Planning register

Newcastle West

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

Applications: 288
County: Limerick

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Newcastle West contains a total of 288 applications, with 29 lodged in 2023, 29 in 2024, and 28 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 96% grant rate out of 246 applications granted, refused, or part-granted, which consists of 235 granted, 11 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 20%, new dwellings at 15%, change of use at 14%, and retention at 13%. Recent decided examples in the area include granted permissions for demolition and extension works, as well as a refusal for the change of use of a garden room element.

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

96%

of 246 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 235
Refused: 11
No decision recorded: 42

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

What’s being built

Extension: 20%
New dwelling: 15%
Change of use: 14%
Retention: 13%
Commercial: 11%
Housing estate: 9%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Newcastle West

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.