Planning Permission Ireland

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
292
County
Limerick

What the data shows

The planning register for Newcastle West contains a total of 292 applications, with recent lodgements showing 29 in 2023, 29 in 2024, and 28 in 2025. Since 2016, the area has a 96% grant rate out of 249 applications granted, refused, or part-granted, which consists of 238 granted, 11 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extension at 20%, new dwelling at 14%, change of use at 14%, and retention at 13%. Recent decided examples include granted permissions for a front boundary wall and entrance, demolition of a rear extension, and the sub-division of a house into a coffee shop and a 2 bed unit, while a change of use for a garden room was refused.

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

96%

of 249 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
238
Refused
11
No decision recorded
43

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

What’s being built

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

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%5195%
Retention92%3690%
Change of use97%3488%
New dwelling88%3482%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.