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Planning applications · Co. Limerick

Planning permission in Co. Limerick: 1,063 applications

1,063 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 5 towns in Co. Limerick in the last three years, 18 of them for ten homes or more (984 units). Below: how to search the Co. Limerick register, the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

Figures compiled from the public records listed at the foot of this page. Data snapshot: . Updated when the records change.

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1,063 planning applications around 5 towns in Co. Limerick in three years, 18 for ten homes or more.

One specific house in Co. Limerick: planning applications within 300 m of that Eircode, the house's own planning file, flood zone, radon, BER, sale history. Thirty-eight checks in all, each linked to the public record.

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1,063

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

18

of them for 10 homes or more

984

residential units in those large applications

How to search planning applications in Co. Limerick

Short answer: open the National Planning Application Map on MyPlan.ie, type the address or Eircode, and every application lodged with any council appears as a dot you can click. For the full file (drawings, reports, conditions, appeal) go to the council’s own register, Limerick City and County Council. Both are free.

  1. National map first. Search the address on the National Planning Application Map (MyPlan.ie), then zoom out to the 300 m around it. Each dot is an application with its reference number, description and decision.
  2. Then the council register. Search by the reference number, the address or a map area on the Limerick City and County Council register.
  3. Limerick City and County Council: search planning applications. The council uses the shared ePlanning system, so the search works the same way as in 22 other councils: search by reference, by address, by date range or by drawing a box on the map.
  4. Zoning last. The MyPlan.ie zoning map shows what the land around the house is allowed to become under the current development plan, which the register cannot tell you until someone applies.

For a house you are about to bid on, the paid report does all three for the Eircode: every application within 300 m with its decision, the house’s own planning and building-control files, and the zoning of the fields around it.

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.

Limerick507 applications, 4 large
Dooradoyle210 applications, 1 large
Castletroy208 applications, 11 large
Newcastle West100 applications, 1 large
Kilmallock38 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, application finalised (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
  • 49 units, Castletroy, lodged 2026-07, further information (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
  • 25 units, Limerick, lodged 2025-09, application finalised (Limerick County Council): 25 no. residential units: 8no. duplex units with 8no. one-bedroom units and 8no. two-bedroom units (total 16 units) in 2no. three-storey blocks, and also 9no. three-bedroom, two-storey houses in Corbally Limerick. There

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.

Other checks for Co. Limerick

Co. Limerick is in the Defective Concrete Blocks grant scheme (mica and pyrite in blocks), and the whole county is covered. For a house here, the report flags the scheme and tells you what to ask the seller about block testing.

Other checks for Co. Limerick

Planning applications by town in Co. Limerick

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Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Limerick?
Two ways. The National Planning Application Map on MyPlan.ie carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for Co. Limerick is Limerick City and County Council; each runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision, on the shared ePlanning.ie system. 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 (507), Dooradoyle (210), Castletroy (208), Newcastle West (100), Kilmallock (38). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Do I need planning permission for an extension in Co. Limerick?
The rules are national, not local. Since 27 July 2026 an extension to the rear of a house is exempt up to 45 square metres (40 before that date), counting every earlier extension, with limits on height, distance from boundaries and the garden left over (at least 25 square metres). Anything to the front, or beyond those limits, needs permission from the council. A Section 5 declaration from the council confirms in writing whether a specific job is exempt. Details in the guide on the 2026 planning exemptions.
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

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.