Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Castleblayney

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

Applications
221
County
Monaghan

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Castleblayney contains a total of 221 applications. Since 2016, there have been 173 applications granted, refused or part-granted, resulting in a 97% grant rate with 167 granted, 6 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 18%, extension at 17%, change of use at 13%, and new dwelling at 11%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 25 in 2023, 25 in 2024, and 26 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

97%

of 173 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
167
Refused
6
No decision recorded
48

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

What’s being built

Retention
18%
Extension
17%
Change of use
13%
New dwelling
11%
Housing estate
10%
Commercial
10%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension100%3495%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.