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Planning report · Sligo County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 18:21

R292, Ballydoogan

54.27283, -8.51165

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%).

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Time
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Not held yet for Sligo County Council: council consultations.

98%of home extensions approved nearbyn=64 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs52 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 52 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 3 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.

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 Knappagh MoreBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2024: 1 file on Knappagh More2025: 1 file on Knappagh More2026: 1 file on Knappagh More3 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
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

eRES – existing and infill residential use: Objective: Protect and enhance the residential amenity of established residential areas and their communal or public open space and allow for small-scale infill development which is appropriate to the character and pattern of development in the immediate

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.

sligo county development plan 2024 2030 · 11 Nov 2024 – 11 Nov 2030

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 lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1Woodville House
Monuments11R160351; R160389
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 council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only.
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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
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

Extensions are almost always approved here: 100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 60% approved, and 1 in 5 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear11 decided · more info asked 0%
100% · council 100%
Attic or dormer14 decided · more info asked 0%
100% · council 96%
New house in a garden or site5 decided · more info asked 20%
60% · council 90%
Approved nearbySligo 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 · 30 nearby, 671 council-wide

Figure 3

Knappagh More, file by file since 2024

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved.

3 planning files on Knappagh More since 2024, by kind and decision.202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2024 · single-storey rear · approved · 2460162No number · 2025 · other extension · approved · 2560293Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660289New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

3 files with "Knappagh More" 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 · 2024–2026

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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 52 days. Building starts about 3 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 52 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 85 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 52 days, middle half 49–54 (n=58)52 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 85 days after permission (n=17)85 days after permissionSigned off65% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated64 decided home extensions, 17 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    0 of 1 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 5 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed1 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

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 15 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    18 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 16 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 15 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 3 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 11 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT16: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused15: approved → approved2: refused → refused1 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal11: approved → no start notice found3: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off18 lodged18 lodged16 approved16 approved2 refused2 refused15 approved15 approved2 refused2 refused1 withdrawn1 withdrawn11 no start notice found11 no start notice found3 built, owner opted out3 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off

    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 500 m 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 3 and 4 a year; busiest 2024. 89% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 4, 2022: 3, 2023: 3, 2024: 4, 2025: 405102021: 3 approved2021: 1 refused4’21*2022: 3 approved3’222023: 3 approved3’232024: 4 approved4’242025: 3 approved2025: 1 refused4’25
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2021 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
        Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
        1 no sign-off needed
        • Strandhill Road, Sligo, F91 Y2H5 · 30 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · PL25/60293 · 274 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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
        Homes coming 0 not started
        How we work this out
        Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, 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).
        Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
        Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

        Named places estate, developments, inspections

        Crèches and schools inspected

        NameLatest inspectionDistance
        Cre8ive Corner Creche · Crèche13 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate624 m
        Cre8ive Corner Creche Farmhill Manor · Crèche6 Mar 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate866 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 28 Oct 2026, 23:19
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
        Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
        How busy is this area Busier than most of Sligo County Council.
        Homes approved
        Here138
        Council middle0
        Homes started
        Here143
        Council middle2
        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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 9

        This street block against the council

        10% of homes built before 1971 (council 27%). 76% owner-occupied (council 67%).

        Homes built before 1971
        10% · council 27%
        Homes built since 2001
        58% · council 33%
        Owner-occupied
        76% · council 67%
        Rented
        21% · council 27%
        Children under 15
        24% · council 19%
        Aged 65 and over
        9% · council 18%
        Households with 2+ cars
        55% · council 42%
        Work mainly from home
        18% · council 12%
        This small area (387 people)Sligo

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 207055014

        Bus
        221 m
        Second Sea Road · S2 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        None nearby.

          Stops 15

          • Second Sea Road · S2 · 2/hour at peak · 221 m
          • Second Sea Road · S2 · 2/hour at peak · 225 m
          • First Sea Rd · S2, S3 · 3/hour at peak · 516 m
          • First Sea Rd · S2, S3 · 2/hour at peak · 525 m
          • Kevinsfort Heath · S3 · 1/hour at peak · 581 m
          • Kevinsfort Heath · S3 · 1/hour at peak · 593 m
          • Prospect Drive · S2, S3 · 3/hour at peak · 628 m
          • Prospect Drive · S2, S3 · 3/hour at peak · 643 m
          Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, 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 1 Nov 2026, 02:24
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
          Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
          Council consultation portalsPublic1 Nov 2026, 01:08open
          Council meetings (ModernGov)Public1 Nov 2026, 02:24open
          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
          Knappagh More
          Electoral division
          Knockaree
          Electoral area
          Sligo-Strandhill
          Council
          Sligo County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 6 lines
          • Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
          • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
          • Second Sea Road (bus S2) 221 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 4 from all stops within 500 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 76% owner-occupied (council 67%); 8% of homes empty (council 18%); most built 2001–2010; 70% drive to work (council 61%); population up 10% since 2016.
          • Around here the council decides in a median 50 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
          • 143 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
          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 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 4.030 Oct 2026
          data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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)Public1 Nov 2026
          www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 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 4.026 Oct 2026
          transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
          lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
          meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public1 Nov 2026
          services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.01 Nov 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 licence1 Nov 2026
          services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
          gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
          gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
          tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register28 Oct 2026
          services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 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 1 Nov 2026, 18:21 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.