Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Balbriggan

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

Applications
663
County
Dublin

What the data shows

The planning register for Balbriggan shows a total of 663 applications, with recent annual lodgements of 28 in 2023, 50 in 2024, and 58 in 2025. Out of 531 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2011, the area has an 86% grant rate, which includes 456 granted, 70 refused, and 5 part-granted decisions. The most common development types are extensions at 31%, retentions at 13%, alterations at 12%, and changes of use at 9%. Recent decided examples in the area have resulted in various outcomes, including granted, refused, and invalid decisions.

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

86%

of 531 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2011.

Granted
456
Refused
70
Part granted, part refused
5
Withdrawn
25
Invalid
70
Not exempt — permission needed
1
Compliance submission
20
No decision recorded
16

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

What’s being built

Extension
31%
Retention
13%
Alterations
12%
Change of use
9%
New dwelling
9%
Commercial
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension87%11995%
Retention78%5590%
Alterations91%3492%
Change of use85%3488%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.