Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Rathkeale

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

Applications
254
County
Limerick

What the data shows

The planning register for Rathkeale contains 254 total applications, with a grant rate of 66% of 205 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016, representing 135 granted, 70 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are new dwellings at 43%, retentions at 18%, extensions at 11%, and alterations at 8%. Recently lodged applications include 28 in 2023, 33 in 2024, and 18 in 2025. Recent decided examples show granted permissions for combining two properties, erecting a new bungalow and domestic shed, constructing a pedestrian entrance, and changing a house type, while refusals were issued for completing previously granted works and for unauthorised works involving the demolition of a gable.

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

66%

of 205 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
135
Refused
70
No decision recorded
49

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
43%
Retention
18%
Extension
11%
Alterations
8%
Housing estate
6%
Change of use
6%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Rathkeale, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling68%7582%
Retention44%3990%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

29%

of 34 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2025.

Decision upheld
23
Upheld, conditions varied
1

10 of 34 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Rathkeale

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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.