 Sept 2026 |
| tusla.ie | Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate) | public (Tusla statutory register; ackn… | 5 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC-BY-4.0 | 4 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 9 Oct 2026, 20:49 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.