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Wexford County Council grants permission for 83-home scheme at Goreyhill, Gorey Rural, Co. Wexford
3 October 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Wexford County Council planning register · published 27 August 2026
Wexford County Council granted permission on 3 October 2025 for an 83-home scheme at Goreyhill, Gorey Rural, an application first lodged on 14 August 2025.
Key facts
- Reference
- 20200467
- Planning authority
- Wexford County Council
- Location
- Goreyhill, Gorey Rural
- Received
- 14 August 2025
- Application type
- Extension of Duration
- Site area
- 4.5 hectares
- Homes
- 83
- Status
- n/a
- Decision
- Granted (Unconditional)
- Decision date
- 3 October 2025
In context
It is one of 24 housing scheme applications Wexford County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.
What happens next
The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 3 October 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Wexford County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
Permission for 83 no. residential dwellings, 300 sq.m. single storey community f
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Wexford County Council grants permission for 83-home scheme at Goreyhill, Gorey Rural, Co. Wexford", 3 October 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/wexford-county-council/20200467
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/wexford-county-council/20200467">Wexford County Council grants permission for 83-home scheme at Goreyhill, Gorey Rural, Co. Wexford</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 3 October 2025.</p>
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