Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Carlingford

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

Applications
249
County
Louth

What the data shows

The planning register for Carlingford contains 249 total applications, with 168 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 80%, representing 135 granted, 33 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are retention at 25%, extension at 21%, change of use at 16%, and new dwelling at 13%. Recent application lodgements include 28 in 2023, 18 in 2024, and 31 in 2025, with recent decisions resulting in outcomes such as granted permission for an ESB substation and refused permission for the demolition of an existing dwelling house.

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

80%

of 168 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
135
Refused
33
No decision recorded
81

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

What’s being built

Retention
25%
Extension
21%
Change of use
16%
New dwelling
13%
Alterations
10%
Commercial
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Retention77%4390%
Extension86%3795%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.