Assess planning & policy

Six checks on any site, in one click

Site audit

Click anywhere in Ireland and the site comes back checked against zoning, flood, ecology, protected structures, subsoil and its planning history — side by side, with the nearest decisions ranked by distance.

What it checks

Zoning

The zoning objective at the exact point, and the development plan it comes from.

Flood risk

Mapped OPW flood extents within 100m, by risk band.

Ecology

Whether the point is inside a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, NHA or proposed NHA.

Protected structures

Any structure on a Record of Protected Structures within 50m.

Subsoil & peatNew

The Geological Survey Ireland subsoil class, with peat and karst flagged.

Planning history

Every application within 200m, how many went to appeal, and the most recent decision.

Honest about what it doesn’t know

A constraint check that says "clear" when it has no data is worse than no check, because someone acts on it.

Four answers, not two

Each check says it found something, found nothing, has no data loaded for this area, or could not be checked just now. A failed check never shows as an all-clear.

No green ticks

Not finding a mapped constraint is not a finding that the site is free of it, so nothing is marked clear.

Coverage, per check

Where a layer does not cover the authority a site is in, the check says so rather than coming back empty.

From the same card

The nearest decisions

The ten nearest applications within 5km, each with its outcome and the measured distance.

Owner lookup

The coordinates to find the plot on landdirect.ie, the State’s land register.

Parcel detail when sourcing

Building footprints and planning history on the parcel, for sites found through sourcing.

What it can’t tell you

Knowing where the data runs out is part of using it. Here is where this does.

  • Protected structures are loaded for 4 of 31 authorities, the Dublin ones. Elsewhere the check says it cannot tell you.
  • Zoning covers 27 of 31 authorities; Donegal and Wicklow are absent from the national layer.
  • Flood mapping does not cover every watercourse, so no mapped extent is not a finding of no flood risk.
  • Ecology is checked at the point. A European site nearby can still require Appropriate Assessment screening.
  • It is a desk check of public data, not a site survey or planning advice.

Site audit: questions

What does a site audit check?

Zoning at the point, mapped flood extents within 100m, whether the point is inside an SAC, SPA, NHA or proposed NHA, protected structures within 50m, the Geological Survey Ireland subsoil class, and every planning application within 200m.

Does a clean result mean a site has no constraints?

No. Each check says whether it found something, found nothing, has no data for the area, or could not run. Not finding a mapped constraint is not proof there is none, so nothing is ever marked clear.

Does it replace a site survey or planning advice?

No. It is a desk check of public data. It tells you what to look at, and what to ask for, before you commission the survey or the advice.

Built on official public registries

GeoHive national zoning
Adopted development plans, 27 authorities
OPW flood mapping
75,627 mapped extents
National Parks & Wildlife Service
1,787 designated sites
Records of Protected Structures
Dublin City, DLR, Fingal and South Dublin
Geological Survey Ireland
Quaternary Sediments 1:50,000
National planning applications register
All 31 authorities

All in one platform

Every feature works on the same map, against the same 31 planning authorities.

See it on your own patch

A short call with the founder, on real sites in the county you work in. About twenty minutes — you will know by the end whether it is any use to you.