Planning register

Rathdowney

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

Applications: 79
County: Laois

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Rathdowney contains 79 total applications, with recent lodgements showing 12 in 2023, 10 in 2024, and 4 in 2025. Since 2016, the area has a 100% grant rate out of 54 applications decided, with 54 granted, 0 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 29%, change of use at 18%, extension at 14%, and commercial at 8%. Recent approved projects include a two storey extension to the rear of a property, a 5 bay warehouse/storage shed, and an 18m monopole telecommunications support structure.

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

100%

of 54 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 54
No decision recorded: 25

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

What’s being built

Retention: 29%
Change of use: 18%
Extension: 14%
Commercial: 8%
New dwelling: 6%
Infrastructure: 6%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Rathdowney

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.