Planning applications approvals across the Northern Sound Region are above the national average.
95% of all planning applications in Monaghan were granted permission while 5% were refused.
In Cavan 93% of all planning applications were approved.
The national average grant-rate throughout 2021 was 88.5%.
The Office of the Planning Regulator published its Annual Overview of the Planning System 2021.
The report reviews key trends and outputs over the year in the wider planning system in Ireland. It includes a comparison with patterns in previous years and is the only analysis of its kind of the Irish planning
system.
In total, there were 588 planning applications approved and 34 refused by Monaghan County Council in 2021.
The percentage of invalidated planning applications as a proportion of all applications made in Co Monaghan increased from 2.2% in 2020 to 4% in 2021.
While in Cavan there were 658 planning applications approved and 48 refused throughout 2021.
The percentage of invalidated planning applications as a proportion of all applications made in Co. Cavan decreased from 11.5% in 2020 to 5.1% in 2021
Monaghan County Council had a total of 20 sites designated by local authorities as either vacant and/or derelict.
While Cavan County Council had a total of 319 sites designated by local authorities as either vacant and/or derelict].
