Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Blessington

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

Applications
244
County
Wicklow

What the data shows

The planning register for Blessington contains a total of 244 applications, with 169 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Out of these 169 decisions, 153 were granted, 16 were refused, and 0 were part-granted, resulting in a 91% grant rate. The most common development types are extensions at 30%, retentions at 17%, new dwellings at 14%, and housing estates at 9%. Recent application activity shows 41 lodged in 2023, 25 in 2024, and 22 in 2025, with recent granted examples including various extensions, demolitions, and signage installations.

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

91%

of 169 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
153
Refused
16
No decision recorded
75

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

What’s being built

Extension
30%
Retention
17%
New dwelling
14%
Housing estate
9%
Change of use
8%
Apartments
7%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Blessington, 2017–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%5595%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.