Independent audits of Irish planning applications, tested against how An Coimisiún Pleanála and the councils have actually decided comparable cases — commissioned by applicants, planning consultants, councils and community groups.
Decided outcomes
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.
The authority refused on 3 grounds. All 3 were in our audit.
ReadRefused by Galway County CouncilThe authority refused on 4 grounds. All 4 were in our audit.
ReadLongford County CouncilThe council's further-information request had 21 items. Our findings matched 15 of them.
ReadRefused by Kilkenny County CouncilThe 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.
ReadRefused by ACPACP 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.
ReadHow we work
When a client retains us — an applicant, planning consultant, council or community group — the work is confidential to that client. We don’t publish findings from a client’s work, and we don’t act for anyone else against a client’s application. Audits we carry out on our own initiative are our own analysis; where we publish them, we publish the analysis, not advice to any party.
Audits are available to applicants, planning consultants, councils and community groups, retained on the same terms by any of them.
Who it’s for
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.
Planning decisions affect your community. You can commission an audit of an application the same way an applicant does — findings in plain language, backed by the application’s own documents and decided cases.
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.
Getting an audit
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.
Concerned about an application? Commission an audit. We test 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.
Planning risk audit of the Terlicken solar farm and battery storage application, prepared from the applicant's own documents before the council's decision.
An Coimisiún Pleanála refused the 56-unit battery storage at the Terlicken solar farm on fire-safety grounds, the risk our analysis flagged, and cut the build period from 10 years to 5.
The full analysis.
The full analysis.