Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Oughterard

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

Applications
219
County
Galway

What the data shows

The planning register for Oughterard contains a total of 219 applications, with recent lodgements showing 13 applications in 2023, 15 in 2024, and 13 in 2025. Out of the 189 applications that were granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016, the grant rate stands at 87%, representing 165 granted, 24 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types in the area are new dwellings at 27%, retentions at 22%, extensions at 14%, and alterations at 9%. Recent decisions in the area include granted permissions for amendments to previously permitted developments, the construction of a dwelling house, extensions and alterations, and retention of a house and sheds, alongside a refusal for an extension and alterations to an existing 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

87%

of 189 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
165
Refused
24
No decision recorded
30

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
27%
Retention
22%
Extension
14%
Alterations
9%
Housing estate
8%
Commercial
8%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling81%4782%
Retention98%4090%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.