Leitrim planning applications

Grant rate by type of development

How each kind of application has been decided in Leitrim County Council, 2016–2026.

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

19%

of 53 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2026.

Permissions refused on appeal

18% of 39

Decision upheld

42

Upheld, conditions varied

1

10 of 53 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.

How long appeals take

Too few appeals from Leitrim County Council have been decided recently to state a median. The national picture:

Measured from the date the appeal was lodged to the date An Bord Pleanála decided it, for appeals where the register records both. The median peaked at 61 weeks for appeals decided in 2023 and stood at 17 weeks in 2026. Appeals are decided by An Bord Pleanála, not by the council, so these figures describe the Board’s timelines for cases from this area — they are not a measure of how quickly the council works. A small number of records with a decision dated before the lodgement, or more than three years after it, are excluded.