How do I check planning applications near a house in Maynooth?

The national planning register (nationalplanningapplications.ie) maps every application since about 2010. Search the address, then look at the streets around it, not only the plot. Applications within 300 m are the ones that change your view, your light and your parking. The report lists them for the exact Eircode with status and decision.

Is a lot being built in Maynooth?

237 applications were lodged within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years, 6 of them for ten or more homes (893 units in total). That is an active pipeline: expect construction traffic and new estates on the edge of town.

Does a planning application nearby affect the price?

A granted permission for a large scheme next door can cut what a house is worth and can also mean two years of noise. It can also raise prices if it brings a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status. The report gives you that for everything within 300 m.

Planning applications · Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Planning applications in Maynooth: 237 in three years, 6 large schemes

237 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centre of Maynooth in the last three years, 6 of them for ten homes or more (893 units). Here they are, and what to check around a specific house.

237

planning applications within 2 km of the centre since 2023

of them for 10 homes or more

893

residential units in those large applications

What is being proposed in Maynooth

The largest recent applications within 2 km of the centre, from the national planning register:

194 units, lodged 2026-05, further information (Kildare County Council): a seven-year planning permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site at “Railpark East”. The application site is bounded by the Royal Canal to the north, the permitted Maynooth Eastern Ring Road
16 units, lodged 2025-12, application finalised (Kildare County Council): modifications to the residential development on the site approved under Ref 24/60624 comprising alterations to the approved mix of unit types to 12 no. one bed simplex, 12 no. 2 bed duplex, 15 no. three bed detached and
44 units, lodged 2025-12, appealed (Kildare County Council): a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site “Railpark West”, in the townland of Railpark, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. The application site is bounded to the northwest by the dwelling known as ‘Rosturk House’, Old
581 units, lodged 2025-10, application finalised (Kildare County Council): for a ten year planning permission for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) on lands at Railpark, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. The application site is bound by Parklands housing estate to the northwest and situated west
18 units, lodged 2024-10, application finalised (Kildare County Council): for the construction of 18 no. residential units comprising of 1 no. 2 bed 3 storey terraced house, 10 no. 2 bed with study 3 storey terraced houses, and 7 no. 3 bed 3 storey terraced houses, all provided with private ga
40 units, lodged 2024-07, application finalised (Kildare County Council): for 62 no. Apartments of which there are 31 no. 2-Bed Apartments, 30 no. 1-Bed Apartments and 1 no. 1-bed studio apartment in 5 no. 3-storey blocks. An existing site entrance providing access for vehicles, cyclists and p

A count for the whole town says how busy the planning office is. What matters for a purchase is the 300 m around the house: the field behind it, the corner site, the neighbour’s attic conversion. That is what the report lists, with the decision and the appeal status for each file.

What to check before you bid

Three things. First, permissions granted but not yet built near the house: the register shows them, the street does not. Second, whether the house itself has a planning file: an extension without permission is a title problem your solicitor has to fix before closing. Third, the zoning in the development plan for the fields around it. The report covers all three for one Eircode.

Check one house in Maynooth

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.

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Questions people ask

How do I check planning applications near a house in Maynooth?: The national planning register (nationalplanningapplications.ie) maps every application since about 2010. Search the address, then look at the streets around it, not only the plot. Applications within 300 m are the ones that change your view, your light and your parking. The report lists them for the exact Eircode with status and decision.
Is a lot being built in Maynooth?: 237 applications were lodged within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years, 6 of them for ten or more homes (893 units in total). That is an active pipeline: expect construction traffic and new estates on the edge of town.
Does a planning application nearby affect the price?: A granted permission for a large scheme next door can cut what a house is worth and can also mean two years of noise. It can also raise prices if it brings a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status. The report gives you that for everything within 300 m.

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.