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Planning applications · Co. Wexford

Planning permission in Co. Wexford: 772 applications

772 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 4 towns in Co. Wexford in the last three years, 43 of them for ten homes or more (1,987 units). Below: how to search the Co. Wexford 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.

Check one house in Co. Wexford

772 planning applications around 4 towns in Co. Wexford in three years, 43 for ten homes or more.

One specific house in Co. Wexford: 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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772

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

43

of them for 10 homes or more

1,987

residential units in those large applications

How to search planning applications in Co. Wexford

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, Wexford 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 Wexford County Council register.
  3. Wexford County Council: search planning applications.
  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. 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.

Wexford294 applications, 17 large
Gorey186 applications, 12 large
Enniscorthy152 applications, 6 large
New Ross140 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.

Other checks for Co. Wexford

Designated parts of the Wexford County Council area are in the Defective Concrete Blocks grant scheme (mica and pyrite in blocks). Only those parts are covered, not the whole county, so ask the council whether a particular address is inside the designated area.

Other checks for Co. Wexford

Planning applications by town in Co. Wexford

Other counties

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 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. Wexford is Wexford County Council; each 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 (294), Gorey (186), Enniscorthy (152), New Ross (140). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Do I need planning permission for an extension in Co. Wexford?
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.