Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Kinsale

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

Applications
1,641
County
Cork

What the data shows

The planning register for Kinsale contains a total of 1641 applications, with 1216 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2000. Within this group, 1031 were granted, 178 were refused, and 7 were part-granted, resulting in an overall grant rate of 85%. The most common development types are extensions at 26%, new dwellings at 22%, retentions at 10%, and alterations at 10%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 55 in 2023, 84 in 2024, and 80 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

85%

of 1,216 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2000.

Granted
1,031
Refused
178
Part granted, part refused
7
No decision recorded
425

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

What’s being built

Extension
26%
New dwelling
22%
Retention
10%
Alterations
10%
Commercial
9%
Housing estate
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%14795%
New dwelling84%12282%
Retention88%5790%
Alterations86%4392%
Commercial85%3388%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

21%

of 131 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 1900–2026.

Refusals granted on appeal
19% of 43
Permissions refused on appeal
23% of 88
Decision upheld
75
Upheld, conditions varied
28
Part granted, part refused
1

28 of 131 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Kinsale

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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.