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
50
County
Roscommon

What the data shows

The planning register for Elphin shows a total of 50 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 16%, 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 No. 3 Bedroom Apartments, retention permission for a first floor extension, permission for a change of use from commercial to residential, planning permission to demolish a storage shed and part of an existing structure, permission to construct a new slatted shed, and retention and planning permission to retain 3 no. as constructed 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.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

87%

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

Granted
26
Refused
4
No decision recorded
20

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

What’s being built

Retention
20%
Change of use
16%
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

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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.