Planning register

Swinford

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

Applications: 75
County: Mayo

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Swinford contains a total of 75 applications, with a grant rate of 91% out of 57 applications that have been granted, refused, or part-granted since 2017. Within these decided cases, 52 were granted, 5 were refused, and 0 were part-granted, with recent lodgements showing 8 applications in 2023, 10 in 2024, and 9 in 2025. The most common development types are change of use at 23%, extensions at 19%, retention at 15%, and new dwellings at 9%. Recent decided examples include granted permissions for a single story extension and various retentions, alongside a refusal for modifications to a previously approved planning permission.

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 57 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2017.

Granted: 52
Refused: 5
No decision recorded: 18

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

What’s being built

Change of use: 23%
Extension: 19%
Retention: 15%
New dwelling: 9%
Commercial: 8%
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 Swinford

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.