Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Newtownforbes

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

Applications
43
County
Longford

What the data shows

The planning register for Newtownforbes contains 43 total applications, with a grant rate of 92% of 37 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016, representing 34 granted, 3 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 23%, change of use at 19%, new dwellings at 16%, and housing estates at 14%. Recent application lodgements include 4 in 2023, 3 in 2024, and 3 in 2025. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include a change of use of a ground floor dwelling into a coffee shop, development at a convent, a residential development of dwelling houses, two extension projects, and alterations to a community hub and interpretative centre.

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

92%

of 37 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
34
Refused
3
No decision recorded
6

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

What’s being built

Extension
23%
Change of use
19%
New dwelling
16%
Housing estate
14%
Retention
12%
Apartments
5%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Newtownforbes

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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.