Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Passage West-Monkstown

Planning applications inside the Passage West-Monkstown, Co. Cork settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.

Applications
1,265
County
Cork

What the data shows

The planning register for Passage West-Monkstown contains 1265 total applications, with a grant rate of 87% of 864 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2003, consisting of 748 granted, 110 refused, and 6 part-granted. The most common development types are new dwelling at 28%, extension at 26%, retention at 15%, and housing estate at 6%. Recently lodged applications show 41 in 2023, 51 in 2024, and 57 in 2025. Recent decisions include granted permissions for a single-storey extension, 2 dwellings, 4 dwelling houses, and extinguishing a vehicular entrance, alongside refused permissions for the retention of a conservatory and outline permission for 2 dwellings.

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 864 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2003.

Granted
748
Refused
110
Part granted, part refused
6
No decision recorded
401

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
28%
Extension
26%
Retention
15%
Housing estate
6%
Alterations
6%
Change of use
6%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Passage West-Monkstown, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling85%9182%
Extension100%6395%
Retention77%4390%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

33%

of 73 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 1900–2025.

Permissions refused on appeal
29% of 55
Decision upheld
35
Upheld, conditions varied
14

24 of 73 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Passage West-Monkstown

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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.