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: 1,756
County: Cork

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Midleton contains a total of 1756 applications, with 1318 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 1900. Out of these decided cases, 1199 were granted, 115 were refused, and 4 were part-granted, resulting in a 91% grant rate. The most common development types are extensions at 22%, new dwellings at 15%, retentions at 13%, and changes of use at 11%. Recent application activity shows 76 applications lodged in 2023, 79 in 2024, and 90 in 2025, with recent decisions including granted permissions for a carwash facility, a single storey extension, semi-detached dwellinghouses, retentions, a retail unit extension, and development at a railway station carpark site.

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

91%

of 1,318 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted: 1,199
Refused: 115
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: 22%
New dwelling: 15%
Retention: 13%
Change of use: 11%
Commercial: 11%
Housing estate: 6%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	99%	108	95%
Retention	99%	78	90%
New dwelling	90%	68	81%
Commercial	87%	47	88%
Change of use	97%	38	88%
Alterations	97%	35	92%
Housing estate	94%	34	78%
Infrastructure	97%	30	91%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Midleton

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.