Planning register

Offaly planning applications

Every application lodged with Offaly County Council, as recorded on the statutory planning register.

Applications: 7,087
Decided: 4,801
Lodged this year: 851

What the data shows

Offaly County Council has a total of 7087 applications on the register, with 4804 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within those decided applications, 4389 were granted, 415 were refused, and 0 were part-granted, resulting in a 91% grant rate. The most common development types are new dwelling at 32%, retention at 17%, extension at 15%, and agricultural at 7%, while the zoning designations consist of existing residential at 37%, mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other at 34%, and mixed/general community services/facilities uses at 9%. Recently lodged applications show 692 in 2023, 720 in 2024, and 832 in 2025.

An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

91%

of 4,804 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 4,389
Refused: 415
No decision recorded: 2,283

Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.

What’s being built

New dwelling: 32%
Retention: 17%
Extension: 15%
Agricultural: 7%
Alterations: 5%
Change of use: 5%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
New dwelling	87%	1,647	82%
Retention	95%	757	90%
Extension	98%	692	95%
Agricultural	96%	332	94%
Alterations	96%	243	92%
Change of use	89%	204	88%
Infrastructure	96%	186	91%
Commercial	89%	177	88%
Housing estate	73%	112	78%
Energy	89%	99	90%
Industrial	88%	80	93%
Other	95%	58	88%
Apartments	61%	31	71%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Categories 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

25%

of 165 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2026.

Refusals granted on appeal: 36% of 58
Permissions refused on appeal: 20% of 107
Decision upheld: 120
Upheld, conditions varied: 3

42 of 165 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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.

Appeal outcomes by development type

How often An Bord Pleanála changed the council’s decision in Offaly County Council, by the kind of development appealed.

Development type	Changed on appeal	Nationally	Refusals granted	Permissions refused
New dwelling	37% of 41	31%	—	—

“Changed on appeal” counts decided appeals where the Board reached a different answer to the council, in either direction. “Refusals granted” is the share of appeals against a refusal that won permission; “Permissions refused” is the reverse. A dash means fewer than 30 cases, which is too few to state a rate. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded because nothing was decided, and appeals split across parts of a development are counted but kept out of every rate. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here.

How long appeals take

20 weeks

median, for appeals from Offaly County Council decided since September 2024 (42 appeals). Nationally over the same period: 18 weeks across 3,701 appeals.

National median, by year the appeal was decided

201416 weeks109
201515 weeks484
201616 weeks690
201719 weeks1,130
201823 weeks1,623
201917 weeks1,860
202018 weeks1,594
202119 weeks1,604
202227 weeks1,080
202361 weeks1,708
202443 weeks2,331
202518 weeks2,009
202617 weeks998

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.

Activity over time

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Zoning designations

Existing residential: 37%
Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other: 34%
Mixed/general community services/facilities uses: 9%
Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site: 8%
Office, business/technology park and related: 5%
New/proposed residential: 3%

From the current development plan · view plan. Zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

Towns in Offaly

Where they are

The 24 most recent Offaly applications with a recorded location. Select a marker to open the application.

