Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Tuam

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

Applications
398
County
Galway

What the data shows

In the Tuam planning area, there are 398 total applications on the register, with a 92% grant rate out of 347 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. This rate represents 320 granted, 27 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are retention at 26%, extension at 14%, commercial at 12%, and alterations at 11%. Recently, the number of lodged applications was 27 in 2023, 29 in 2024, and 30 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

92%

of 347 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
320
Refused
27
No decision recorded
51

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

What’s being built

Retention
26%
Extension
14%
Commercial
12%
Alterations
11%
Change of use
11%
New dwelling
10%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Retention98%9090%
Extension94%4895%
Change of use97%3788%
Alterations100%3592%
Commercial91%3588%
New dwelling94%3382%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.