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
472
County
Wexford

What the data shows

The planning register for New Ross contains 472 total applications, with 351 applications having been granted, refused, or part-granted since 2015. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 87%, representing 305 granted applications, 46 refused applications, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are retention at 21%, change of use at 16%, extension at 14%, and alterations at 11%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 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.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

87%

of 351 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2015.

Granted
305
Refused
46
No decision recorded
121

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

What’s being built

Retention
21%
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%6890%
Change of use75%5188%
Extension96%5195%
Alterations91%3592%
New dwelling67%3082%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

ListMap

  • Bawnmore, New Ross Rural

    Awaiting decision

    Construction of entrance walls, piers and associated site

    20260932WexfordLodged 14 Jul 2026

  • Rosbercon, Rosbercon

    Refused

    Change of use of an existing 170.14m2 commercial 'shop' unit

    20260630WexfordLodged 19 May 2026

  • Butlersland, New Ross Rural

    Awaiting decision

    The change of use of a domestic storage shed to

    20260586WexfordLodged 11 May 2026

    Retention

  • New Ross, New Ross Urban

    Refused

    Permission and permission for retention for development at the ground floor

    20260444WexfordLodged 13 Apr 2026

  • Rosbercon, Rosbercon

    Awaiting decision

    Retention for works as constructed and full planning permission

    20260290WexfordLodged 6 Mar 2026

  • New Ross, New Ross Urban

    Awaiting decision

    Erection of 4 no. apartments consisting of 2 no. bedroom

    20260207WexfordLodged 19 Feb 2026

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.