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: 1,629
County: Cork

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Kinsale contains a total of 1629 applications, with 1202 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2000. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 85%, representing 1018 granted, 178 refused, and 6 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 26%, new dwellings at 22%, retentions at 10%, and alterations at 10%. Recent application activity shows 55 lodged 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.

Grant rate

85%

of 1,202 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2000.

Granted: 1,018
Refused: 178
Part granted, part refused: 6
No decision recorded: 427

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.

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	98%	144	95%
New dwelling	84%	118	81%
Retention	88%	57	90%
Alterations	86%	43	92%
Commercial	84%	32	88%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Kinsale

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.