Planning Permission Ireland

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
576
County
Mayo

What the data shows

The planning register for Castlebar contains a total of 576 applications, with 500 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, 457 applications were granted, 43 were refused, and 0 were part-granted, resulting in a 91% grant rate. The most common development types are extensions at 17%, change of use at 16%, commercial at 14%, and retention at 13%. Recent application filings show 57 lodged in 2023, 64 in 2024, and 67 in 2025, with several recent decisions resulting in granted permissions.

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

91%

of 500 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
457
Refused
43
No decision recorded
76

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

What’s being built

Extension
17%
Change of use
16%
Commercial
14%
Retention
13%
New dwelling
12%
Housing estate
9%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension100%8795%
Change of use88%7588%
Retention94%6690%
New dwelling89%6382%
Commercial94%6288%
Housing estate85%4078%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

5%

of 44 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2026.

Decision upheld
8
Upheld, conditions varied
34

2 of 44 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Castlebar

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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.