Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Mallow

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

Applications
1,436
County
Cork

What the data shows

The planning register for Mallow contains a total of 1436 applications, with 974 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 1900. Out of these, 904 were granted, 66 were refused, and 4 were part-granted, resulting in a 93% grant rate. The most common development types are extensions at 24%, retentions at 15%, new dwellings at 11%, and commercial developments at 10%. Recent application lodgements show 50 in 2023, 81 in 2024, and 85 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

93%

of 974 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted
904
Refused
66
Part granted, part refused
4
No decision recorded
462

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

What’s being built

Extension
24%
Retention
15%
New dwelling
11%
Commercial
10%
Change of use
10%
Alterations
7%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%9495%
Retention90%8390%
New dwelling84%5182%
Change of use88%4088%
Housing estate73%3078%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

15%

of 54 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2004–2025.

Permissions refused on appeal
7% of 41
Decision upheld
40
Upheld, conditions varied
6

8 of 54 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Mallow

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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.