Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Cork city and suburbs

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

Applications
19,134
County
Cork

What the data shows

The planning register for the Cork city and suburbs area contains 19134 total applications. Since 1900, there have been 14822 applications granted, refused or part-granted, resulting in an 89% grant rate with 13162 granted, 1645 refused, and 15 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 32%, new dwellings at 17%, retentions at 13%, and commercial developments at 9%. Recent application lodgements include 722 in 2023, 753 in 2024, and 656 in 2025, with several recent decisions resulting in granted permissions.

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

89%

of 14,822 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted
13,162
Refused
1,645
Part granted, part refused
15
No decision recorded
4,312

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

What’s being built

Extension
32%
New dwelling
17%
Retention
13%
Commercial
9%
Alterations
7%
Change of use
6%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Cork city and suburbs, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension96%2,54395%
New dwelling75%1,17282%
Retention91%1,06590%
Change of use89%57088%
Alterations92%56992%
Commercial92%54988%
Housing estate85%31978%
Apartments75%30271%
Infrastructure94%25291%
Industrial97%11793%
Energy98%5390%
Agricultural78%5094%
Other98%4788%
Demolition95%4086%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

21%

of 1,014 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 1900–2025.

Refusals granted on appeal
29% of 320
Permissions refused on appeal
18% of 694
Decision upheld
688
Upheld, conditions varied
109
Part granted, part refused
5

217 of 1,014 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Cork city and suburbs

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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.