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: 331
County: Galway

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

85%

of 278 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 237
Refused: 41
No decision recorded: 53

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

What’s being built

Extension: 18%
Housing estate: 17%
Retention: 16%
Commercial: 12%
New dwelling: 10%
Change of use: 10%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	96%	51	95%
Retention	92%	51	90%
Housing estate	73%	41	78%
Commercial	77%	31	88%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Recently lodged in Loughrea

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.