Ballina
Planning applications inside the Ballina, Co. Mayo settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
What the data shows
Generated from this page’s figuresIn Ballina, there are 562 total applications on the register, with recent lodgements showing 70 in 2023, 69 in 2024, and 67 in 2025. Out of 469 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016, the grant rate is 95%, with 447 granted, 22 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are New dwelling at 24%, Retention at 17%, Extension at 15%, and Change of use at 12%. This is information, not legal advice.
An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.
- 562
- inside the settlement boundary
- Mayo
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
95%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 93
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 447 |
| Refused | 22 |
| No decision recorded | 93 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
Show the numbers
| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New dwelling | 133 | 24% |
| Retention | 92 | 17% |
| Extension | 81 | 15% |
| Change of use | 65 | 12% |
| Commercial | 49 | 9% |
| Alterations | 39 | 7% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| New dwelling | 96% | 118 | 81% |
| Retention | 96% | 75 | 90% |
| Extension | 100% | 68 | 95% |
| Change of use | 95% | 43 | 88% |
| Commercial | 88% | 40 | 88% |
| Demolition | 100% | 36 | 86% |
| Alterations | 90% | 30 | 92% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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.
Activity
Applications lodged
Show the numbers
| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 30 |
| 2017 | 29 |
| 2018 | 37 |
| 2019 | 35 |
| 2020 | 46 |
| 2021 | 50 |
| 2022 | 79 |
| 2023 | 70 |
| 2024 | 69 |
| 2025 | 67 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 25 | 25 | 100% |
| 2017 | 20 | 19 | 95% |
| 2018 | 32 | 30 | 94% |
| 2019 | 35 | 34 | 97% |
| 2020 | 31 | 27 | 87% |
| 2021 | 46 | 45 | 98% |
| 2022 | 60 | 58 | 97% |
| 2023 | 85 | 82 | 96% |
| 2024 | 49 | 45 | 92% |
| 2025 | 40 | 39 | 98% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.