Planning applications near me

How this lookup works

Applications come from the national planning register published weekly by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0) and cover sites within 3 km of each tracked town centre in the 30 days to 3 Nov 2026. Applications usually reach the national register one to two weeks after they are lodged with the council.

Where a site may be someone's home, the address is reduced upstream to the road or townland and county only, never a house number or Eircode. When you enter an Eircode in the search box, the lookup uses only the first 3 characters (the postal routing key, such as W91 or D04) right in your browser to match tracked towns in that routing area; exact 7-character Eircode geocoding requires a paid proprietary database that we do not use. When you click "Use my location", your browser coordinates are compared in-page against our tracked town centres and are never sent to our servers.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check planning applications near my road, town or Eircode in Leinster?

Enter a road name, townland, town, or the first 3 characters of your Eircode (the routing key, such as W91 or D04) in the search box above, or click Use my location to filter 441 recent planning applications lodged within 3 km of 132 Leinster towns over the last 30 days.

Why does the Eircode search use only the first 3 characters?

The first 3 characters of an Eircode identify the public An Post routing key district, which maps directly to our tracked Leinster towns right in your browser without sending your full 7-character Eircode to a server or relying on a paid proprietary address database.

How often is the near-me planning lookup updated?

The lookup refreshes weekly from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage national planning register (CC BY 4.0), covering applications received in the 30 days up to 3 Nov 2026.