Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Clonmel

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

Applications
1,057
County
Tipperary

What the data shows

In the Clonmel planning area, there are 1057 total applications on the register, with a 95% grant rate out of 736 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016. This rate represents 699 granted, 37 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extension at 24%, retention at 19%, alterations at 11%, and change of use at 10%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 95 in 2023, 100 in 2024, and 96 in 2025.

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 736 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
699
Refused
37
No decision recorded
321

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

What’s being built

Extension
24%
Retention
19%
Alterations
11%
Change of use
10%
Commercial
8%
Housing estate
8%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%18895%
Retention95%14390%
Alterations100%8992%
Change of use94%6788%
New dwelling90%5082%
Commercial96%4988%
Housing estate89%4678%
Infrastructure84%3791%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

35%

of 49 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2026.

Permissions refused on appeal
23% of 35
Decision upheld
23
Upheld, conditions varied
9

17 of 49 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Clonmel

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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.