Planning Permission Ireland

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
557
County
Cavan

What the data shows

The planning register for Cavan contains a total of 557 applications, with 57 lodged in 2023, 68 in 2024, and 55 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 95% grant rate out of 451 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 427 granted, 24 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 18%, extension at 14%, change of use at 13%, and alterations at 13%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include projects such as a material change of use from an existing public house to a mixed use development, the construction of a dwelling and garage, and various extensions and alterations.

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

95%

of 451 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
427
Refused
24
No decision recorded
106

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

What’s being built

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

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Retention98%8690%
Extension98%6095%
Alterations100%5592%
Commercial90%5288%
Change of use96%5188%
Housing estate92%3678%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.