Planning register

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.

Applications: 541
County: Mayo

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Ballina contains a total of 541 applications, with 70 lodged in 2023, 69 in 2024, and 67 in 2025. Since 2016, there have been 460 applications granted, refused, or part-granted, resulting in a 95% grant rate that consists of 438 granted, 22 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are new dwelling at 25%, retention at 16%, extension at 15%, and change of use at 11%. Recent decided examples in the area, which were all granted, include projects such as a change of use at Ballina Convent, alterations and an extension to an existing house, and the construction of 04 no. dwelling houses.

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

Grant rate

95%

of 460 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 438
Refused: 22
No decision recorded: 81

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

What’s being built

New dwelling: 25%
Retention: 16%
Extension: 15%
Change of use: 11%
Commercial: 9%
Alterations: 7%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
New dwelling	96%	119	81%
Retention	96%	73	90%
Extension	100%	69	95%
Commercial	87%	39	88%
Change of use	95%	38	88%
Demolition	100%	36	86%
Alterations	91%	32	92%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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Recently lodged in Ballina

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.