Portlaoise
Planning applications inside the Portlaoise, Co. Laois settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
What the data shows
Generated from this page’s figuresAcross the register, Portlaoise has 1079 total planning applications, with recent lodging figures showing 101 in 2023, 117 in 2024, and 119 in 2025. Out of 688 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016, the grant rate is 96%, representing 660 granted, 28 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types in the area are Retention at 23%, Extension at 21%, Change of use at 10%, and Alterations at 9%. This is information, not legal advice.
An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.
- 1,079
- inside the settlement boundary
- Laois
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
96%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 391
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 660 |
| Refused | 28 |
| No decision recorded | 391 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Retention | 250 | 23% |
| Extension | 228 | 21% |
| Change of use | 103 | 10% |
| Alterations | 92 | 9% |
| Commercial | 88 | 8% |
| Housing estate | 86 | 8% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retention | 97% | 143 | 90% |
| Extension | 100% | 138 | 95% |
| Change of use | 93% | 70 | 88% |
| Commercial | 98% | 57 | 88% |
| Alterations | 88% | 56 | 92% |
| Housing estate | 96% | 49 | 78% |
| Infrastructure | 100% | 40 | 91% |
| New dwelling | 85% | 33 | 81% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Activity
Applications lodged
Show the numbers
| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 69 |
| 2017 | 86 |
| 2018 | 116 |
| 2019 | 83 |
| 2020 | 92 |
| 2021 | 110 |
| 2022 | 116 |
| 2023 | 101 |
| 2024 | 117 |
| 2025 | 119 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 36 | 36 | 100% |
| 2017 | 52 | 52 | 100% |
| 2018 | 76 | 72 | 95% |
| 2019 | 58 | 57 | 98% |
| 2020 | 73 | 72 | 99% |
| 2021 | 85 | 84 | 99% |
| 2022 | 68 | 63 | 93% |
| 2023 | 64 | 61 | 95% |
| 2024 | 68 | 64 | 94% |
| 2025 | 69 | 64 | 93% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.