Planning Permission Ireland

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
954
County
Cork

What the data shows

The planning register for Bantry contains a total of 954 applications, with 730 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 1900. Within this group, 652 were granted, 77 were refused, and 1 was part-granted, resulting in an overall grant rate of 89%. The most common development types are 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.

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

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

89%

of 730 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted
652
Refused
77
Part granted, part refused
1
No decision recorded
224

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.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension100%3695%
New dwelling85%3482%
Retention82%3490%
Change of use81%3288%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

29%

of 52 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 1999–2025.

Permissions refused on appeal
24% of 41
Decision upheld
33
Upheld, conditions varied
4

15 of 52 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Bantry

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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.