Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Na Forbacha

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

Applications
145
County
Galway

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Na Forbacha contains a total of 145 applications, with recent lodgements showing 11 in 2023, 6 in 2024, and 11 in 2025. Out of 122 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016, the grant rate stands at 81%, representing 99 granted, 23 refused, and 0 part-granted decisions. The most common development types are new dwellings at 30%, extensions at 22%, retentions at 17%, and alterations at 12%. Recent decided examples in the area include granted permissions for a single storey side extension, alterations and an extension to a retail unit, and new dwellings, alongside a refused application for a change of use to a physio room.

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

81%

of 122 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
99
Refused
23
No decision recorded
23

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
30%
Extension
22%
Retention
17%
Alterations
12%
Housing estate
6%
Commercial
4%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Na Forbacha, 2017–2025.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling73%3381%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.