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.
- 1,253
- inside the settlement boundary
- Clare
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
93%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 166
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 1,006 |
| Refused | 81 |
| No decision recorded | 166 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 302 | 24% |
| Retention | 206 | 16% |
| New dwelling | 199 | 16% |
| Change of use | 130 | 10% |
| Alterations | 124 | 10% |
| Commercial | 92 | 7% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 98% | 258 | 95% |
| Retention | 92% | 177 | 90% |
| New dwelling | 85% | 166 | 81% |
| Change of use | 90% | 105 | 88% |
| Alterations | 96% | 98 | 92% |
| Commercial | 95% | 77 | 88% |
| Housing estate | 90% | 58 | 78% |
| Infrastructure | 100% | 41 | 91% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Appeals
Appeals to An Bord Pleanála
20%
14 of 69 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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
Applications lodged
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 110 |
| 2017 | 120 |
| 2018 | 110 |
| 2019 | 117 |
| 2020 | 112 |
| 2021 | 144 |
| 2022 | 96 |
| 2023 | 145 |
| 2024 | 110 |
| 2025 | 120 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 75 | 70 | 93% |
| 2017 | 96 | 85 | 89% |
| 2018 | 105 | 99 | 94% |
| 2019 | 108 | 104 | 96% |
| 2020 | 98 | 89 | 91% |
| 2021 | 126 | 113 | 90% |
| 2022 | 94 | 86 | 91% |
| 2023 | 119 | 113 | 95% |
| 2024 | 88 | 80 | 91% |
| 2025 | 114 | 107 | 94% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.