Planning register

Bantry

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

Applications: 948
County: Cork

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Bantry contains a total of 948 applications, with a grant rate of 89% out of 728 applications that have been granted, refused, or part-granted since 1900. Within this history, 650 applications were granted, 77 were refused, and 1 was part-granted, with the most common development types being extensions at 18%, new dwellings at 16%, retentions at 13%, and changes of use at 12%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 17 in 2023, 41 in 2024, and 43 in 2025. Recent decided examples that received a status of granted include works to an existing dwelling-house, a change of use for a ground floor unit, a 21m monopole telecommunications support structure, an additional use of an office for cancer support services, and works to a ruinous dwelling.

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

89%

of 728 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted: 650
Refused: 77
Part granted, part refused: 1
No decision recorded: 220

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

What’s being built

Extension: 18%
New dwelling: 16%
Retention: 13%
Change of use: 12%
Commercial: 11%
Alterations: 9%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	100%	37	95%
New dwelling	85%	34	81%
Retention	82%	34	90%
Change of use	81%	32	88%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.