How do I search planning applications in Co. Leitrim?

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 Leitrim County Council, Roscommon 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. Leitrim have the most planning activity?

By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Carrick-On-Shannon (83). 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. Leitrim

Planning applications in Co. Leitrim: 83 in three years

83 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 1 town in Co. Leitrim in the last three years, 5 of them for ten homes or more (73 units). Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

planning applications within 2 km of 1 town centre in the last three years

of them for 10 homes or more

residential units in those large applications

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Leitrim

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.

Carrick-On-Shannon

83 applications, 5 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Leitrim

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

17 units, Carrick-On-Shannon, lodged 2023-11, deemed withdrawn (Leitrim County Council): construction of 3 No. Ground floor retail units, total area of 1346m², with 17 No. 1-bedroom (with home office), mezzanine-style apartments each of which will be accessed via a first floor landscaped podium.
16 units, Carrick-On-Shannon, lodged 2025-07, application finalised (Leitrim County Council): (1). demolish existing commercial building. (2). To construct a total of 32 no. residential units consisting of: a) 8 no. 3-bed, 2-storey semi detached, b) 6 no. 3-bed 2-storey terrace, c) 4no. 2-bed, 2-storey terrace an
14 units, Carrick-On-Shannon, lodged 2026-05, further information (Roscommon County Council): Permission for the construction of 14 no. dwelling units across four terraced blocks, new pedestrian and vehicular access into the site, internal roads and paths, boundary treatments, public lighting, services infrastruc
14 units, Carrick-On-Shannon, lodged 2025-08, deemed withdrawn (Roscommon County Council): Permission for the construction of 14 No. dwelling units across four terraced blocks, new pedestrian and vehicular access into the site, internal roads and paths, boundary treatments, public lighting, services infrastruc
12 units, Carrick-On-Shannon, lodged 2025-06, application finalised (Leitrim County Council): THE CONSTRUCTION OF 12 NO. TWO AND THREE STOREY DWELLINGS, COMPRISING 4 NO. FOUR-BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED DWELLINGS AND 8 NO. THREE-BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED DWELLINGS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC

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. Leitrim

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. Leitrim

Planning applications by town in Co. Leitrim

Carrick-On-Shannon

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

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Leitrim?: 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 Leitrim County Council, Roscommon 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. Leitrim have the most planning activity?: By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Carrick-On-Shannon (83). 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.