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.
What the data shows
Generated from this page’s figuresIn Loughrea, there are 341 total applications on the register, with an 85% grant rate across the 287 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016, which include 244 granted, 43 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are Extension at 18%, Housing estate at 17%, Retention at 16%, and Commercial at 12%. Applications lodged have increased year on year recently, with 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.
- 341
- inside the settlement boundary
- Galway
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
85%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 54
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 244 |
| Refused | 43 |
| No decision recorded | 54 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
Show the numbers
| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 62 | 18% |
| Housing estate | 59 | 17% |
| Retention | 56 | 16% |
| Commercial | 41 | 12% |
| Change of use | 34 | 10% |
| New dwelling | 33 | 10% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retention | 92% | 53 | 90% |
| Extension | 96% | 51 | 95% |
| Housing estate | 74% | 42 | 78% |
| Commercial | 78% | 32 | 88% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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.
Appeals
Appeals to An Bord Pleanála
19%
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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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
Applications lodged
Show the numbers
| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 19 |
| 2017 | 30 |
| 2018 | 30 |
| 2019 | 40 |
| 2020 | 29 |
| 2021 | 37 |
| 2022 | 27 |
| 2023 | 28 |
| 2024 | 33 |
| 2025 | 39 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | 100% |
| 2017 | 18 | 16 | 89% |
| 2018 | 25 | 20 | 80% |
| 2019 | 34 | 31 | 91% |
| 2020 | 30 | 24 | 80% |
| 2021 | 31 | 24 | 77% |
| 2022 | 28 | 24 | 86% |
| 2023 | 25 | 23 | 92% |
| 2024 | 28 | 22 | 79% |
| 2025 | 33 | 30 | 91% |
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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.