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.
What the data shows
Generated from this page’s figuresIn Tullamore, there are 815 total applications on the register, with recent lodgements showing 97 applications in 2023, 90 in 2024, and 82 in 2025. Across the 547 applications decided since 2016, the grant rate is 93%, consisting of 506 granted, 41 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types in the area are Extension at 20%, Retention at 20%, New dwelling at 12%, and Change of use at 11%. 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.
- 815
- inside the settlement boundary
- Offaly
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
93%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 268
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 506 |
| Refused | 41 |
| No decision recorded | 268 |
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 | 164 | 20% |
| Retention | 158 | 20% |
| New dwelling | 99 | 12% |
| Change of use | 85 | 11% |
| Alterations | 73 | 9% |
| Housing estate | 65 | 8% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 98% | 122 | 95% |
| Retention | 92% | 99 | 90% |
| New dwelling | 97% | 58 | 81% |
| Change of use | 88% | 52 | 88% |
| Alterations | 96% | 47 | 92% |
| Commercial | 90% | 39 | 88% |
| Housing estate | 77% | 39 | 78% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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.
Appeals
Appeals to An Bord Pleanála
15%
5 of 34 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.
Activity
Applications lodged
Show the numbers
| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 51 |
| 2017 | 56 |
| 2018 | 63 |
| 2019 | 86 |
| 2020 | 82 |
| 2021 | 90 |
| 2022 | 63 |
| 2023 | 97 |
| 2024 | 90 |
| 2025 | 82 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 30 | 27 | 90% |
| 2017 | 56 | 53 | 95% |
| 2018 | 46 | 44 | 96% |
| 2019 | 60 | 56 | 93% |
| 2020 | 51 | 47 | 92% |
| 2021 | 63 | 55 | 87% |
| 2022 | 54 | 50 | 93% |
| 2023 | 56 | 52 | 93% |
| 2024 | 61 | 57 | 93% |
| 2025 | 39 | 36 | 92% |
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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.