Mayo planning permission: how often it is granted, and how long it takes
In the 12 months to 3 November 2026, Mayo decided 1,158 planning applications: 1,088 were granted (94%) and 70 were refused. Half of the decisions came within 59 days, and nine in ten within 203 days.
The figures
- Granted
- 94%about 1 in 17 refused 75%100%
- Median wait for a decision
- 59 days 45105 days
- Nine in ten decided within
- 203 days 110260 days
- Asked for more information
- 40%
- Decisions in the 12 months
- 1,158grants and refusals; invalid, withdrawn and other outcomes left out
- One-off houses
- 25 decisions, 92% granted
- Last application in the register
- 27 October 2026
Applications filed each year
- 2019969
- 20201,009
- 20211,329
- 20221,181
- 20231,216
- 20241,308
- 20251,488
- 20261,071
The hatched bar is a part year: the register's last application for Mayo was received on 27 October 2026.
How Mayo compares with the other councils
Mayo grants more often than most councils. It ranks 6th of 30 on the share of applications granted, 4 points above the median council (90%). The wait is longer than at the median council: 59 days against 55, so 4 days more for a typical decision. Nine in ten decisions came within 203 days, against 209 days at the median council.
The register records a request for further information on 40% of all the decisions it records, in line with the median council (39%). For the 25 decisions flagged as one-off houses, the share granted (92%) is close to the council's overall figure.
Applications are up. Mayo received 1,488 in 2025, 54% more than the 969 of 2019. 2025 was the busiest full year in the register since 2019.
What Mayo reported for 2025
Mayo's line in the Department's 2025 returns is blank, so there is no count by category, no invalid total and no refusal total for the year. The national register is the only source used here for Mayo. It shows 1,158 decisions in the 12 months to 3 November 2026, 70 of them refusals, and 25 decisions flagged as one-off houses, 92% of them granted. Applications filed in Mayo went from 1,308 in 2024 to 1,488 in 2025, a rise. In proportion, the rise from 969 in 2019 is the second-largest of any council, after Cavan. Without a return, the register's grant rate and waiting times are the whole picture for Mayo on this page.
Following an application in Mayo
In the national register, Mayo applications link to their files on eplanning.ie/MayoCC.
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