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
- Granted
Permission for retention of alteration to the layout from that previously
Ferns Upper, Ferns
20251690WexfordLodged 18 Dec 2025
- Granted
Permission for the erection of three no. 2 storey (two bedroomed)
Ferns Upper, Ferns
20251567WexfordLodged 30 Nov 2025
- Granted
Permission for an extension to an existing dwelling, comprising of a single
Coolbaun / Ferns Upper, Ferns
20251401WexfordLodged 31 Oct 2025
- Granted
Permission to demolish an existing dwelling and erect 2 no. dwellings
Castleland, Ferns
20250958WexfordLodged 5 Aug 2025
- Granted
Permission for retention for the construction of an enclosed porch to the front
Castleland, Ferns
20250866WexfordLodged 14 Jul 2025
- Granted
Permission for the replacement of existing partially demolished house (Foley's C
Ferns Upper, Ferns
20250793WexfordLodged 26 Jun 2025
- Granted
Permission to erect an extension to the front and rear of existing dwelling
Ferns Lower, Ferns
20250339WexfordLodged 26 Mar 2025
- Granted
Permission and permission for retention for development
Castleland, Ferns
20250320WexfordLodged 24 Mar 2025
- Awaiting decision
Permission and permission for retention for development consisting of: (A) Reten
Castleland, Ferns
20250316WexfordLodged 20 Mar 2025
- Awaiting decision
Permission to erect an extension to the rear of existing dwelling house
Ferns Lower, Ferns
20250279WexfordLodged 11 Mar 2025
- Granted
Permission to construct a single storey rear extension and a rear roof
Ferns Upper, Ferns
20250047WexfordLodged 20 Jan 2025
- Granted
Permission to construct an extension to side and rear of existing dwelling
Coolbaun, Ferns
20241564WexfordLodged 17 Dec 2024
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.