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.
What the data shows
Generated from this page’s figuresIn Gorey, there are 615 total applications on the register, with recent lodgements recorded at 43 in 2023, 47 in 2024, and 50 in 2025. The grant rate shows 84% of 497 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2015, which reflects 417 granted, 80 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types listed are Retention at 25%, Extension at 15%, Change of use at 11%, and Alterations at 11%. This is information, not legal advice.
An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.
- 615
- inside the settlement boundary
- Wexford
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
84%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 118
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 417 |
| Refused | 80 |
| No decision recorded | 118 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
Show the numbers
| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Retention | 156 | 25% |
| Extension | 91 | 15% |
| Change of use | 69 | 11% |
| Alterations | 67 | 11% |
| Commercial | 52 | 8% |
| Housing estate | 49 | 8% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retention | 82% | 108 | 90% |
| Extension | 95% | 73 | 95% |
| Alterations | 81% | 48 | 92% |
| Change of use | 84% | 44 | 88% |
| New dwelling | 73% | 33 | 81% |
| Housing estate | 81% | 31 | 78% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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.
Activity
Applications lodged
Show the numbers
| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 61 |
| 2017 | 58 |
| 2018 | 75 |
| 2019 | 55 |
| 2020 | 30 |
| 2021 | 58 |
| 2022 | 43 |
| 2023 | 43 |
| 2024 | 47 |
| 2025 | 50 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 49 | 43 | 88% |
| 2017 | 47 | 37 | 79% |
| 2018 | 51 | 48 | 94% |
| 2019 | 52 | 41 | 79% |
| 2020 | 23 | 21 | 91% |
| 2021 | 48 | 39 | 81% |
| 2022 | 36 | 23 | 64% |
| 2023 | 39 | 32 | 82% |
| 2024 | 28 | 23 | 82% |
| 2025 | 45 | 43 | 96% |
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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.