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Planning decision-time medians

County-by-county median grant timing with denominators and exclusion context beside the evidence.

National median 97 days to grant
Clean denominator 315,400 Grant rows with usable dates
P90 231 Long-tail context
Boundary Median Not queue length

Planning decision times are medians with denominators and exclusions. They are not live queue length and should not be read as a service promise.

Decision times

County median days to grant

26 counties
CountyMedian daysP90 daysClean nReceived denominator
Wexford8718911,07514,345
Longford881882,0832,590
Louth892595,8587,893
Donegal9022213,23316,184
Clare912367,9389,230
Sligo911993,3013,829
Leitrim922551,6201,823
Tipperary922248,7409,928
Dublin9416177,500115,579
Laois942384,5665,288
Waterford962136,0527,639
Kilkenny972566,0557,330
Mayo972498,1449,502
Kerry982539,30611,190
Cavan992364,4885,222
Wicklow1002416,9199,475
Cork10124978,34097,568
Galway10224815,15919,795
Meath1052609,63412,506
Roscommon1052593,4314,173
Limerick1072479,04610,992
Westmeath1092603,8454,845
Kildare1192838,45411,230
Offaly1192583,7904,460
Monaghan1212574,1674,945
Carlow1302902,6563,103

Ranked bars

Fastest counties by median

median days
Wexford 87
Longford 88
Louth 89
Donegal 90
Clare 91
Sligo 91
Leitrim 92
Tipperary 92
Dublin 94
Laois 94
Waterford 96
Kilkenny 97
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