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Planning permission in Fingal: register, 5,398 applications

5,398 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 18 towns in Fingal in the last three years, 8 of them for ten homes or more (210 units). Below: how to search the Fingal County 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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5,398 planning applications around 18 towns in Fingal in three years, 8 for ten homes or more.

One specific house in Fingal: 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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5,398

planning applications within 2 km of 18 town centres in the last three years

8

of them for 10 homes or more

210

residential units in those large applications

How to search planning applications in Fingal

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, Fingal County 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 Fingal County Council register.
  3. Fingal County 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 Fingal

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.

Castleknock535 applications, 2 large
Clonsilla510 applications
Malahide475 applications
Blanchardstown418 applications
Clonee414 applications
Baldoyle366 applications, 5 large
Swords365 applications
Hansfield326 applications
Kinsealy265 applications
Skerries263 applications
Sutton243 applications
Portmarnock215 applications, 1 large
Rush214 applications
Howth202 applications
Hollystown175 applications
Balbriggan172 applications
Donabate123 applications
Lusk117 applications

Largest schemes on file in Fingal

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

  • 58 units, Baldoyle, lodged 2026-02, registered application (Dublin City Council): October Two Ltd. intends to apply for planning permission for development on lands of c. 0.505ha at 794, 796 and 798 Howth Road, Dublin 5, D05KP65, D05HK76, D05Rt99. The development will consist of the demolition of the
  • 57 units, Baldoyle, lodged 2024-01, appeal decided (Dublin City Council): The development will consist of the demolition of the existing two storey houses (c. 234.4sqm and c. 172.5 sqm) and associated outbuildings, and the construction of a new residential development in 2 no. new build blocks
  • 30 units, Baldoyle, lodged 2024-11, appeal decided (Dublin City Council): The development will consist of the demolition of the 2-no. existing two-storey houses (of c.234.4sqm and c. 172.5 sqm) and associated outbuildings, and the construction of a new residential development in 3 no. new buil
  • 14 units, Portmarnock, lodged 2025-06, decision notice issued (Dublin City Council): The construction of 14 houses comprising 10 no. 3-bedroom 3-storey houses, 2 no. 3-bedroom 2 1/2 -storey houses, and 2 no. 4-bedroom 3-storey houses, 14 no. off-street car parking spaces and 1 no. on-street visitor car p
  • 13 units, Baldoyle, lodged 2024-04, decision notice issued (Dublin City Council): Planning permission for partial demolition and extension of the existing 337sqm two-storey residential building containing 8 apartments and construction of an additional 13 apartments in providing a new total of 21 apart
  • 12 units, Castleknock, lodged 2026-06, appeal report sent to abp (South Dublin County Council): (i) demolition of existing vacant single storey structure on-site (75sq.m) and associated garage structure to the rear of this (127sq.m); (ii) removal of existing pillars and railings along the front (northern) boundary
  • 12 units, Castleknock, lodged 2024-10, appeal decided (South Dublin County Council): (i) demolition of existing vacant single storey structure on-site (75 sq.m) and associated garage structure to the rear of this (127 sq.m); (ii) construction of a mixed-use development comprising 1 no. commercial/retail

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 Fingal County 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 Fingal?
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 Fingal is Fingal County 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 Fingal have the most planning activity?
By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Castleknock (535), Clonsilla (510), Malahide (475), Blanchardstown (418), Clonee (414). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Do I need planning permission for an extension in Fingal?
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.