Planning register

Cavan

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

Applications: 544
County: Cavan

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Cavan shows a total of 544 applications, with recent lodgements recorded at 57 in 2023, 68 in 2024, and 55 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 95% grant rate out of 448 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 424 granted, 24 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 18%, extension at 14%, alterations at 13%, and change of use at 13%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include projects such as a detached garage, a specialist training facility, a biomass boiler enclosure, and a part single storey/part dormer dwelling.

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

95%

of 448 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 424
Refused: 24
No decision recorded: 96

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

What’s being built

Retention: 18%
Extension: 14%
Alterations: 13%
Change of use: 13%
Commercial: 12%
Housing estate: 10%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Retention	98%	85	90%
Extension	98%	59	95%
Alterations	100%	57	92%
Commercial	91%	53	88%
Change of use	96%	51	88%
Housing estate	92%	36	78%
New dwelling	81%	31	81%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Cavan

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.