Planning register

Cobh

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

Applications: 1,693
County: Cork

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Cobh contains a total of 1693 applications, with recent lodgements showing 56 in 2023, 73 in 2024, and 105 in 2025. Out of 1285 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900, the area has a 90% grant rate, consisting of 1153 granted, 127 refused, and 5 part-granted decisions. The most common development types are extensions at 38%, new dwellings at 18%, retention at 12%, and alterations at 9%. Recent decided examples include a refused permission for the retention of three canopies for a cafe kiosk, alongside granted permissions for a change of use with alterations, a two-storey side extension, a rear first-floor extension, a first-floor roof extension, and the renovation of an old coal yard shed.

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

90%

of 1,285 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted: 1,153
Refused: 127
Part granted, part refused: 5
No decision recorded: 408

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

What’s being built

Extension: 38%
New dwelling: 18%
Retention: 12%
Alterations: 9%
Housing estate: 5%
Change of use: 5%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Cobh

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.