How do I search planning applications in Co. Wexford?

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, Wexford 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. Wexford have the most planning activity?

By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Wexford (299), Gorey (185), Enniscorthy (152), New Ross (142). 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. Wexford

Planning applications in Co. Wexford: 778 in three years

778 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 4 towns in Co. Wexford in the last three years, 42 of them for ten homes or more (1,943 units). Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

778

planning applications within 2 km of 4 town centres in the last three years

of them for 10 homes or more

1,943

residential units in those large applications

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Wexford

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.

Wexford	299 applications, 17 large
Gorey	185 applications, 11 large
Enniscorthy	152 applications, 6 large
New Ross	142 applications, 8 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Wexford

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

99 units, Enniscorthy, lodged 2026-05 (Wexford County Council): Permission for a mixed residential development of 99 no. dwelling units for
99 units, Enniscorthy, lodged 2025-10 (Wexford County Council): Full Planning Permission of a mixed residential development of 99 no. dwelling
99 units, Enniscorthy, lodged 2025-09, appealed (Wexford County Council): Permission for the construction of 99 no. dwellings comprising 32 no. House
98 units, Wexford, lodged 2025-10 (Wexford County Council): Permission for development which will consist of the
96 units, Gorey, lodged 2026-06 (Wexford County Council): Permission for the construction of a residential development of 96 no.
92 units, Wexford, lodged 2026-01, appealed (Wexford County Council): Permission for the construction of a mixed residential development
81 units, Enniscorthy, lodged 2023-10 (Wexford County Council): Permission for construction of Phase 2 of a 2 phase development,
60 units, Gorey, lodged 2026-06 (Wexford County Council): Permission for the proposed erection of 60no. residential units within 2-storey

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. Wexford

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. Wexford

Planning applications by town in Co. Wexford

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

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Wexford?: 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, Wexford 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. Wexford have the most planning activity?: By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Wexford (299), Gorey (185), Enniscorthy (152), New Ross (142). 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.