Roscommon
Planning applications inside the Roscommon, Co. Roscommon settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- 477
- inside the settlement boundary
- Roscommon
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
87%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 171
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 266 |
| Refused | 40 |
| No decision recorded | 171 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 85 | 18% |
| Retention | 80 | 17% |
| New dwelling | 62 | 13% |
| Commercial | 58 | 12% |
| Change of use | 52 | 11% |
| Alterations | 43 | 9% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 95% | 55 | 95% |
| Retention | 83% | 48 | 90% |
| Change of use | 94% | 33 | 88% |
| Commercial | 97% | 32 | 88% |
| Alterations | 94% | 31 | 92% |
| New dwelling | 71% | 31 | 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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 44 |
| 2017 | 36 |
| 2018 | 44 |
| 2019 | 58 |
| 2020 | 28 |
| 2021 | 41 |
| 2022 | 53 |
| 2023 | 57 |
| 2024 | 41 |
| 2025 | 47 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 26 | 22 | 85% |
| 2017 | 33 | 31 | 94% |
| 2018 | 31 | 28 | 90% |
| 2019 | 27 | 23 | 85% |
| 2020 | 22 | 17 | 77% |
| 2021 | 21 | 16 | 76% |
| 2022 | 29 | 28 | 97% |
| 2023 | 35 | 28 | 80% |
| 2024 | 31 | 27 | 87% |
| 2025 | 29 | 27 | 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.