Planning register

Skibbereen

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

Applications: 599
County: Cork

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Skibbereen contains a total of 599 applications, with a 91% grant rate out of 432 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 1900, which consists of 393 granted, 36 refused, and 3 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 18%, new dwellings at 17%, commercial developments at 15%, and changes of use at 13%. Recently lodged applications include 28 in 2023, 10 in 2024, and 27 in 2025. Recent decisions in the area show granted outcomes for projects such as two-storey dwellings, residential units, dwelling house alterations, and office building alterations, while an application to construct a dwelling house and associated site works was refused.

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

91%

of 432 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted: 393
Refused: 36
Part granted, part refused: 3
No decision recorded: 167

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

What’s being built

Extension: 18%
New dwelling: 17%
Commercial: 15%
Change of use: 13%
Retention: 13%
Alterations: 8%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Skibbereen

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.