Planning register
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.
- Applications
- 2,573
- County
- Waterford
Planning intelligence
What the data shows
The planning register for Waterford city and suburbs contains 2573 total applications, with 1984 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 90%, consisting of 1786 granted applications, 198 refused applications, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extension at 21%, retention at 14%, commercial at 13%, and change of use at 11%. Looking at recent activity, 227 applications were lodged in 2023, 230 in 2024, and 243 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.
Grant rate
90%
of 1,984 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.
- Granted
- 1,786
- Refused
- 198
- No decision recorded
- 589
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
What’s being built
- Extension
- 21%
- Retention
- 14%
- Commercial
- 13%
- Change of use
- 11%
- Alterations
- 8%
- New dwelling
- 8%
Grant rate by category
How each kind of application has been decided in Waterford city and suburbs, 2016–2026.
| Category | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 96% | 439 | 95% |
| Retention | 92% | 264 | 90% |
| Commercial | 88% | 246 | 88% |
| Change of use | 94% | 203 | 88% |
| Alterations | 90% | 151 | 92% |
| New dwelling | 85% | 151 | 81% |
| Housing estate | 83% | 128 | 78% |
| Infrastructure | 76% | 112 | 91% |
| Apartments | 83% | 63 | 71% |
| Other | 84% | 61 | 88% |
| Industrial | 100% | 42 | 93% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 Waterford city and suburbs
No recent applications recorded for this settlement.
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.