How do I search planning applications in Co. Limerick?

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 Limerick 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. Limerick have the most planning activity?

By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Limerick (495), Castletroy (214), Dooradoyle (212), Newcastle West (100), Kilmallock (39). 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. Limerick

Planning applications in Co. Limerick: 1,060 in three years

1,060 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 5 towns in Co. Limerick in the last three years, 19 of them for ten homes or more (1,037 units). Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

1,060

planning applications within 2 km of 5 town centres in the last three years

of them for 10 homes or more

1,037

residential units in those large applications

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Limerick

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.

Limerick	495 applications, 4 large
Castletroy	214 applications, 11 large
Dooradoyle	212 applications, 1 large
Newcastle West	100 applications, 2 large
Kilmallock	39 applications, 1 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Limerick

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

214 units, Castletroy, lodged 2026-03, appealed (Limerick County Council): a Large-scale Residential development on these lands at Monaleen Road, Castletroy, Limerick. The development will consist of the provision of a total of 523no. residential units along with the provision of a creche. Part
111 units, Castletroy, lodged 2026-03, decision made (Limerick County Council): a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) Application Development of 212 no. Residential Units and a Creche, for a period of five years, at this site: Towlerton, Ballysimon Road, Limerick. The development comprises: (i
64 units, Castletroy, lodged 2026-06, further information (Limerick County Council): the modification of the Large-Scale Residential Development granted under Application Ref. 23/60842 and Appeal Ref. ABP-319009-24.The proposed modifications comprise of: The replacement of 57 no. units comprising of; 06
53 units, Newcastle West, lodged 2023-09, application finalised (Limerick County Council): the construction of a residential development of 53 no. dwelling houses and all ancillary site works at Carrig Desmond, Churchtown Road, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick. The development comprises of 6 no. semi-detached 3 be
49 units, Castletroy, lodged 2026-07, new application (Limerick County Council): a development consisting of 59no. residential units comprising 42no. houses, 2no. duplex’s and 15no. apartments. The houses will consist of 2no. detached houses, 24no. semi-detached houses and 16no. terrace houses. The d
42 units, Limerick, lodged 2024-11, application finalised (Limerick County Council): 42 no. residential units, (8no. semi-detached houses, 20no. terrace houses, 14no. duplex units in 2no. 3 storey blocks), construction of all associated roads, site entrance, boundary treatments, footpaths, car parking, s
42 units, Kilmallock, lodged 2024-08, application finalised (Limerick County Council): the construction of a residential development containing 42no. dwelling units comprising of 8no. x 2 bed house, 18no.x 3 bed house, 8no. x 4 bed house, 4no. x 2 bed apartment , 4 no. x 1 bed apartment, consisting of the
31 units, Castletroy, lodged 2025-10, application finalised (Limerick County Council): construction of 31 No. dwelling houses consisting of 12 No. three bedroom semi detached dwellings, 3 No. three bedroom detached dwelling, 16 No. two bedroom terraced dwellings consisting of 2 No. blocks of 6 No. terraced

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. Limerick

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. Limerick

Co. Limerick is one of the five counties in the Defective Concrete Blocks grant scheme (mica). For any house built 1990 to 2015, the report checks the scheme designation and tells you what to ask the seller about block testing.

Planning applications by town in Co. Limerick

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

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Limerick?: 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 Limerick 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. Limerick have the most planning activity?: By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Limerick (495), Castletroy (214), Dooradoyle (212), Newcastle West (100), Kilmallock (39). 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.