Most local authorities have a website whereby you can look up details on any planning permission. If I knew the local authority area I could tell you exactly where to look. The main thing is to get the Register Reference Number of the planning application and if you can't get all the information you need on the local authority website, from the reg. ref. number you can look at all the details on the file at the public counter at the planning authority for your area. This is public information and is readily available there for you to look at. You should be able to look at the planning application drawings (plans, elevations, sections etc,) and if a decision has been made you can look at that, the conditions of the permission as well as the planners report which details the L.A planner's assessment of the development. If an Appeal was made you can look up the decision of An Bord Pleanala on their website at www.pleanala.ie