Planning register

Louth

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

Applications: 51
County: Louth

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Louth contains 51 total applications, with recent lodgements showing 10 in 2023, 6 in 2024, and 1 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 97% grant rate out of 33 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 32 granted, 1 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 25%, new dwellings at 24%, housing estates at 22%, and retentions at 12%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include permissions for an all-weather pitch with floodlight columns, the demolition of a rear extension and shed, the construction of two dwelling houses, and various changes of use or alterations to previously approved residential developments.

An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.

Grant rate

97%

of 33 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 32
Refused: 1
No decision recorded: 18

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

What’s being built

Extension: 25%
New dwelling: 24%
Housing estate: 22%
Retention: 12%
Change of use: 8%
Commercial: 4%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Louth

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.