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
276
County
Monaghan

What the data shows

The planning register for Carrickmacross contains a total of 276 applications, with a 96% grant rate out of 220 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. This rate represents 211 granted, 9 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extension at 18%, retention at 16%, change of use at 15%, and new dwelling at 10%. Recently lodged applications include 43 in 2023, 25 in 2024, and 30 in 2025, with recent decided examples all being granted.

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

96%

of 220 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
211
Refused
9
No decision recorded
56

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%4395%
Retention97%3790%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.