How do I search planning applications in Co. Tipperary?

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 Tipperary 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. Tipperary have the most planning activity?

By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Clonmel (243), Nenagh (220), Thurles (158), Carrick on Suir (92), Cashel (91). 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. Tipperary

Planning applications in Co. Tipperary: 955 in three years

955 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 7 towns in Co. Tipperary in the last three years, 30 of them for ten homes or more (1,243 units). Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

955

planning applications within 2 km of 7 town centres in the last three years

of them for 10 homes or more

1,243

residential units in those large applications

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Tipperary

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.

Clonmel	243 applications, 11 large
Nenagh	220 applications, 4 large
Thurles	158 applications, 4 large
Carrick on Suir	92 applications, 3 large
Cashel	91 applications, 7 large
Roscrea	79 applications
Cahir	72 applications, 1 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Tipperary

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

117 units, Cashel, lodged 2023-12, application finalised (Tipperary County Council): a Large Scale Residential Development at Wallers Lot / Hughes Lot East, Cashel, Co. Tipperary. The site is bounded by the Bregawn residential estate currently under construction to the South, Cathal Brugha Street and Ard
75 units, Clonmel, lodged 2025-09, new application (Tipperary County Council): 1) the construction of 75 no. two-storey dwelling houses, and 16 no. apartments in 4 no. two-storey blocks (28 no. 4 bed terrace, 38 no. 3 bed terrace, 9 no. 2 bed terrace, 16 no. 2 bed apartments.), 2) to construct all
70 units, Nenagh, lodged 2025-12, application finalised (Tipperary County Council): construction of 68 houses, 2 domestic garages, roads, footpaths, green areas, connection to the public services and access via the existing Drummin Village estate road network together with associated site development wo
68 units, Carrick on Suir, lodged 2024-08, application finalised (Tipperary County Council): 1) the construction of 72 no. residential units comprising: a) 4 no. 2-bed houses, b) 40 no. 3-bed houses, c) 24 no. 4-bed houses, d) 2 no. 2-bed duplex units, e) 2 no. 1-bed duplex units; 2) the provision of a new pedes
54 units, Clonmel, lodged 2026-07, new application (Tipperary County Council): the construction of a residential development of 54 no. houses, comprising 7 no. single-storey, 3-bed detached units; 24 no. two-storey, 3-bed semi-detached units; 12 no. two-storey, 3-bed terraced units and 11 no. two-s
52 units, Thurles, lodged 2025-07, application finalised (Tipperary County Council): the construction of 52 no. residential dwelling units comprising of 3 no. house-type G (4 bed 7 person two-storey semi-detached house), 15 no. house-type H (3 bed 5 person two-storey semi-detached house), 18 no. house-ty
44 units, Thurles, lodged 2024-10, application finalised (Tipperary County Council): the construction of 60 no. residential dwelling units comprising of 5 no. house-type G (4 bed 7person two-storey semi-detached house), 11no. house-type H (3 bed 5person two-storey semi-detached house), 16 no. house-type
41 units, Clonmel, lodged 2026-02, application finalised (Tipperary County Council): the changes to previously approved Planning Permission (Ref. no. 20/283) for a residential development. The proposed changes consist of: a) changes to the finished floor levels of house numbers 01 to 41, b) redesign of t

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. Tipperary

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. Tipperary

Planning applications by town in Co. Tipperary

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

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Tipperary?: 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 Tipperary 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. Tipperary have the most planning activity?: By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Clonmel (243), Nenagh (220), Thurles (158), Carrick on Suir (92), Cashel (91). 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.