Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Elphin

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

Applications
49
County
Roscommon

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Elphin shows a total of 49 applications, with a grant rate of 87% of 30 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016, consisting of 26 granted, 4 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 20%, change of use at 14%, extension at 12%, and commercial at 10%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 8 in 2023, 5 in 2024, and 9 in 2025. Recent decided examples that were granted include permission to retain 2 apartments, retention permission for a first floor extension, change of use from commercial to residential, demolition of a storage shed and part of a structure, construction of a new slatted shed, and retention and planning permission for 3 dwellings.

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

87%

of 30 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
26
Refused
4
No decision recorded
19

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

What’s being built

Retention
20%
Change of use
14%
Extension
12%
Commercial
10%
Housing estate
8%
New dwelling
6%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Elphin

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.