Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

New Ross

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

Applications
469
County
Wexford

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for New Ross contains a total of 469 applications, with a grant rate of 87% of 348 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2015. Within this group, 302 applications were granted, 46 were refused, and 0 were part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 20%, change of use at 16%, extension at 14%, and alterations at 11%. Recently lodged applications include 38 in 2023, 51 in 2024, and 47 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.

Grant rate

87%

of 348 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2015.

Granted
302
Refused
46
No decision recorded
121

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

What’s being built

Retention
20%
Change of use
16%
Extension
14%
Alterations
11%
New dwelling
9%
Commercial
9%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Retention94%6790%
Change of use76%5188%
Extension96%5095%
Alterations91%3592%
New dwelling67%3081%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.