How do I search planning applications in Co. Cavan?

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 authority for the towns on this page is Cavan 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. Cavan have the most planning activity?

By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Cavan (177), Virginia (69), Belturbet (48). 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. Cavan

Planning applications in Co. Cavan: 294 in three years

294 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 3 towns in Co. Cavan in the last three years, 17 of them for ten homes or more (664 units). Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

294

planning applications within 2 km of 3 town centres in the last three years

of them for 10 homes or more

664

residential units in those large applications

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Cavan

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.

Cavan	177 applications, 13 large
Virginia	69 applications, 3 large
Belturbet	48 applications, 1 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Cavan

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

75 units, Virginia, lodged 2024-12, application finalised (Cavan County Council): to construct 78 no. dwellings and 1 no. single storey creche to complete existing residential development known as “The Drumlins". (“The Drumlins” development was previously approved planning application ref. no.'s 04/21
65 units, Cavan, lodged 2025-11, appealed (Cavan County Council): for Large Scale Residential Development consististing of the provision of a total of 109no. residential units along with provision of a crèche. Particulars of the development comprise as follows: (a) Site excavation work
58 units, Belturbet, lodged 2026-03, further information (Cavan County Council): for (a) Site excavation works to facilitate the proposed development to include excavation and general site preparation works. (b) The provision of a total of 54no. residential dwellings which will consist of 3no. 2bed u
55 units, Cavan, lodged 2026-03, new application (Cavan County Council): for the construction of 55 dwelling units including: 12 no. two-bedroom semi-detached houses, 1 no. detached two-bedroom house, 30 no. three-bedroom semi-detached houses, 6 no. four-bedroom semi-detached houses , 6 no. f
24 units, Virginia, lodged 2025-08, application finalised (Cavan County Council): to Construct 26 no. Age Friendly dwellings and 1 no. single storey Communal Building comprising of the following: (A) 12 no. 2 bed Single storey Semi-detached dwellings, (B) 8 no. 3 bed Dormer Semi-detached dwellings, (C
21 units, Cavan, lodged 2026-07, further information (Cavan County Council): for 21 no. residential units consisting of 14 no. 3 bedroom (2 storey) units, 4 no. 1 bedroom units in one 2 storey block, 1 no. 4 bed detached dormer and 2 no. 2 bedroom (1 storey) units with / without attic accommodati
20 units, Cavan, lodged 2026-03, further information (Cavan County Council): to erect a fully serviced residential development consisting of 20No. semi-detached two-storey houses and 4No. own door duplex apartments in 1No. two-storey block, associated site works and to be accessed via the existin
12 units, Virginia, lodged 2024-12, application finalised (Cavan County Council): to Construct 12 no. dwellings comprising of the following: (A) 6 no. 4 bed two storey semi-detached dwellings (B) 6 no. 3 bed two storey semi-detached dwellings, (C) form connections to all public services, form entrance

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. Cavan

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. Cavan

Planning applications by town in Co. Cavan

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

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Cavan?: 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 authority for the towns on this page is Cavan 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. Cavan have the most planning activity?: By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Cavan (177), Virginia (69), Belturbet (48). 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.