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.
- 584
- inside the settlement boundary
- Meath
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
88%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 143
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 390 |
| Refused | 51 |
| No decision recorded | 143 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 181 | 31% |
| Retention | 81 | 14% |
| Commercial | 63 | 11% |
| New dwelling | 55 | 9% |
| Change of use | 50 | 9% |
| Alterations | 49 | 8% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 97% | 142 | 95% |
| Retention | 89% | 54 | 90% |
| New dwelling | 81% | 42 | 81% |
| Change of use | 78% | 37 | 88% |
| Alterations | 97% | 36 | 92% |
| Commercial | 91% | 34 | 88% |
| Housing estate | 72% | 32 | 78% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Activity
Applications lodged
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 38 |
| 2017 | 65 |
| 2018 | 51 |
| 2019 | 53 |
| 2020 | 34 |
| 2021 | 51 |
| 2022 | 66 |
| 2023 | 76 |
| 2024 | 50 |
| 2025 | 54 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 22 | 17 | 77% |
| 2017 | 57 | 50 | 88% |
| 2018 | 35 | 32 | 91% |
| 2019 | 38 | 30 | 79% |
| 2020 | 26 | 25 | 96% |
| 2021 | 42 | 39 | 93% |
| 2022 | 52 | 46 | 88% |
| 2023 | 54 | 47 | 87% |
| 2024 | 35 | 30 | 86% |
| 2025 | 50 | 45 | 90% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.