Planning register

Tullamore

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

Applications: 796
County: Offaly

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Tullamore contains a total of 796 applications, with recent lodgements showing 97 in 2023, 90 in 2024, and 82 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 92% grant rate out of 542 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 501 granted, 41 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extension at 21%, retention at 19%, new dwelling at 12%, and change of use at 10%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include alterations to a front elevation, the partial removal of a party wall, and the installation of heat pumps and an LPG tank.

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

92%

of 542 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 501
Refused: 41
No decision recorded: 254

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

What’s being built

Extension: 21%
Retention: 19%
New dwelling: 12%
Change of use: 10%
Alterations: 9%
Housing estate: 8%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	98%	124	95%
Retention	91%	102	90%
New dwelling	96%	57	81%
Change of use	88%	52	88%
Alterations	96%	47	92%
Commercial	90%	40	88%
Housing estate	74%	39	78%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Tullamore

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.