How do I search planning applications in Co. Waterford?

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 Kilkenny County Council, Waterford City and 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. Waterford have the most planning activity?

By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Waterford (396), Dungarvan (237), Tramore (236). 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. Waterford

Planning applications in Co. Waterford: 869 in three years

869 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 3 towns in Co. Waterford in the last three years, 5 of them for ten homes or more (258 units). Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

869

planning applications within 2 km of 3 town centres in the last three years

of them for 10 homes or more

258

residential units in those large applications

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Waterford

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.

Waterford	396 applications, 1 large
Dungarvan	237 applications, 3 large
Tramore	236 applications, 1 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Waterford

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

113 units, Dungarvan, lodged 2025-02, application finalised (Waterford City and County Council): Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) consisting of the construction of 155 no. dwelling comprising (a) 5 no. two-storey 4-bed detached houses all with optional attic conversion, (b) 48 no. two-storey 3-bed semi-deta
102 units, Dungarvan, lodged 2025-07, application finalised (Waterford City and County Council): The proposed development will consist of a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising 126no residential units and a standalone single storey creche building (173sqm) with associated external play area, set down
15 units, Dungarvan, lodged 2023-11, withdrawn (Waterford City and County Council): for (1) the renovation of an existing 2 storey lodge, (2) the construction of 14no. new houses consisting of 4no. single storey houses and 10no. 2 storey houses, (3) removal of a section of Walled Garden, (4) relocation
14 units, Tramore, lodged 2024-08, application finalised (Waterford City and County Council): for Change of House Type of 8 no. 4 Bed 2-storey dormer detached dwellings (House Type B1), previously Granted Planning Permission under Planning ref. No.: 20/270, to 15 no. dwellings consisting of: 12 no. 4 bed 2-storey
14 units, Waterford, lodged 2024-07, application finalised (Kilkenny County Council): for the proposed erection of 14 number semi-detached two-storey and basement [three-stories overall] dwellinghouses together with all associated site development works [including removal of existing concrete bases and re

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. Waterford

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. Waterford

Planning applications by town in Co. Waterford

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

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Waterford?: 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 Kilkenny County Council, Waterford City and 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. Waterford have the most planning activity?: By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Waterford (396), Dungarvan (237), Tramore (236). 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.