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
246
County
Louth

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Carlingford contains a total of 246 applications, with 166 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Among these decided cases, the grant rate stands at 80%, representing 133 granted, 33 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are retention at 25%, extension at 21%, change of use at 17%, and new dwelling at 13%. Looking at recent activity, 28 applications were lodged in 2023, 18 in 2024, and 31 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

80%

of 166 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
133
Refused
33
No decision recorded
80

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

What’s being built

Retention
25%
Extension
21%
Change of use
17%
New dwelling
13%
Alterations
10%
Commercial
7%

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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.