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
225
County
Monaghan

What the data shows

The planning register for Castleblayney contains a total of 225 applications, with recent lodgements showing 25 applications in 2023, 25 in 2024, and 26 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 97% grant rate out of 174 applications granted, refused, or part-granted, which consists of 168 granted, 6 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 18%, extension at 16%, change of use at 13%, and housing estate at 11%. Recent decided examples include granted permissions for a material change of use to a childcare facility, a change of use at Connabury, retention of finished floor and ground levels, a graveyard extension, and a GAA pitch extension, while permission for a new residential development comprising 9 units was refused.

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

97%

of 174 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
168
Refused
6
No decision recorded
51

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

What’s being built

Retention
18%
Extension
16%
Change of use
13%
Housing estate
11%
New dwelling
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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.