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
313
County
Galway

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Bearna contains 313 total applications, with 268 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within those decided applications, the grant rate is 82%, consisting of 221 granted, 47 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are new dwellings at 32%, extensions at 21%, alterations at 17%, and retentions at 16%. Recently lodged applications show 14 in 2023, 27 in 2024, and 32 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 268 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
221
Refused
47
No decision recorded
45

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
32%
Extension
21%
Alterations
17%
Retention
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%7081%
Extension95%5895%
Alterations94%4892%
Retention96%4590%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.