Planning register

Oranmore

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

Applications: 332
County: Galway

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Oranmore contains 332 total applications, with 299 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 88%, representing 263 granted, 36 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 21%, commercial developments at 16%, new dwellings at 14%, and retentions at 14%. Recent application activity shows 26 applications lodged in 2023, 37 in 2024, and 29 in 2025, with recent decisions including grants for a passenger platform lift, dwelling houses, demolitions, and a pedestrian crossing.

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

88%

of 299 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 263
Refused: 36
No decision recorded: 33

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

What’s being built

Extension: 21%
Commercial: 16%
New dwelling: 14%
Retention: 14%
Change of use: 11%
Alterations: 7%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	95%	65	95%
Commercial	75%	44	88%
New dwelling	86%	44	81%
Retention	98%	41	90%
Change of use	94%	33	88%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Oranmore

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.