Planning register

Ballina

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

Applications: 286
County: Tipperary

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Ballina contains a total of 286 applications, with recent lodgements showing 17 in 2023, 33 in 2024, and 24 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 94% grant rate out of 172 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 161 granted, 11 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 34%, new dwellings at 20%, retentions at 19%, and alterations at 8%. Recent decided examples that were granted include attic conversions, semi-detached dwellings, extensions, and design alterations.

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

94%

of 172 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 161
Refused: 11
No decision recorded: 114

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

What’s being built

Extension: 34%
New dwelling: 20%
Retention: 19%
Alterations: 8%
Infrastructure: 6%
Commercial: 5%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	100%	57	95%
New dwelling	80%	30	81%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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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Grant rate, by year of decision

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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.