Recently lodged

Land at and between O’Connell Street and Offally Street , Tullamore , Co. Offaly.
Awaiting decision
11 no. car parking spaces, reconfigured section of internal road and landscaping in the southern part of the site replacing commercial…
2660432OffalyLodged 17 Aug 2026
Retention
Kilcolgan More , Ferbane , Co. Offaly
Awaiting decision
Construct a dwelling house and domestic garage, to include a septic tank and percolation area, proposed connection to mains water supply,…
2660431OffalyLodged 15 Aug 2026
New dwelling
Kilmucklin , Clara , Co. Offaly
Awaiting decision
Of an extension to the front/ West of the existing house to provide for a four bedroom house and two bedroom family flat, alterations to…
2660430OffalyLodged 14 Aug 2026
Extension
Ballycommon , Tullamore , Co. Offaly
Invalid or incomplete
Retention of dwelling house within the curtilage of an existing dwelling house, effluent treatment system and all associated site works
2660429OffalyLodged 14 Aug 2026
Retention
Castletown , Kinnity , Birr Co.Offaly
Awaiting decision
Change of house design from that granted permission under planning file ref. 25/60199, with all associated site works
2660428OffalyLodged 14 Aug 2026
Alterations
GARRYHINCH , PORTARLINGTON , CO. OFFALY
Invalid or incomplete
PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY TYPE DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, NEW ENTRANCE, WALLS, GATES AND PIERS, SEPTIC TANK, EFFULENT TREATMENT SYSTEM,…
2660427OffalyLodged 14 Aug 2026
New dwelling
BALLYFORE BIG , EDENDERRY , CO. OFFALY
Awaiting decision
1 NO. NEW STOREY AND HALF TYPE DWELLING, (B) 1 NO. NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE (C) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (D) NEW…
2671OffalyLodged 13 Aug 2026
New dwelling
Ross , Tullamore , Co. Offaly
Awaiting decision
Construction of dwelling house, effluent treatment system and all associated site works
2660426OffalyLodged 13 Aug 2026
New dwelling
BORNESS , MOUNTMELLICK , Co. OFFALY
Awaiting decision
This Development Will Consist of Retention Planning Permission Domestic Storage Shed and all associated site works
2660425OffalyLodged 13 Aug 2026
Retention
Killaderry , Daingean , Co. Offaly
Invalid or incomplete
Side & Rear Extensions to Existing Bungalow Dwelling & (b) Domestic Storage Sheds and all associated site works
2660424OffalyLodged 13 Aug 2026
RetentionRetention
CANAL LINE , DERRYCOOLEY , RAHAN
Invalid or incomplete
The demolition of the existing dwelling house, construction of a replacement single storey dwelling house, installation of a proprietary…
2660423OffalyLodged 13 Aug 2026
New dwelling
Pollagh , Pollagh , Co. Offaly
Awaiting decision
The construction of a single-storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and…
2660422OffalyLodged 13 Aug 2026
New dwelling
Riverside Kilmalogue , Portarlington , Co. Offaly
Invalid or incomplete
The construction of 1no. two storey unit, consisting of 3 no. terraced house dwellings. (b) to partly reduce the height of the existing…
2660421OffalyLodged 13 Aug 2026
New dwelling
CUSHINA , PORTARLINGTON , CO.OFFALY
Awaiting decision
A NEW DORMER STYLE DWELLING HOUSE, NEW DOMESTIC VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT WITH TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM…
2670OffalyLodged 12 Aug 2026
New dwelling
Leap , Roscrea , Offaly.
Invalid or incomplete
Demolition of existing livestock cubicle shed and silo walls and permission to build a new slatted livestock cubicle shed and concrete…
2660420OffalyLodged 12 Aug 2026
Agricultural
COLUMCILLE STREET , TULLAMORE , CO. OFFALY
Invalid or incomplete
CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT RETAIL SPACE AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LEVEL, INCLUDING MINOR INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, THE INSTALLATION OF A…
2660419OffalyLodged 12 Aug 2026
Change of use
RATHROBIN , MOUNTBOLUS , TULLAMORE CO. OFFALY
Awaiting decision
A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK, AND PERCOLATION AREA, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW ROADSIDE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2669OffalyLodged 10 Aug 2026
New dwelling
AT THE REAR OF THE HAWTHORN PUBLIC HOUSE , PATRICKS STREET , PORTARLINGTON
Invalid or incomplete
A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OF 7 NO. 2 STOREY HOUSES, CONSISTING OF 2 X 2 SEMI-DETATCHED UNITS AND 1 X 3 UNIT TERRACE BLOCK, BOUNDARY WALLS,…
2660418OffalyLodged 10 Aug 2026
Housing estate
Spollanstown , Tullamore , Co. Offaly
Awaiting decision
The demolition of an existing shed and construction of a new residential development of 18no. dwellings, comprising of 6no. four-bedroom…
2660417OffalyLodged 10 Aug 2026
Housing estate
Ballynacurra Fivealley , Birr , Co. Offaly.
Awaiting decision
A single-storey side extension to the existing dwelling house including the demolition/removal of the former attached side shed that…
2660416OffalyLodged 10 Aug 2026
Extension
Rathrobin , Tullamore , Co. Offaly
Awaiting decision
The construction of a new single-storey detached domestic dwelling & detached domestic garage, the installation of a new septic tank &…
2660412OffalyLodged 8 Aug 2026
New dwelling
MullaghatureBlackwater , Belmont , CO. OFFALY
Invalid or incomplete
A new two storey dwelling, a domestic garage, a new septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works
2660415OffalyLodged 7 Aug 2026
New dwelling
Bunnagappagh , Walsh Island , Co. Offaly
Awaiting decision
Revise house design already granted under planning application 25/60361. The application will also include the installation of an effluent…
2660414OffalyLodged 7 Aug 2026
Alterations
Fahy , Rhode , Co. Offaly
Awaiting decision
To construct a detached garage consisting of a gym area and storage with a workbench area with all ancillary site works
2660413OffalyLodged 7 Aug 2026
Extension