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
19,104
County
Cork

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Cork city and suburbs contains 19104 total applications, with 14795 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 1900. Within this decided group, 13135 were granted, 1645 were refused, and 15 were part-granted, resulting in an overall grant rate of 89%. The most common development types are extensions at 32%, new dwellings at 17%, retentions at 13%, and commercial developments at 9%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 722 in 2023, 753 in 2024, and 656 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.

Grant rate

89%

of 14,795 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted
13,135
Refused
1,645
Part granted, part refused
15
No decision recorded
4,309

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%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Cork city and suburbs

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.