Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Bailieborough

Planning applications inside the Bailieborough, Co. Cavan settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.

Applications
129
County
Cavan

What the data shows

The planning register for Bailieborough contains a total of 129 applications, with recent lodgements showing 7 in 2023, 22 in 2024, and 20 in 2025. Since 2016, the area has a 96% grant rate out of 112 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 108 granted, 4 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 30%, extension at 19%, new dwelling at 11%, and alterations at 9%. Recent decided examples that were granted include alterations for a creche building, installation of a biomass boiler enclosure and LPG tanks, an existing detached domestic garage, construction of 2 semi-detached 2-storey dwellings, a new vehicle access, and a single storey dormer style extension.

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

96%

of 112 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
108
Refused
4
No decision recorded
17

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

What’s being built

Retention
30%
Extension
19%
New dwelling
11%
Alterations
9%
Infrastructure
8%
Housing estate
7%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Bailieborough, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Retention97%3690%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Bailieborough

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Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann). Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.