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: 1,241
County: Wexford

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Wexford contains a total of 1241 applications, with recent lodgements showing 108 applications in 2023, 105 in 2024, and 113 in 2025. Since 2015, the area has a grant rate of 87% of 1000 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 867 granted, 133 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 decided examples, which were all granted, include permissions for the retention of a single storey outbuilding, a first floor extension, a new entrance and detached dwelling house, and various changes of use.

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

87%

of 1,000 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2015.

Granted: 867
Refused: 133
No decision recorded: 241

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: 7%
Demolition: 7%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Retention	89%	214	90%
Extension	91%	162	95%
Alterations	89%	113	92%
Change of use	81%	90	88%
Demolition	77%	66	86%
New dwelling	80%	65	81%
Commercial	89%	53	88%
Housing estate	76%	34	78%
Infrastructure	87%	30	91%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.