PlanningDD

Most planning applications have gaps. We find them.

PlanningDD audits Irish planning applications — so applications are stronger, decisions are faster and public time isn’t wasted. Available to applicants, councils and the public.

How we work

We offer every audit to the applicant first.

Why? Correct applications from the start mean faster decisions and no wasted time for councils, the public or ACP.

  1. Applicant firstThe applicant sees the findings while they can still fix them.
  2. Then the public and councilsIf the applicant doesn’t engage, the same analysis is available to the public and councils.
  3. Same analysis for everyoneBecause planning law applies regardless of who asks.

Who it’s for

Who uses PlanningDD

Applicants and developers

We find the gaps in your application before it’s lodged — while you can still fix them. A correct application from the start moves faster and wastes nobody’s time.

The public

Planning decisions affect your community. We give you the same analytical tools a professional uses — findings in plain language, backed by the application’s own documents and decided cases.

Councils

Planning applications are large and complex documents. Our audits cross-reference them directly against the applicant’s own documents and planning law — surfacing the points that matter before a decision is made.

Decided outcomes

Our track record

The audits are produced from the application documents alone, without reading the authority’s letter or decision. These are cases where the authority then raised the same points.

Refused by An Coimisiún Pleanála

Wind farm: 12 turbines, Co. Clare

The authority refused on 3 grounds. All 3 were in our audit.

See the findingsRefused by Galway County Council

Solar farm: 125 hectares off the R347, Co. Galway

The authority refused on 4 grounds. All 4 were in our audit.

See the findingsLongford County Council

Foigha Solar Farm, Co. Longford

The council's further-information request had 21 items. Our findings matched 15 of them.

See the findingsRefused by Kilkenny County Council

Seskin Wind Farm grid connection, Co. Kilkenny

The authority refused on 3 grounds. 2 of them were in our audit.

The council's further-information request had 26 items. Our findings matched 18 of them.

See the findingsRefused by ACP

Battery storage refused by ACP — Terlicken, Co. Longford

ACP refused the 56-unit battery storage system outright on fire safety grounds. The fire safety risk was identified in our audit of the applicant's own documents.

Read the case study

Getting an audit

How it works

For applicants

Contact us before you submit. We audit your application against your own documents, planning law and decided cases — and give you the findings while you can still act on them.

Request an audit

For the public

Found an application you’re concerned about? Contact us. We audit it against the applicant’s documents, planning law and decided cases — and give you the findings in plain language you can use in a submission or appeal.

Request an audit

Audits we’ve done

All audits 8