Every link here is an official Irish planning resource. We've added a one-line note on what each is good for, and where our advice adds a practitioner's read on top.
What you can do without permission, and how to check.
Our interactive checker for extensions, garages, porches, attics, walls and solar, with the current size and height limits.
Open the checker →The Office of the Planning Regulator's plain-English leaflet on exempted development for homes.
Clear summary of extension, garage, porch, wall and solar rules, kept up to date.
Read →The different permission types (outline, full) for a new home, and how to apply.
Read →Notices, forms and the online route.
What to include, the notices, drawings and documents, the definitive homeowner leaflet.
Open PDF →How the system works end to end, a solid overview for first-timers.
Open PDF →Lodge and view applications online across local authorities.
Our plain-English timeline, notices, the 8-week decision and the appeal window.
Read the guide →Having your say, the right way.
How to make a submission to the local authority, and what counts as a planning ground.
Read →The national appeals body's own guidance on how to appeal, and the forms.
Open →The current fee for each type of appeal, check before you lodge.
Fees Finder →Our explainers on how to appeal and what a planning authority can consider.
All guides →The framework decisions are actually made against.
Every council's website, and its Development Plan, the document your application is judged against.
National planning policy, guidelines, consultations and the National Planning Framework.
Open →Independent oversight of the planning system, with public guidance and research.
Open →The Acts and Regulations themselves, the primary source when the detail matters.
Search →The evidence base.
Our own monthly, evidence-based read on housing delivery, built from the official CSO and BCMS open data.
Open the data →The full Citizens Information planning section, a reliable first stop for any question.
Read →Bring us the question and the address; we'll turn the guidance into a clear plan.