Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Gort

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

Applications
158
County
Galway

What the data shows

The planning register for Gort contains a total of 158 applications, with 142 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 88%, representing 125 granted, 17 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are retention at 25%, housing estate at 15%, extension at 14%, and change of use at 11%. Looking at recent activity, the number of lodged applications was 20 in 2023, 13 in 2024, and 17 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

88%

of 142 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
125
Refused
17
No decision recorded
16

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

What’s being built

Retention
25%
Housing estate
15%
Extension
14%
Change of use
11%
Commercial
9%
New dwelling
8%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Retention91%3590%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 Gort

  • Of existing house and outbuildings and, permission to construct new boundary wall

    2661133Galway CountyLodged 3 Jul 2026

  • For the construction of a dwelling house, garage, treatment unit and all associated services

    2660993Galway CountyLodged 16 Jun 2026

  • For the completion of a comercial & residential development with alterations to those previously approved…

    2660832Galway CountyLodged 26 May 2026

  • Gort , Gort , Co. Galway

    RefusedAppeal pending · 7w

    For the demolition of existing dwelling house and construction of eight serviced dwelling houses

    2660618Galway CountyLodged 22 Apr 2026

  • For the unauthorized developments and permission for new development. The unauthorized development consists…

    2660614Galway CountyLodged 22 Apr 2026

  • Gort , Gort , Co Galway

    Awaiting decision

    For the construction of 6 serviced dwelling houses and all associated site development works

    2660377Galway CountyLodged 11 Mar 2026

  • Of palisade fencing and gates and metal cladded storage area

    2561588Galway CountyLodged 30 Oct 2025

  • Of the sub-division of the property into two individual living units and all ancillary site works

    2561395Galway CountyLodged 26 Sept 2025

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.