Shannon
Planning applications inside the Shannon, Co. Clare settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- 365
- inside the settlement boundary
- Clare
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
97%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 24
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 331 |
| Refused | 10 |
| No decision recorded | 24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial | 93 | 25% |
| Retention | 52 | 14% |
| Extension | 51 | 14% |
| Industrial | 39 | 11% |
| Change of use | 29 | 8% |
| Infrastructure | 27 | 7% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | 96% | 83 | 88% |
| Retention | 96% | 48 | 90% |
| Extension | 100% | 42 | 95% |
| Industrial | 97% | 36 | 93% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 | 23 |
| 2017 | 33 |
| 2018 | 45 |
| 2019 | 34 |
| 2020 | 39 |
| 2021 | 49 |
| 2022 | 27 |
| 2023 | 28 |
| 2024 | 23 |
| 2025 | 41 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 17 | 16 | 94% |
| 2017 | 29 | 28 | 97% |
| 2018 | 40 | 39 | 98% |
| 2019 | 38 | 38 | 100% |
| 2020 | 33 | 33 | 100% |
| 2021 | 44 | 41 | 93% |
| 2022 | 33 | 31 | 94% |
| 2023 | 24 | 22 | 92% |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 100% |
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | 100% |
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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.