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: 217
County: Galway

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Oughterard contains a total of 217 applications, with recent lodgements showing 13 applications in 2023, 15 in 2024, and 13 in 2025. Since 2016, there have been 187 applications granted, refused, or part-granted, resulting in a grant rate of 87% where 163 were granted, 24 were refused, and 0 were part-granted. The most common development types are new dwellings at 27%, retentions at 22%, extensions at 14%, and alterations at 9%. Recent decided examples in the area include granted permissions for site works, a public house refurbishment, and house extensions, alongside a refusal for a dwelling house extension and alterations.

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

87%

of 187 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 163
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: 9%
Commercial: 8%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Oughterard

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.