Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Carrickmacross

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

Applications
275
County
Monaghan

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Carrickmacross contains a total of 275 applications, with 218 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group of decided applications, the grant rate stands at 96%, representing 209 granted, 9 refused, and 0 part-granted decisions. The most common development types are extensions at 18%, retentions at 16%, changes of use at 15%, and new dwellings at 10%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 43 in 2023, 25 in 2024, and 30 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

96%

of 218 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
209
Refused
9
No decision recorded
57

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

What’s being built

Extension
18%
Retention
16%
Change of use
15%
New dwelling
10%
Housing estate
9%
Commercial
9%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%4195%
Retention97%3890%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.