Planning Intelligence
Grounded in ABP Precedents.
Precedent.ie uses adversarial AI to analyze your planning proposal against thousands of An Bord Pleanála decisions and official policy documents.
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Tired of searching through decades of PDFs?
You're losing hours cross-referencing local development plans, searching An Bord Pleanála decisions, and guessing how a planner might interpret subjective policies.
Missed Precedents
Missing a crucial refusal on the same street can lead to a rejected application and a frustrated client.
Policy Overload
Manually checking proposals against 500-page Development Plans is slow, tedious, and prone to human error.
Unbillable Hours
Hours spent doing initial site feasibility research are often hard to bill back to the client fully.
AI-Powered Precedent Search
Instantly find relevant past decisions so you can build airtight planning arguments. Stop guessing what the local authority wants.
- Semantic vector search across 83,000+ cases
- Natural language querying (e.g., "Mews developments in Ranelagh")
- Filter by "Refusals Only" to find failure patterns
Automated Policy Checking
Automatically verify your proposal against the latest local development plans to ensure complete compliance.
- Grounded in official CDP documents via AI
- Exact clause citations, eliminating AI hallucinations
- Checks zoning constraints instantly
Proposal accords with Section 15.13.3 (Infill Development) of the Dublin City CDP 2022-2028.
Geospatial Site Audit
Drop a pin anywhere in Ireland to instantly run a multi-layered environmental and statutory constraint check.
- Flood Risk detection (PFRA/CFRAMS)
- Ecological analysis (SAC, SPA, NHA)
- Protected Structures & Zoning (GZT)
Total Transparency
See exactly how our AI agents think. Every conclusion is backed by an auditable "Thought Trace" showing the research process.
- Real-time reasoning logs in the chat UI
- Adversarial loop (Auditor vs Researcher)
- Proof-of-grounding with direct PDF links
The Precedent Data Universe
Aggregating Ireland's most critical planning & environmental datasets.
Trusted by Ireland's top agencies
See what planning professionals are saying about Precedent.
"I was worried the AI wouldn't understand the nuances of Irish planning law. But seeing exact citations from the Development Plan alongside precedents completely changed my workflow. We used to spend days on feasibility; now it's done in 10 minutes."
"Catching a refusal risk early saves our clients thousands in redesign fees. Precedent spotted a subjective interpretation of 'visual amenity' in a specific postal code that we would have totally missed."
Simple, transparent pricing
Unlock the full power of Precedent's AI for your planning applications. Start with a 1-month free trial.
Precedent Pro
Billed monthly after 1-month free trial
- Unlimited AI Context Searches
- AI Policy Checking
- Full Access to Interactive Map Layers
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Frequently Asked Questions
How quickly can I get started?
Instantly. There is no software to install or long onboarding process. Simply click "See It In Action", type your query, and the AI agents begin analyzing immediately.
What data is the AI trained on?
We integrate directly with a massive Irish planning data universe:
- 83,000+ Case Details
- Real ABP Inspector Reports
- NPWS Ecological Boundaries
- OPW Flood Risk PFRA/CFRAMS
- Record of Protected Structures
- GZT Land Use Zoning
Will this replace traditional planning consultants?
No. Precedent is an Agentic Design Kit meant to augment professionals, not replace them. It handles the heavy lifting of data retrieval and initial policy matching, giving planners the insights they need to make faster, better-informed arguments.