Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Monaghan

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

Applications
454
County
Monaghan

What the data shows

The planning register for Monaghan contains a total of 454 applications. Since 2016, there has been a 94% grant rate out of 356 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 336 granted, 20 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 17%, change of use at 16%, extension at 13%, and commercial at 11%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 40 in 2023, 45 in 2024, and 43 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

94%

of 356 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
336
Refused
20
No decision recorded
98

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

What’s being built

Retention
17%
Change of use
16%
Extension
13%
Commercial
11%
New dwelling
10%
Housing estate
9%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Retention94%6290%
Extension100%4995%
Change of use98%4488%
Alterations100%3692%
Commercial86%3688%
New dwelling90%3182%
Housing estate87%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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Monaghan

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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.