Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Wexford

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

Applications
1,252
County
Wexford

What the data shows

The planning register for Wexford contains a total of 1252 applications, with recent lodgements showing 108 in 2023, 105 in 2024, and 113 in 2025. Since 2015, there has been an 86% grant rate out of 1008 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 870 granted, 138 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 23%, extension at 17%, alterations at 13%, and change of use at 11%. Recent decisions in the area include granted permissions for the development of a former grain store building, retention of converted attic space, and retention of alterations to dwelling house facades, alongside refused permissions for a house, a self-contained living unit, and a change of use for a commercial painting and design space.

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

86%

of 1,008 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2015.

Granted
870
Refused
138
No decision recorded
244

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

What’s being built

Retention
23%
Extension
17%
Alterations
13%
Change of use
11%
New dwelling
8%
Demolition
7%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Retention89%21790%
Extension91%16095%
Alterations89%11692%
Change of use80%8988%
New dwelling79%6782%
Demolition77%6586%
Commercial89%5388%
Housing estate76%3378%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

29%

of 63 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2015–2026.

Permissions refused on appeal
20% of 40
Decision upheld
45

18 of 63 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Wexford

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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.