Longford
Planning applications inside the Longford, Co. Longford settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- 310
- inside the settlement boundary
- Longford
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
93%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 35
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 257 |
| Refused | 18 |
| No decision recorded | 35 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial | 55 | 18% |
| Change of use | 46 | 15% |
| Retention | 46 | 15% |
| Extension | 35 | 11% |
| Alterations | 33 | 11% |
| Industrial | 23 | 7% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | 96% | 45 | 88% |
| Change of use | 97% | 38 | 88% |
| Retention | 81% | 37 | 90% |
| Extension | 97% | 32 | 95% |
| Alterations | 100% | 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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 | 26 |
| 2017 | 27 |
| 2018 | 23 |
| 2019 | 19 |
| 2020 | 28 |
| 2021 | 31 |
| 2022 | 30 |
| 2023 | 32 |
| 2024 | 41 |
| 2025 | 30 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 21 | 20 | 95% |
| 2017 | 25 | 23 | 92% |
| 2018 | 22 | 21 | 95% |
| 2019 | 18 | 18 | 100% |
| 2020 | 23 | 21 | 91% |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 100% |
| 2022 | 30 | 29 | 97% |
| 2023 | 17 | 16 | 94% |
| 2024 | 32 | 29 | 91% |
| 2025 | 32 | 28 | 88% |
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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.