Planning register

Clogherhead

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

Applications: 163
County: Louth

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Clogherhead contains a total of 163 applications, with recent lodgements showing 15 applications in 2023, 20 in 2024, and 13 in 2025. Out of 110 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016, the grant rate stands at 86%, representing 95 granted, 15 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are new dwellings at 32%, extensions at 30%, retention at 11%, and alterations at 7%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include permissions for extensions, alterations, and retention of structures like a storage container and a 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.

Grant rate

86%

of 110 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 95
Refused: 15
No decision recorded: 53

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

What’s being built

New dwelling: 32%
Extension: 30%
Retention: 11%
Alterations: 7%
Housing estate: 4%
Commercial: 4%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	97%	34	95%
New dwelling	71%	34	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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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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Recently lodged in Clogherhead

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.