Read the refusal two doors down, in the planner’s own words
Every planning decision in the State, the council’s reasoning behind 16,687 refusals, and the constraints on any site — so the objection is answered before it is written.
Key features for planners, architects & consultants
- Planning decisions & refusal reasonsThe council’s own reasoning, the policies it cited, and refusals grouped by theme.
- Site auditSix checks on any site, each telling you where its data runs out.
- Zoning objectivesThe objective for the exact point, and the plan it comes from.
- Heritage & protected structuresProtected structures and NIAH records, never confused for each other.
- Look up an applicationFind any application by reference or address, and share its public page.
How you would use it
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Pull the history
Every application within 200m of the site, and the ten nearest decisions within 5km with their outcomes.
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Read the objections
The reasons the council gave, the development plan sections it cited, grouped into themes you can filter.
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Check the constraints
Zoning, flood, ecology, protected structures and subsoil — before the fee proposal, not after.
What Limerick actually refuses
We read the 461 refused Limerick applications with reasoning on record and grouped them by the reason the council gave. Traffic and access was cited in 44% of them — more than zoning, amenity or ecology.
Published 4 September 2026, from the figures on record that day.
Read the Limerick analysisWhat it can’t tell you
- The register we hold begins in 2021, so it covers about five years. Older history is with the council.
- Refusal reasoning is extracted by an AI language model and can be wrong; the case page links to the council’s file where one is published.
- Protected structures are loaded for 4 of 31 authorities.
- It is research, not planning advice. Arguing a scheme through an authority stays with you.
Questions
How do I research the planning history of a site in Ireland?
Click the site on the map. Precedent lists every application within 200m and the ten nearest decisions within 5km, from all 31 planning authorities, with the council’s reasoning on 16,687 refused applications.
Are An Bord Pleanála appeals included?
8,377 applications carry their An Bord Pleanála appeal reference, linked to the original decision.
Can I share an application with a client?
Yes. Every application has a public page, free to read with no account, that you can send to anyone.
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.