Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Ennis

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

Applications
1,241
County
Clare

What the data shows

The planning register for Ennis contains a total of 1241 applications, with 1080 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within those decided applications, the grant rate stands at 93%, representing 999 granted, 81 refused, and 0 part-granted decisions. The most common development types are extensions at 24%, retentions at 17%, new dwellings at 16%, and changes of use at 10%. Recent application activity shows 145 applications lodged in 2023, 110 in 2024, and 120 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.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

93%

of 1,080 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
999
Refused
81
No decision recorded
161

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

What’s being built

Extension
24%
Retention
17%
New dwelling
16%
Change of use
10%
Alterations
10%
Commercial
7%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Ennis, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%25795%
Retention92%17690%
New dwelling85%16682%
Change of use91%10688%
Alterations96%9892%
Commercial94%7788%
Housing estate88%5878%
Infrastructure100%4191%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

19%

of 67 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2026.

Permissions refused on appeal
15% of 48
Decision upheld
18
Upheld, conditions varied
36

13 of 67 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Ennis

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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.