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.
What the data shows
Generated from this page’s figuresThe planning register for Gort records 158 total applications, with a grant rate of 88% across 145 applications that were granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016, consisting of 127 granted, 18 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types in the area are Retention at 25%, Housing estate at 15%, Extension at 14%, and Change of use at 11%. Looking at recently lodged proposals, there were 20 applications in 2023, 13 applications in 2024, and 17 applications in 2025. 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.
- 158
- inside the settlement boundary
- Galway
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
88%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 13
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 127 |
| Refused | 18 |
| No decision recorded | 13 |
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 | 39 | 25% |
| Housing estate | 24 | 15% |
| Extension | 22 | 14% |
| Change of use | 18 | 11% |
| Commercial | 14 | 9% |
| New dwelling | 13 | 8% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retention | 91% | 35 | 90% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 | 13 |
| 2017 | 19 |
| 2018 | 17 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 19 |
| 2023 | 20 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2025 | 17 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| 2017 | 12 | 10 | 83% |
| 2018 | 21 | 21 | 100% |
| 2019 | 11 | 9 | 82% |
| 2020 | 12 | 11 | 92% |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 | 60% |
| 2022 | 17 | 15 | 88% |
| 2023 | 16 | 13 | 81% |
| 2024 | 17 | 16 | 94% |
| 2025 | 14 | 11 | 79% |
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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.