Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

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.

Applications
364
County
Clare

What the data shows

In the Shannon planning area, there are 364 total applications on the register, with a 97% grant rate out of 337 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. This rate represents 327 granted, 10 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are commercial at 26%, retention at 14%, extension at 14%, and industrial at 11%. Recently lodged applications include 28 in 2023, 23 in 2024, and 41 in 2025, with several recent decisions resulting in granted status.

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

97%

of 337 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
327
Refused
10
No decision recorded
27

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

What’s being built

Commercial
26%
Retention
14%
Extension
14%
Industrial
11%
Change of use
8%
Infrastructure
7%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Commercial96%8288%
Retention96%4990%
Extension100%4395%
Industrial97%3793%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.