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.
- 562
- inside the settlement boundary
- Cavan
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
95%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 103
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 435 |
| Refused | 24 |
| No decision recorded | 103 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Retention | 104 | 19% |
| Extension | 77 | 14% |
| Change of use | 72 | 13% |
| Alterations | 70 | 12% |
| Commercial | 68 | 12% |
| Housing estate | 55 | 10% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retention | 99% | 85 | 90% |
| Extension | 98% | 60 | 95% |
| Alterations | 100% | 55 | 92% |
| Commercial | 91% | 54 | 88% |
| Change of use | 96% | 51 | 88% |
| Housing estate | 92% | 36 | 78% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Activity
Applications lodged
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 56 |
| 2017 | 42 |
| 2018 | 37 |
| 2019 | 37 |
| 2020 | 42 |
| 2021 | 58 |
| 2022 | 46 |
| 2023 | 57 |
| 2024 | 68 |
| 2025 | 55 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 45 | 44 | 98% |
| 2017 | 36 | 35 | 97% |
| 2018 | 40 | 37 | 93% |
| 2019 | 32 | 31 | 97% |
| 2020 | 33 | 31 | 94% |
| 2021 | 44 | 42 | 95% |
| 2022 | 50 | 46 | 92% |
| 2023 | 42 | 39 | 93% |
| 2024 | 53 | 52 | 98% |
| 2025 | 45 | 42 | 93% |
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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.