Planning register

Castlebar

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

Applications: 574
County: Mayo

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

In the Castlebar planning area, there are 574 total applications on the register, with a 91% grant rate out of 494 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016. This rate represents 451 granted, 43 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extension at 17%, change of use at 16%, commercial at 13%, and retention at 13%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 57 in 2023, 64 in 2024, and 67 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

91%

of 494 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 451
Refused: 43
No decision recorded: 80

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

What’s being built

Extension: 17%
Change of use: 16%
Commercial: 13%
Retention: 13%
New dwelling: 12%
Housing estate: 9%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	100%	88	95%
Change of use	88%	75	88%
Retention	94%	65	90%
Commercial	94%	62	88%
New dwelling	89%	61	81%
Housing estate	85%	40	78%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Castlebar

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.