Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Castletownbere

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

Applications
454
County
Cork

What the data shows

In the Castletownbere planning area, there are 454 total applications on the register, with 320 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 1900. Out of these 320 decisions, the grant rate is 90%, consisting of 287 granted, 30 refused, and 3 part-granted applications. The most common development types are new dwellings at 25%, extensions at 18%, commercial developments at 12%, and change of use at 11%. Recently lodged applications include 10 in 2023, 6 in 2024, and 8 in 2025, with recent granted examples including works to an existing residential terrace property, demolition of a commercial building for a new two-storey dwelling, and construction of a dwelling house with a detached domestic garage.

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

90%

of 320 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted
287
Refused
30
Part granted, part refused
3
No decision recorded
134

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
25%
Extension
18%
Commercial
12%
Change of use
11%
Retention
9%
Apartments
7%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Castletownbere

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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.