Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Bearna

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

Applications
318
County
Galway

What the data shows

The planning register for Bearna contains a total of 318 applications, with a grant rate of 82% of 270 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016, which consists of 222 granted, 48 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are new dwelling at 32%, extension at 21%, retention at 17%, and alterations at 16%. Recently lodged applications show a pattern of 14 in 2023, 27 in 2024, and 32 in 2025. Recent decisions include granted permissions for developments such as a two storey three bedroom dwelling house, a two storey four bedroom dwelling house, and a new dwelling house with a garage, alongside refusals for projects like a three storey building block of 16 apartment units.

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

82%

of 270 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
222
Refused
48
No decision recorded
48

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
32%
Extension
21%
Retention
17%
Alterations
16%
Housing estate
5%
Apartments
3%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling63%7182%
Extension95%5895%
Alterations94%4892%
Retention95%4490%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Bearna

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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.