How do I search planning applications in Co. Carlow?

Two ways. The national planning applications map (nationalplanningapplications.ie) carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authorities for the towns on this page are Carlow County Council, Laois County Council; each also runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.

Which towns in Co. Carlow have the most planning activity?

By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Carlow (308), Tullow (84). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.

Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?

A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Planning applications · Co. Carlow

Planning applications in Co. Carlow: 392 in three years

392 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 2 towns in Co. Carlow in the last three years, 10 of them for ten homes or more (466 units). Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

392

planning applications within 2 km of 2 town centres in the last three years

of them for 10 homes or more

466

residential units in those large applications

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Carlow

Applications lodged within 2 km of each town centre since 2023, from the national planning register. A high count means an active town, not necessarily housing estates: extensions, one-off rural houses, shopfronts and retention applications all count.

Carlow	308 applications, 9 large
Tullow	84 applications, 1 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Carlow

Applications for ten homes or more near the towns above, largest first, with the status recorded on the register when this page was built:

98 units, Carlow, lodged 2025-04, application finalised (Laois County Council): carry out development which will consist of: (a) The provision of 98no. two-storey semi-detached dwellings consisting of the following unit mix: 8no. 4-bed dwellings, 82no. 3-bed dwellings, and 8no. 2-bed dwellings, (b)
90 units, Carlow, lodged 2024-11, application finalised (Laois County Council): make alterations to a granted permission reference P23.3 at Crossneen, Carlow, Co. Laois. Alterations to provide for a partial revised layout to accommodate 2 No. Type C1 - four bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings
83 units, Carlow, lodged 2025-03, application finalised (Carlow County Council): development at this site of c. 2.7 Ha. The development will comprise of the construction of 83 No. residential units and all ancillary works consisting of: 66 No. 2 storey houses (18 No. 3 bed terraced units (c. 98.16 sq
46 units, Carlow, lodged 2025-06, application finalised (Carlow County Council): construct 46 houses and all associated site works
33 units, Tullow, lodged 2025-08, application finalised (Carlow County Council): the development comprises of the demolition of 2no. existing sheds and the development of 35 no. residential units (14 no. three bedroom two storey semi-detached houses, 7 no. three bedroom two-storey terraced units, 4 n
17 units, Carlow, lodged 2024-12, application finalised (Laois County Council): construct Phase 3 of an overall residential development of 131 dwellings plus Creche. Phase 3 to consist of 17 dwellings to include: 2 No. Type B - four bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings, 6 No. Type C/C1 - four
12 units, Carlow, lodged 2026-05, decision made (Laois County Council): carry out variations to a previous Grant of Permission (Pl. Ref: 25/60210): (i) the omission of 8no. two-bedroom two-storey semi-detached houses (Nos. 41-44 and 89-92 incl.) and their replacement with 2no. one-bedroom fi

A permission that is granted but not yet built is invisible at a viewing. The register shows it. So does the zoning map for the fields around the house, which says what they are allowed to become.

Check one house in Co. Carlow

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) lists every planning application within 300 m of the house with status, decision and appeal, checks the property's own planning and building-control file, and shows the zoning of the land around it.

Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.

Other checks for Co. Carlow

Planning applications by town in Co. Carlow

GuidePlanning search before buying a house: the three files that matter

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Carlow?: Two ways. The national planning applications map (nationalplanningapplications.ie) carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authorities for the towns on this page are Carlow County Council, Laois County Council; each also runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.
Which towns in Co. Carlow have the most planning activity?: By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Carlow (308), Tullow (84). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?: A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Sources

National planning applications map

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.