Castlerea
Planning applications inside the Castlerea, Co. Roscommon settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
What the data shows
Generated from this page’s figuresThe planning register for Castlerea shows 124 total applications, with a grant rate of 89% across 81 applications decided since 2016, consisting of 72 granted, 9 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are Extension at 30%, Change of use at 16%, Retention at 15%, and New dwelling at 14%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 16 in 2023, 8 in 2024, and 20 in 2025. This is information, not legal advice.
An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.
- 124
- inside the settlement boundary
- Roscommon
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
89%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 43
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 72 |
| Refused | 9 |
| No decision recorded | 43 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
Show the numbers
| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 37 | 30% |
| Change of use | 20 | 16% |
| Retention | 19 | 15% |
| New dwelling | 17 | 14% |
| Commercial | 9 | 7% |
| Infrastructure | 7 | 6% |
Activity
Applications lodged
Show the numbers
| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 16 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 20 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 2017 | 7 | 6 | 86% |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 100% |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 75% |
| 2025 | 13 | 10 | 77% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.