Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Midleton

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

Applications
1,773
County
Cork

What the data shows

In the Midleton planning area, there are 1773 total applications on the register, with a 91% grant rate out of 1335 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900. This rate represents 1215 granted, 116 refused, and 4 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extension at 21%, new dwelling at 15%, retention at 13%, and commercial at 11%. Recently, the number of applications lodged was 76 in 2023, 79 in 2024, and 90 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

91%

of 1,335 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted
1,215
Refused
116
Part granted, part refused
4
No decision recorded
438

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

What’s being built

Extension
21%
New dwelling
15%
Retention
13%
Commercial
11%
Change of use
11%
Housing estate
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension99%10995%
Retention98%8090%
New dwelling91%6582%
Commercial87%4788%
Change of use98%4088%
Alterations97%3692%
Housing estate94%3578%
Infrastructure97%3191%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

31%

of 42 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 1900–2026.

Permissions refused on appeal
32% of 34
Decision upheld
27
Upheld, conditions varied
2
Part granted, part refused
2

13 of 42 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Midleton

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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.