Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Limerick city and suburbs

Planning applications inside the Limerick city and suburbs, Co. Limerick settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.

Applications
3,673
County
Limerick

What the data shows

In Limerick city and suburbs, there are 3673 total applications on the register, with 3184 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 92%, representing 2931 granted, 253 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 28%, retentions at 17%, changes of use at 12%, and commercial developments at 10%. Recently lodged applications have risen over the years, with 307 in 2023, 369 in 2024, and 395 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

92%

of 3,184 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
2,931
Refused
253
No decision recorded
489

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

What’s being built

Extension
28%
Retention
17%
Change of use
12%
Commercial
10%
Alterations
8%
New dwelling
6%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Limerick city and suburbs, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension96%91595%
Retention85%51590%
Change of use93%36188%
Commercial91%30288%
Alterations95%25892%
New dwelling80%16782%
Apartments95%14871%
Infrastructure95%12991%
Housing estate91%11678%
Industrial95%5793%
Other91%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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

13%

of 247 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2026.

Refusals granted on appeal
27% of 60
Permissions refused on appeal
9% of 187
Decision upheld
192
Upheld, conditions varied
22

33 of 247 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Limerick city and suburbs

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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.