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.
- 663
- inside the settlement boundary
- Dublin
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
86%
Also on the register, outside the rate: Withdrawn 25 · Invalid 70 · Not exempt — permission needed 1 · Compliance submission 20 · No decision recorded 16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.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| 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| Withdrawn | 25 |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 |
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 | 208 | 31% |
| Retention | 88 | 13% |
| Alterations | 77 | 12% |
| Change of use | 62 | 9% |
| New dwelling | 57 | 9% |
| Commercial | 43 | 6% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 87% | 119 | 95% |
| Retention | 77% | 53 | 90% |
| Alterations | 91% | 34 | 92% |
| Change of use | 85% | 34 | 88% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 | 40 |
| 2017 | 41 |
| 2018 | 45 |
| 2019 | 45 |
| 2020 | 48 |
| 2021 | 46 |
| 2022 | 44 |
| 2023 | 28 |
| 2024 | 50 |
| 2025 | 58 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 33 | 30 | 91% |
| 2017 | 36 | 32 | 89% |
| 2018 | 39 | 34 | 87% |
| 2019 | 38 | 29 | 76% |
| 2020 | 41 | 37 | 90% |
| 2021 | 40 | 36 | 90% |
| 2022 | 34 | 30 | 88% |
| 2023 | 27 | 22 | 81% |
| 2024 | 32 | 20 | 63% |
| 2025 | 26 | 20 | 77% |
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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.