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Planning permission in Dublin City: 27,660 applications

27,660 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 27 towns in Dublin City in the last three years, 263 of them for ten homes or more (12,516 units). Below: how to search the Dublin City Council register, the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

Figures compiled from the public records listed at the foot of this page. Data snapshot: . Updated when the records change.

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27,660 planning applications around 27 towns in Dublin City in three years, 263 for ten homes or more.

One specific house in Dublin City: planning applications within 300 m of that Eircode, the house's own planning file, flood zone, radon, BER, sale history. Thirty-eight checks in all, each linked to the public record.

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27,660

planning applications within 2 km of 27 town centres in the last three years

263

of them for 10 homes or more

12,516

residential units in those large applications

How to search planning applications in Dublin City

Short answer: open the national planning applications map, type the address or Eircode, and every application lodged with any council appears as a dot you can click. For the full file (drawings, reports, conditions, appeal) go to the council’s own register, Dublin City Council. Both are free.

  1. National map first. Search the address on nationalplanningapplications.ie, then zoom out to the 300 m around it. Each dot is an application with its reference number, description and decision.
  2. Then the council register. Search by the reference number, the address or a map area on the Dublin City Council register.
  3. Dublin City Council: search planning applications.
  4. Zoning last. The MyPlan.ie zoning map shows what the land around the house is allowed to become under the current development plan, which the register cannot tell you until someone applies.

For a house you are about to bid on, the paid report does all three for the Eircode: every application within 300 m with its decision, the house’s own planning and building-control files, and the zoning of the fields around it.

Where the planning office is busiest in Dublin City

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.

Dublin 81,913 applications, 29 large
Ranelagh1,890 applications, 12 large
Rathmines1,731 applications, 14 large
Harolds Cross1,654 applications, 20 large
Donnybrook1,562 applications, 3 large
Ballsbridge1,482 applications, 8 large
Rathgar1,408 applications, 12 large
Dublin 71,348 applications, 22 large
Crumlin1,212 applications, 18 large
Drumcondra1,201 applications, 13 large
Terenure1,194 applications, 14 large
Sandymount961 applications, 2 large
Cabra929 applications, 8 large
Artane919 applications, 4 large
Beaumont919 applications, 6 large
Glasnevin898 applications, 7 large
Clontarf829 applications, 2 large
Walkinstown810 applications, 11 large
Drimnagh808 applications, 13 large
Raheny710 applications, 6 large
Santry633 applications, 5 large
Coolock618 applications, 6 large
Inchicore585 applications, 13 large
Finglas456 applications, 3 large
Clongriffin384 applications, 2 large
Ballyfermot321 applications, 6 large
Malahide Road285 applications, 4 large

Largest schemes on file in Dublin City

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

  • 588 units, Walkinstown, lodged 2025-10, appeal decided (South Dublin County Council): i. The demolition of the former Chadwicks Builders Merchant development comprising 1 no. two storey office building and 9 no. storage/warehouse buildings ranging in height from 3m - 9.9m as follows: Building A (8,764 sq.
  • 550 units, Ballsbridge, lodged 2024-08, decision notice issued (Dublin City Council): Permission for development to construct a two-phase mixed-use residential and commercial scheme, which will consist of: the construction of a residential scheme arranged in 3 No. blocks (identified as Blocks A, B and C)
  • 502 units, Ballsbridge, lodged 2024-05, decision notice issued (Dublin City Council): Pembroke Beach DAC intends to apply for permission for development for a mixed used development (referred to as Phase 2) on this site of 15.06 hectares including lands known as the Former Irish Glass bottle & Fabrizia Si
  • 436 units, Drimnagh, lodged 2025-06, final grant (South Dublin County Council): The development will comprise the following: Demolition of existing commercial/industrial buildings on site (c.6,711 sq.m in total). Provision of a mixed use, residential and commercial/employment development (c.49,275 s
  • 189 units, Dublin 7, lodged 2025-11, decision appealed (Dublin City Council): The proposed development will consist of the following: • The demolition of the existing warehouse building and associated outbuildings/structures at 1-6 Beresford Street (D07 T611); • The removal and part demolition of
  • 171 units, Terenure, lodged 2025-12, appeal decided (South Dublin County Council): Templegrove Developments Limited Intends to Apply for Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development, at this site (c. 2.66ha) on lands at Cypress Grove House (Protected Structure - RPS Ref. 222), Cypress Lawn, Tem
  • 90 units, Malahide Road, lodged 2026-03, registered application (Dublin City Council): The application site comprises two separate land parcels consisting generally of a parcel east of St. Francis of Assisi Church, including the former Parochial House, located at the corner of Clonshaugh Avenue and Clonsha
  • 86 units, Clontarf, lodged 2025-04, appeal decided (Dublin City Council): We, Matriciana Ltd., intend to apply for Planning Permission for development at this site: 110 & 114, Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3. The development will consist of: 1. The demolition of 2 no. existing, detached residen

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.

Other checks for Dublin

Designated parts of the Fingal County Council area are in the Defective Concrete Blocks grant scheme (mica and pyrite in blocks). Only those parts are covered, not the whole county, so ask the council whether a particular address is inside the designated area.

Dublin is in the pyrite belt. Houses built roughly 1997 to 2013 with hardcore from the affected quarries may have heave in floors; the Pyrite Resolution Board ran the remediation scheme. The report flags the build years and the scheme for the exact house.

Planning applications by town in the Dublin City Council area

Other checks for Dublin

Planning in Dublin

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

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Dublin City?
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 Dublin City is Dublin City Council; each 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 Dublin City have the most planning activity?
By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Dublin 8 (1,913), Ranelagh (1,890), Rathmines (1,731), Harolds Cross (1,654), Donnybrook (1,562). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Do I need planning permission for an extension in Dublin City?
The rules are national, not local. Since 27 July 2026 an extension to the rear of a house is exempt up to 45 square metres (40 before that date), counting every earlier extension, with limits on height, distance from boundaries and the garden left over (at least 25 square metres). Anything to the front, or beyond those limits, needs permission from the council. A Section 5 declaration from the council confirms in writing whether a specific job is exempt. Details in the guide on the 2026 planning exemptions.
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

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