Planning register

Schull

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

Applications: 556
County: Cork

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Schull contains 556 total applications, with 436 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 1900. Within those decided applications, the grant rate stands at 88%, representing 382 granted, 53 refused, and 1 part-granted application. The most common development types are extensions at 33%, new dwellings at 20%, retentions at 10%, and alterations at 9%. Recent application lodgements include 11 in 2023, 19 in 2024, and 17 in 2025, with several recent decisions resulting in granted permissions for developments such as dwelling houses, extensions, and residential units.

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

88%

of 436 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted: 382
Refused: 53
Part granted, part refused: 1
No decision recorded: 120

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

What’s being built

Extension: 33%
New dwelling: 20%
Retention: 10%
Alterations: 9%
Commercial: 7%
Change of use: 6%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Schull, 2017–2026.

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	97%	38	95%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Schull

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.