Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Tower

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

Applications
514
County
Cork

What the data shows

The Tower planning area has a total of 514 applications on the register, with a 92% grant rate out of 381 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2002, which consists of 351 granted, 30 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extension at 53%, new dwelling at 20%, retention at 12%, and alterations at 5%. Recently lodged applications include 15 in 2023, 6 in 2024, and 9 in 2025, with recent decided examples all being granted.

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

92%

of 381 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2002.

Granted
351
Refused
30
No decision recorded
133

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

What’s being built

Extension
53%
New dwelling
20%
Retention
12%
Alterations
5%
Housing estate
3%
Commercial
2%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Tower, 2016–2025.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension96%8295%
New dwelling85%3982%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.