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: 569
County: Meath

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Ashbourne contains a total of 569 applications, with 428 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within those decided applications, the grant rate stands at 88%, representing 378 granted, 50 refused, and 0 part-granted decisions. The most common development types are extensions at 31%, retention at 14%, commercial at 10%, and new dwellings at 10%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 76 in 2023, 50 in 2024, and 54 in 2025.

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

Grant rate

88%

of 428 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 378
Refused: 50
No decision recorded: 141

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

What’s being built

Extension: 31%
Retention: 14%
Commercial: 10%
New dwelling: 10%
Change of use: 9%
Alterations: 9%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	97%	139	95%
Retention	89%	54	90%
New dwelling	81%	42	81%
Change of use	78%	37	88%
Alterations	97%	35	92%
Commercial	91%	33	88%
Housing estate	73%	33	78%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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Recently lodged in Ashbourne

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.