Planning Permission Ireland

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
1,100
County
Cork

What the data shows

The planning register for Youghal contains a total of 1100 applications, with 861 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 1900. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 92%, representing 794 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 application activity shows 38 lodged in 2023, 77 in 2024, and 71 in 2025, with several recent decisions resulting in granted permissions for extensions, demolitions, and dwellings.

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

92%

of 861 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1900.

Granted
794
Refused
66
Part granted, part refused
1
No decision recorded
239

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.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension95%8395%
Retention93%6890%
New dwelling95%4082%
Change of use97%3888%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

30%

of 40 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 1900–2025.

Permissions refused on appeal
35% of 34
Decision upheld
21
Upheld, conditions varied
7

12 of 40 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Youghal

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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.