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.
- 1,170
- inside the settlement boundary
- Carlow
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
93%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 412
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 705 |
| Refused | 53 |
| No decision recorded | 412 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 250 | 21% |
| Retention | 213 | 18% |
| Change of use | 169 | 14% |
| Commercial | 122 | 10% |
| Housing estate | 94 | 8% |
| New dwelling | 80 | 7% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 96% | 180 | 95% |
| Retention | 92% | 142 | 90% |
| Change of use | 95% | 99 | 88% |
| Commercial | 97% | 70 | 88% |
| Housing estate | 86% | 51 | 78% |
| Alterations | 100% | 49 | 92% |
| New dwelling | 79% | 42 | 81% |
| Infrastructure | 95% | 37 | 91% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Appeals
Appeals to An Bord Pleanála
24%
8 of 33 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.
Activity
Applications lodged
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 96 |
| 2017 | 104 |
| 2018 | 126 |
| 2019 | 99 |
| 2020 | 103 |
| 2021 | 106 |
| 2022 | 96 |
| 2023 | 111 |
| 2024 | 119 |
| 2025 | 111 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 47 | 42 | 89% |
| 2017 | 68 | 63 | 93% |
| 2018 | 82 | 76 | 93% |
| 2019 | 65 | 62 | 95% |
| 2020 | 60 | 58 | 97% |
| 2021 | 76 | 67 | 88% |
| 2022 | 74 | 67 | 91% |
| 2023 | 68 | 63 | 93% |
| 2024 | 67 | 63 | 94% |
| 2025 | 81 | 77 | 95% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.