Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Mullingar

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

Applications
753
County
Westmeath

What the data shows

The planning register for Mullingar contains 753 total applications, with 604 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 89%, representing 535 granted, 69 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extension at 27%, retention at 14%, change of use at 12%, and commercial at 12%. Looking at recent activity, 71 applications were lodged in 2023, 62 in 2024, and 78 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

89%

of 604 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
535
Refused
69
No decision recorded
149

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

What’s being built

Extension
27%
Retention
14%
Change of use
12%
Commercial
12%
Alterations
8%
Housing estate
7%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension96%17195%
Retention85%7590%
Change of use85%6788%
Commercial90%6388%
Alterations89%4792%
Housing estate87%3978%
New dwelling85%3382%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 34 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2026.

Decision upheld
7
Upheld, conditions varied
22

5 of 34 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Mullingar

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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.