Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Ashford

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

Applications
219
County
Wicklow

What the data shows

The planning register for Ashford contains a total of 219 applications, with a grant rate of 79% of 163 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016. This rate represents 129 granted, 34 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are new dwellings at 26%, retentions at 21%, extensions at 21%, and housing estates at 12%. Recently lodged applications include 12 in 2023, 32 in 2024, and 19 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.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

79%

of 163 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
129
Refused
34
No decision recorded
56

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
26%
Retention
21%
Extension
21%
Housing estate
12%
Alterations
6%
Change of use
5%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Retention87%3990%
New dwelling68%3782%
Extension83%3595%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.