layout: post title: “Isle of Man Planning Applications: 2025 in Review” date: 2026-03-31 description: “A data-driven review of all 1,274 planning applications submitted in 2025 on the Isle of Man approval rates, busiest parishes, and year-on-year trends.” In 2025, 1,274 planning applications were submitted to the Isle of Man government. This article pulls together the numbers using data from PlanningPortal.im, which covers 80,000+ planning decisions going back to 1984.

Headline Numbers

Metric 2025
Total applications 1,274
Approved 1,024
Refused 106
Withdrawn 30
Decided 1,160
Approval rate 88.3%

Year-on-Year

Year Applications Decided Approval Rate
2020 1,606 1,597 87.9%
2021 1,388 1,373 88.5%
2022 1,535 1,528 85.8%
2023 1,782 1,760 88.5%
2024 1,438 1,416 88.6%
2025 1,274 1,160 88.3%

2023 was the busiest year in the data at 1,782 applications. 2025 came in 29% lower.

Busiest Parishes

Parish Applications Approved Approval Rate
Douglas 270 223 88.1%
Onchan 111 89 89.9%
Peel 98 78 83.9%
Malew 95 71 87.7%
Ramsey 84 66 86.8%
Braddan 78 63 90.0%
Castletown 50 43 87.8%
Rushen 48 37 90.2%
Lezayre 42 35 85.4%
Marown 38 30 88.2%
Andreas 38 29 87.9%
German 34 27 93.1%

Douglas accounted for over a fifth of all 2025 applications. German had the highest approval rate among the larger parishes at 93.1%.

Explore the Data

Search any application on PlanningPortal.im by address, postcode, parish, or officer. The statistics page has the full picture from 1984 to today. Data from Isle of Man Government / DEFA via PlanningPortal.im.