Waterford city and suburbs
Planning applications inside the Waterford city and suburbs, Co. Waterford 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 figuresWaterford city and suburbs has 2653 total applications on the register, with recent lodgements recorded at 227 in 2023, 230 in 2024, and 244 in 2025. Since 2016, 90% of 2025 applications granted, refused or part-granted have been granted, representing 1821 granted, 204 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are Extension at 21%, Retention at 14%, Commercial at 13%, 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.
- 2,653
- inside the settlement boundary
- Waterford
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
90%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 628
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 1,821 |
| Refused | 204 |
| No decision recorded | 628 |
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 | 562 | 21% |
| Retention | 366 | 14% |
| Commercial | 347 | 13% |
| Change of use | 286 | 11% |
| Alterations | 220 | 8% |
| New dwelling | 216 | 8% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 96% | 442 | 95% |
| Retention | 92% | 261 | 90% |
| Commercial | 88% | 242 | 88% |
| Change of use | 94% | 199 | 88% |
| Alterations | 90% | 150 | 92% |
| New dwelling | 85% | 149 | 81% |
| Housing estate | 82% | 131 | 78% |
| Infrastructure | 76% | 111 | 91% |
| Apartments | 81% | 64 | 71% |
| Other | 81% | 63 | 88% |
| Industrial | 100% | 43 | 93% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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
24%
25 of 105 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 | 246 |
| 2017 | 246 |
| 2018 | 232 |
| 2019 | 227 |
| 2020 | 246 |
| 2021 | 293 |
| 2022 | 241 |
| 2023 | 227 |
| 2024 | 230 |
| 2025 | 244 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 164 | 157 | 96% |
| 2017 | 201 | 197 | 98% |
| 2018 | 184 | 172 | 93% |
| 2019 | 195 | 176 | 90% |
| 2020 | 189 | 157 | 83% |
| 2021 | 245 | 212 | 87% |
| 2022 | 216 | 184 | 85% |
| 2023 | 158 | 140 | 89% |
| 2024 | 174 | 158 | 91% |
| 2025 | 153 | 140 | 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.