Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Fermoy

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

Applications
910
County
Cork

What the data shows

The planning register for Fermoy contains a total of 910 applications, with 678 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2003. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 90%, representing 608 granted, 69 refused, and 1 part-granted application. The most common development types are extensions at 28%, change of use at 13%, retention at 12%, and commercial at 12%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 26 in 2023, 36 in 2024, and 37 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

90%

of 678 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2003.

Granted
608
Refused
69
Part granted, part refused
1
No decision recorded
232

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

What’s being built

Extension
28%
Change of use
13%
Retention
12%
Commercial
12%
New dwelling
11%
Alterations
8%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension97%6595%
Retention98%4290%
Change of use93%4088%
New dwelling67%3082%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 32 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 1900–2025.

Permissions refused on appeal
17% of 30
Decision upheld
22
Upheld, conditions varied
4

6 of 32 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Fermoy

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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.