Free refusal-reasons report2025
Planning refusal reasons in Ireland, 2025
363 indexed Irish planning decisions analysed for 2025, with 28 refusals and the most common planner-cited refusal grounds.Coverage noteThese figures cover decisions whose public planner reports have been indexed and machine-read by PlanIntel. County cuts publish only after the county passes the extraction threshold; national pages show the currently analysed corpus, not every council in Ireland.Included in this page: Carlow (353), Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown (10).
363
decisions analysed28
refused8%
refusal rate21
refusal-reason signalsTop refusal grounds
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Category counts
- Traffic Sightlines5
- Other4
- Wastewater Percolation4
- Ecology1
- Premature Services1
- Residential Amenity1
- Visual Amenity1
Year-by-year trend
- 202616 refused of 161 analysed decisions; 2 reason signals10%
- 202528 refused of 363 analysed decisions; 21 reason signals8%
- 202428 refused of 293 analysed decisions; 34 reason signals10%
- 202349 refused of 406 analysed decisions; 53 reason signals12%
- 202242 refused of 429 analysed decisions; 50 reason signals10%
- 2021116 refused of 951 analysed decisions; 245 reason signals12%
- 2020301 refused of 2,220 analysed decisions; 652 reason signals14%
- 201915 refused of 372 analysed decisions; 21 reason signals4%
- 201813 refused of 485 analysed decisions; 18 reason signals3%
- 201724 refused of 329 analysed decisions; 53 reason signals7%
Real refused examples
- 2460253Development adjoins River Barrow and River Nore SAC (002162) with potential significant effect on riverine species, habitats, and water quality. Stage 1 AA screening required.Decided 12 May 2025Ecology
- 2460043Decision would be premature without determining cumulative/in-combination effects of adjacent solar farm applications covering a combined 265ha.Decided 25 March 2025Other
- 2560301Negative impact on road safety at N80 junction due to increased traffic volumes and turning movements, compounded by existing busy local business, parking difficulties, and potential ligh...Decided 24 November 2025Traffic Sightlines
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