Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Loughrea

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

Applications
336
County
Galway

What the data shows

The planning register for Loughrea contains a total of 336 applications, with a grant rate of 85% out of 281 applications that have been granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. This rate represents 239 granted applications, 42 refused applications, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 18%, housing estates at 17%, retentions at 17%, and commercial developments at 12%. Recently lodged applications show a pattern of 28 in 2023, 33 in 2024, and 39 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 281 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
239
Refused
42
No decision recorded
55

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

What’s being built

Extension
18%
Housing estate
17%
Retention
17%
Commercial
12%
Change of use
10%
New dwelling
10%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension96%5295%
Retention92%5290%
Housing estate73%4178%
Commercial77%3188%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

19%

of 31 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2017–2026.

Decision upheld
23
Upheld, conditions varied
2

6 of 31 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Loughrea

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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.