Planning register

Youghal

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

Applications: 1,093
County: Cork

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Youghal contains a total of 1093 applications, with recent lodgements showing 38 applications in 2023, 77 in 2024, and 71 in 2025. Out of 858 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900, the area has a 92% grant rate, consisting of 791 granted, 66 refused, and 1 part-granted application. The most common development types are extensions at 28%, new dwellings at 17%, retentions at 15%, and changes of use at 11%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include permissions for a single storey extension, a dwelling with an attached garage, the sub-division of an existing dwelling into 2no. separate dwellings, two outdoor padel courts, a new detached dwelling house, and a new single storey garage.

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

92%

of 858 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted: 791
Refused: 66
Part granted, part refused: 1
No decision recorded: 235

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

What’s being built

Extension: 28%
New dwelling: 17%
Retention: 15%
Change of use: 11%
Alterations: 8%
Commercial: 6%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	95%	83	95%
Retention	93%	70	90%
New dwelling	95%	40	81%
Change of use	97%	39	88%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Youghal

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.