Planning applications near me

Type your postcode into the free lookup above. Every planning application from the last 12 months appears on the map, colour coded: amber is awaiting a decision, green was permitted, red was rejected. Tap any dot to read what was proposed and, where the register provides it, follow the link to the full application. It covers all 33 London boroughs and every local authority in Ireland today; the rest of the UK is coming.

Awaiting decision means the council has validated the application but has not yet decided it — this is the window in which neighbours can comment. Permitted means consent was granted, sometimes subject to conditions. Rejected means the council refused it (the applicant can appeal). Withdrawn means the applicant pulled it before a decision.

Because the street you view is not the street you will live on. A neighbour’s loft conversion, a basement dig next door or a block going up at the end of the road all start life as a planning application, usually months before any work is visible. Checking the map around a property you are considering shows what is already approved and what is still being fought over.

Yes, all of it: every one of the 31 local authorities, drawn from the Irish state’s merged national planning register, which is updated weekly. Search a street with its area (for example Terenure, Dublin) or just a county name. Two quirks shown honestly: some councils declare many applications invalid on receipt (grey dots), and Cork city publishes almost nothing to the national register, so around Cork the county authority provides nearly all the data.

Not yet: today the map covers all 33 London boroughs and all of Ireland. The underlying data exists for every UK planning authority — England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — so the rest of the UK is a rollout decision rather than a technical one, and it is coming.

Yes. While an application is awaiting a decision, anyone can comment — support or objection — through the council’s website. Every application on this map links straight to its page on the council’s planning portal, where the consultation deadline and comment form live.