Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Ashbourne

Planning applications inside the Ashbourne, Co. Meath settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.

Applications
575
County
Meath

What the data shows

The planning register for Ashbourne contains a total of 575 applications, with 76 lodged in 2023, 50 in 2024, and 54 in 2025. Since 2016, the area has a grant rate of 88% out of 433 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 383 granted, 50 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extension at 31%, retention at 14%, commercial at 11%, and new dwelling at 9%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include attic conversions, a biomass boiler unit, roof profile changes, revisions to an existing dwelling size, a single-storey flat roof extension, and a change of use from a retail unit to a restaurant.

An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

88%

of 433 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
383
Refused
50
No decision recorded
142

Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.

What’s being built

Extension
31%
Retention
14%
Commercial
11%
New dwelling
9%
Alterations
9%
Change of use
8%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Ashbourne, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%14095%
Retention89%5390%
New dwelling81%4282%
Change of use78%3788%
Alterations97%3692%
Commercial91%3388%
Housing estate71%3178%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Categories with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Ashbourne

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Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann). Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.