How do I search planning applications in Co. Meath?

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 Louth County Council, Meath 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. Meath have the most planning activity?

By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Navan (294), Drogheda (224), Ashbourne (187), Trim (172), Dunshaughlin (114). 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. Meath

Planning applications in Co. Meath: 1,465 in three years

1,465 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 10 towns in Co. Meath in the last three years, 58 of them for ten homes or more (6,387 units). Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

1,465

planning applications within 2 km of 10 town centres in the last three years

of them for 10 homes or more

6,387

residential units in those large applications

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Meath

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.

Navan	294 applications, 11 large
Drogheda	224 applications, 2 large
Ashbourne	187 applications, 7 large
Trim	172 applications, 5 large
Dunshaughlin	114 applications, 7 large
Dunboyne	113 applications, 9 large
Bettystown	108 applications, 4 large
Ratoath	102 applications, 9 large
Kells	90 applications, 2 large
Enfield	61 applications, 2 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Meath

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

810 units, Dunboyne, lodged 2024-09, application finalised (Meath County Council): a 10 year Planning Permission of a Large-Scale Residential Development on a site of approx 21.9 ha in total and 15.74 ha net developable area respectively, at Lands at Station Road (L2228) and Old Navan Road (R147), Dunb
364 units, Ratoath, lodged 2025-06, application finalised (Meath County Council): We, Beo Properties Limited, intend to apply to Meath County Council for a 7-year planning permission for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site (12.58 ha) located on the southern edge of the settlement
356 units, Dunboyne, lodged 2025-12, appealed (Meath County Council): Permission for the following Large-Scale Residential Development consisting of: 1) the demolition of 2 no. existing agricultural farm sheds and associated structures, 2) the removal of the existing GAA pitch and associat
314 units, Dunboyne, lodged 2026-04, application finalised (Meath County Council): a Large-Scale Residential Development - Apply for Permission for a period of 8 Years for a Large-Scale Residential Development at a site (c. 7.93 Ha) bounded generally by Station Road (L2228) to the south, Dunboyne Train
309 units, Dunboyne, lodged 2024-09, application finalised (Meath County Council): a Large-Scale Residential Development: permission for the following Large-Scale Residential Development consisting of: i) 309 no. residential units comprising 169 no. dwelling houses and 140 no. apartments/duplexes provi
248 units, Dunboyne, lodged 2026-08, new application (Meath County Council): Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development - permission for development of a Large-Scale Residential Development on a site of approx. 6.87 ha on lands generally bounded by Summerhill Road (L2228) to the south-w
233 units, Ashbourne, lodged 2025-09, application finalised (Meath County Council): Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development - ARNUB LIMITED Intends to apply for Permission for a Large-scale Residential Development at this site of c. 5.8Ha, located in the townland of Baltrasna, Ashbourne, Co
223 units, Navan, lodged 2025-05, application finalised (Meath County Council): Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development - The proposed development will consist of 223no. residential dwellings (26no. 1 -bed, 50no. 2-bed, 138no. 3-bed and 9no. 4-bed) and a crèche. The mix of residential u

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. Meath

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. Meath

Co. Meath 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 Co. Meath

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

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Meath?: 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 Louth County Council, Meath 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. Meath have the most planning activity?: By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Navan (294), Drogheda (224), Ashbourne (187), Trim (172), Dunshaughlin (114). 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.