Free refusal-reasons report2026
Planning refusal reasons in Ireland, 2026
161 indexed Irish planning decisions analysed for 2026, with 16 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 (161).
161
decisions analysed16
refused10%
refusal rate2
refusal-reason signalsTop refusal grounds
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Category counts
- Procedure Invalid1
- Wastewater Percolation1
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
- 2560286Site layout plan failed to indicate likely ground flow direction and soakaway at site entrance, preventing verification of compliance with EPA separation distance requirements.Decided 05 June 2026Wastewater Percolation
- 2537Extension of duration refused because student accommodation does not qualify as a house under Section 42(8) of the Planning and Development Act 2000.Decided 12 February 2026Procedure Invalid
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