Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Portumna

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

Applications
78
County
Galway

What the data shows

The planning register for Portumna contains a total of 78 applications, with a grant rate of 85% of 72 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016, representing 61 granted, 11 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are commercial at 22%, change of use at 22%, extension at 17%, and retention at 14%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 7 in 2023, 10 in 2024, and 8 in 2025. Recent decisions in the area include grants for a spectator shelter, a storage/warehouse facility, a two and three-storey extension, and two separate change of use projects, while an application for a new vehicular site entrance was refused.

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

85%

of 72 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
61
Refused
11
No decision recorded
6

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

What’s being built

Commercial
22%
Change of use
22%
Extension
17%
Retention
14%
New dwelling
9%
Alterations
6%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Portumna

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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.