Lehinch
Planning applications inside the Lehinch, Co. Clare settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- 241
- inside the settlement boundary
- Clare
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
93%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 27
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 200 |
| Refused | 14 |
| No decision recorded | 27 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 75 | 31% |
| Retention | 42 | 18% |
| Alterations | 37 | 15% |
| New dwelling | 33 | 14% |
| Change of use | 19 | 8% |
| Commercial | 11 | 5% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 97% | 67 | 95% |
| Retention | 100% | 38 | 90% |
| Alterations | 94% | 31 | 92% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 18 |
| 2017 | 21 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2019 | 24 |
| 2020 | 29 |
| 2021 | 40 |
| 2022 | 26 |
| 2023 | 21 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2025 | 18 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 12 | 11 | 92% |
| 2017 | 17 | 17 | 100% |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | 100% |
| 2019 | 24 | 24 | 100% |
| 2020 | 23 | 23 | 100% |
| 2021 | 33 | 31 | 94% |
| 2022 | 25 | 19 | 76% |
| 2023 | 19 | 18 | 95% |
| 2024 | 14 | 12 | 86% |
| 2025 | 15 | 13 | 87% |
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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.