Planning register
Gorey
Planning applications inside the Gorey, Co. Wexford settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- Applications
- 602
- County
- Wexford
Planning intelligence
What the data shows
The planning register for Gorey contains a total of 602 applications, with 486 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2015. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 84%, representing 406 granted, 80 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are retention at 25%, extension at 15%, change of use at 11%, and alterations at 11%. Recent application filings show 43 lodged in 2023, 47 in 2024, and 50 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.
Grant rate
84%
of 486 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2015.
- Granted
- 406
- Refused
- 80
- No decision recorded
- 116
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
What’s being built
- Retention
- 25%
- Extension
- 15%
- Change of use
- 11%
- Alterations
- 11%
- Commercial
- 9%
- Housing estate
- 8%
Grant rate by category
How each kind of application has been decided in Gorey, 2016–2026.
| Category | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retention | 81% | 102 | 90% |
| Extension | 94% | 71 | 95% |
| Alterations | 81% | 48 | 92% |
| Change of use | 82% | 45 | 88% |
| New dwelling | 73% | 33 | 81% |
| Housing estate | 81% | 32 | 78% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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.
Activity over time
Applications lodged, by year
Grant rate, by year of decision
Recently lodged in Gorey
- Granted
Permission for the construction of a first floor side extension and a rear
Ramstown Lower, Gorey Rural
20260605WexfordLodged 14 May 2026
- Granted
Permission for retention of the construction a rear extension, a rear
Goreycorporationlands, Gorey Urban
20260600WexfordLodged 13 May 2026
- Awaiting decision
Permission for the subdivision of an existing dwelling into three dwellings
Goreybridge, Gorey Urban
20260583WexfordLodged 8 May 2026
- Granted
Permission for the retention of the installation of a 'portacabin' type unit to
Goreyhill, Gorey Rural
20260511WexfordLodged 28 Apr 2026
- Awaiting decision
Permission for the alterations and additions to no.18 and no.19 Grattan Street
Goreycorporationlands, Gorey Urban
20260510WexfordLodged 28 Apr 2026
- Granted
Permission to make alterations and change the use of existing ground floor
Goreycorporationlands, Gorey Urban
20260480WexfordLodged 21 Apr 2026
- Refused
Permission for retention of the construction of a 1 bedroomed single storey
Goreybridge, Courtown
20260453WexfordLodged 14 Apr 2026
- Granted
Permission to erect the following extension to our existing two storey dwelling
Ramstown Lower, Gorey Rural
20260416WexfordLodged 7 Apr 2026
- Refused
Permission for the change of use of part of the ground floor of existing
Ramstown Lower, Gorey Rural
20260415WexfordLodged 7 Apr 2026
- Granted
Permission for retention of unauthorised extensions (ground floor and first
Goreycorporationlands, Gorey Urban
20260369WexfordLodged 25 Mar 2026
- Granted
Permission for retention of existing stable building as constructed consisting
Knockmullen, Gorey Rural
20260268WexfordLodged 3 Mar 2026
- Refused
Permission for retention is sought for the infill and rising of ground levels
Clonatin Lower, Gorey Rural
20260231WexfordLodged 25 Feb 2026
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