Planning register

Carlow

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

Applications: 1,147
County: Carlow

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Carlow shows a total of 1147 applications, with recent lodgements recorded at 111 in 2023, 119 in 2024, and 111 in 2025. Since 2016, there have been 737 applications granted, refused or part-granted, resulting in a 93% grant rate with 684 granted, 53 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extension at 22%, retention at 18%, change of use at 14%, and commercial at 10%. Recent decisions in the area include approvals for a two-storey extension, a single storey extension, a lean-to roof, apartment floor plan alterations, and a commercial building, while an application for an industrial building was refused.

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

93%

of 737 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 684
Refused: 53
No decision recorded: 410

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

What’s being built

Extension: 22%
Retention: 18%
Change of use: 14%
Commercial: 10%
Housing estate: 8%
New dwelling: 7%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	96%	178	95%
Retention	92%	139	90%
Change of use	95%	103	88%
Commercial	97%	68	88%
Housing estate	85%	52	78%
Alterations	100%	49	92%
New dwelling	77%	39	81%
Infrastructure	95%	37	91%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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Recently lodged in Carlow

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.