Planning Permission Ireland

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
607
County
Cork

What the data shows

The planning register for Skibbereen contains 607 total applications, with 436 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 1900. Within this decided group, the grant rate stands at 91%, consisting of 397 granted, 36 refused, and 3 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 18%, new dwellings at 17%, commercial developments at 15%, and changes of use at 13%. Looking at recent activity, there were 28 applications lodged in 2023, 10 in 2024, and 27 in 2025.

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

91%

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

Granted
397
Refused
36
Part granted, part refused
3
No decision recorded
171

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
7%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension97%3195%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.