Planning register
Ballon
Planning applications inside the Ballon, Co. Carlow settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- Applications
- 57
- County
- Carlow
Planning intelligence
What the data shows
The planning register for Ballon contains fifty-seven total applications, with thirty-nine applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within those decided applications, thirty-two were granted, seven were refused, and zero were part-granted, resulting in an eighty-two percent grant rate. The most common development types are new dwellings at thirty percent, retention at twenty-one percent, extensions at sixteen percent, and changes of use at thirteen percent. Recent application activity shows four applications lodged in 2023, six in 2024, and eight 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.
Grant rate
82%
of 39 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.
- Granted
- 32
- Refused
- 7
- No decision recorded
- 18
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
What’s being built
- New dwelling
- 30%
- Retention
- 21%
- Extension
- 16%
- Change of use
- 13%
- Housing estate
- 11%
- Commercial
- 4%
Activity over time
Applications lodged, by year
Grant rate, by year of decision
Recently lodged in Ballon
- Awaiting decision
Change of use of the existing nursing home to a single dwelling house
Riverdale House , Laragh , Ballon
2660198CarlowLodged 27 Jun 2026
- Refused
Removal of archway at entrance, construction of 3no. single storey one bedroom townhouses to rear of site,…
Church Street , Ballon , Co. Carlow
2660138CarlowLodged 11 May 2026
- Granted
A single storey extension to the rear of existing single storey dwelling, decommissioning of existing septic…
Ballinadrum , Ballon , Co. Carlow
2560375CarlowLodged 18 Nov 2025
- Granted
Install new unmanned overground fuel dispensing unit; and — all associated site works
Nolan's Service Station , Ballon , Co. Carlow
2560325CarlowLodged 23 Oct 2025
- Refused
2no. 2 bed two storey semi detached dwellings adjacent to existing housing development under construction and…
Laragh Beg , Ballon , Co. Carlow
2560203CarlowLodged 15 Jul 2025
- Awaiting decision
For 2no. 2 bed two storey semi detached dwellings adjacent to existing housing development under construction…
Laragh Beg , Ballon , Co. Carlow
2560192CarlowLodged 3 Jul 2025
- Granted
A split-level, single storey dwelling, detached double garage, use of existing entrance, connection to…
Ballon Hill , Ballon , Co Carlow
2560121CarlowLodged 12 May 2025
- Refused
Modifications and realignment of the front boundary and footpath, the addition of 8 no. additional car…
St. Peters and St. Pauls National School , Ballon , Co. Carlow
2560089CarlowLodged 11 Apr 2025
- Granted
The construction of the following: (a) 4no. semi-detached two-storey dwellings, (b) 1 block of 3no. terraced…
Fenagh Rd , Ballon , Co. Carlow
2560030CarlowLodged 14 Feb 2025
- Granted
The construction of a single storey extension to the side & rear of existing two-storey semi-detached…
No. 22 The Oaks , Ballon , Co. Carlow
2560009CarlowLodged 21 Jan 2025
- Refused
Retention of partial conversion of existing garage permission granted under planning reference 0074 & 04132…
Viewmount , Ballon Hill , Ballon
2460090CarlowLodged 18 Apr 2024
- Granted
The demolition of existing garage. Also permission for development of a storey and a half type dwelling, new…
Pheasants Rise , Ballon , Co. Carlow
2460066CarlowLodged 21 Mar 2024
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