Not sure which planning agent to hire? We've built a recommendation tool that matches you to the best-fit agent for your project — based on real approval rates, processing times, and how often they get Further Information requests.
Three questions — county, project type, and what matters most to you. That's it.
Ranked by real data — backed by 510,000+ planning applications. No ads, no paid placements, no guesswork.
Weighted to your priorities — prioritise approval rate, speed, clean submissions, or balanced overall score.
€29 one-off — no subscription required. Try it here →
You no longer need a paid plan to try alerts. Create a free account and set up one planning alert anywhere in Ireland — no subscription required.
1 alert on the free tier — 2km radius, daily email digest. Enough to know when something's happening near your home.
PlanWatch.ie is officially live. Everything from v0.9 is now production-ready, plus:
Subscription plans — Free, Starter, Pro, and Enterprise tiers with Stripe billing.
510,000+ applications indexed — Up from 496,000 at pre-launch, with daily automated updates continuing.
Referral programme — Invite others and earn account credit when they subscribe.
Authority & agent rankings — Public leaderboards for council performance and agent success rates.
Read the full announcement on the blog.
PlanWatch.ie is Ireland's planning intelligence platform, built to make planning data accessible, searchable, and useful. We've brought together 510,000+ planning records from all 31 local authorities — spanning back to 1991 — into a single, fast search engine updated daily.
Here's what we've built so far:
Search & natural language queries — Search by keyword, reference, location, or just type naturally. "Solar panels Kerry" or "apartments Dublin refused" just works.
Interactive map — Browse applications geographically with colour-coded status pins and clickable details.
Smart alerts — Set up location or keyword-based alerts and get notified about new planning applications instantly, daily, or weekly.
Watch plans — Follow any application and get email notifications when something changes — decisions, appeals, further information requests.
Agent & architect profiles — 5,900+ searchable profiles with application history, approval rates, processing times, and authority breakdowns.
Authority performance — Compare all 31 local authorities on decision times, FI rates, backlogs, and approval rates.
510,000+ records from 1991 — Daily automated updates from the National Planning Application Database and An Bord Pleanála.
Passwordless login — Magic link authentication. No passwords to create, remember, or reset.