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.
What the data shows
Generated from this page’s figuresAcross the Tower planning area, there are 514 total applications on the register, with a 92% grant rate among the 381 applications decided since 2002, consisting 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. This is information, not legal advice.
An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.
- 514
- inside the settlement boundary
- Cork
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
92%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 133
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 351 |
| Refused | 30 |
| No decision recorded | 133 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
Show the numbers
| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 245 | 53% |
| New dwelling | 94 | 20% |
| Retention | 54 | 12% |
| Alterations | 23 | 5% |
| Housing estate | 16 | 3% |
| Commercial | 8 | 2% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 96% | 76 | 95% |
| New dwelling | 85% | 39 | 81% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Activity
Applications lodged
Show the numbers
| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 42 |
| 2017 | 34 |
| 2018 | 38 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 17 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 9 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 22 | 22 | 100% |
| 2017 | 34 | 32 | 94% |
| 2018 | 28 | 24 | 86% |
| 2019 | 25 | 23 | 92% |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | 100% |
| 2021 | 11 | 10 | 91% |
| 2022 | 12 | 10 | 83% |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 | 89% |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 92% |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.