Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Birr

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

Applications
275
County
Offaly

What the data shows

The planning register for Birr contains a total of 275 applications, with recent lodgements showing 23 in 2023, 29 in 2024, and 37 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 93% grant rate out of 170 applications granted, refused, or part-granted, which consists of 158 granted, 12 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types in the area are change of use at 19%, extension at 17%, retention at 15%, and alterations at 12%. Recent decisions in the area include approvals for a single storey extension, a rooftop solar photovoltaic array, and two separate change of use proposals, alongside refusals for a site subdivision and the demolition of a two storey ruin.

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

93%

of 170 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
158
Refused
12
No decision recorded
105

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

What’s being built

Change of use
19%
Extension
17%
Retention
15%
Alterations
12%
New dwelling
9%
Housing estate
8%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension100%3295%
Change of use93%3088%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.