Planning Permission Ireland

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
558
County
Cork

What the data shows

The planning register for Schull contains a total of 558 applications, with a grant rate of 88% of the 437 applications that have been granted, refused, or part-granted since 1900. Within these decided cases, 383 were granted, 53 were refused, and 1 was part-granted, with the most common development types being extensions at 32%, new dwellings at 20%, retentions at 10%, and alterations at 8%. Looking at recent activity, there were 11 applications lodged in 2023, 19 in 2024, and 17 in 2025, with several recent decisions resulting in granted permissions for projects such as residential units, dwellinghouses, and extensions.

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

88%

of 437 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted
383
Refused
53
Part granted, part refused
1
No decision recorded
121

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

What’s being built

Extension
32%
New dwelling
20%
Retention
10%
Alterations
8%
Commercial
7%
Change of use
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension97%3895%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Schull

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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.