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.
- 296
- inside the settlement boundary
- Limerick
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
96%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 45
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 240 |
| Refused | 11 |
| No decision recorded | 45 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 60 | 20% |
| New dwelling | 42 | 14% |
| Change of use | 40 | 14% |
| Retention | 40 | 14% |
| Commercial | 34 | 11% |
| Housing estate | 26 | 9% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 98% | 52 | 95% |
| Retention | 92% | 37 | 90% |
| New dwelling | 88% | 34 | 81% |
| Change of use | 97% | 33 | 88% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Activity
Applications lodged
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 32 |
| 2017 | 23 |
| 2018 | 23 |
| 2019 | 32 |
| 2020 | 24 |
| 2021 | 24 |
| 2022 | 26 |
| 2023 | 29 |
| 2024 | 29 |
| 2025 | 28 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 16 | 15 | 94% |
| 2017 | 24 | 23 | 96% |
| 2018 | 21 | 19 | 90% |
| 2019 | 24 | 24 | 100% |
| 2020 | 27 | 26 | 96% |
| 2021 | 22 | 21 | 95% |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 100% |
| 2023 | 24 | 23 | 96% |
| 2024 | 19 | 16 | 84% |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 100% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.