Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Ferns

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

Applications
106
County
Wexford

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Ferns contains a total of 106 applications, with recent lodgements showing 10 in 2023, 8 in 2024, and 11 in 2025. Since 2015, the area has a grant rate of 83% out of 81 applications, which consists of 67 granted, 14 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 20%, extension at 19%, change of use at 16%, and new dwelling at 15%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include permission to erect extensions, demolish an existing dwelling to erect 2 dwellings, erect three 2-storey dwellings, and retain alterations.

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

83%

of 81 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2015.

Granted
67
Refused
14
No decision recorded
25

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

What’s being built

Retention
20%
Extension
19%
Change of use
16%
New dwelling
15%
Housing estate
10%
Demolition
6%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Ferns

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.