Planning Permission Ireland

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
333
County
Galway

What the data shows

The planning register for Oranmore contains a total of 333 applications, with a grant rate of 88% of 301 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016. Within this total, 265 applications were granted, 36 were refused, and 0 were part-granted, with the most common development types being extension at 21%, commercial at 16%, retention at 14%, and new dwelling at 14%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 26 in 2023, 37 in 2024, and 29 in 2025. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include projects for a dwelling house on revised site boundaries, a change of granny flat plans, the installation of a passenger platform lift, erecting a dwelling house and domestic garage, the demolition of an existing dwelling, and the demolition of a shed to construct a domestic dwelling house.

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

88%

of 301 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
265
Refused
36
No decision recorded
32

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

What’s being built

Extension
21%
Commercial
16%
Retention
14%
New dwelling
14%
Change of use
11%
Alterations
8%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension95%6595%
New dwelling86%4482%
Commercial74%4388%
Retention98%4190%
Change of use94%3388%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.