Bray
Planning applications inside the Bray, Co. Wicklow settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
What the data shows
Generated from this page’s figuresThe register for Bray records 2203 total applications. Looking at decisions since 2002, 1301 applications were granted, 268 were refused, and 2 were part-granted, resulting in an 83% grant rate out of 1571 applications granted, refused or part-granted. The most common development types are Extension at 32%, Retention at 11%, New dwelling at 11%, and Alterations at 10%. Recent application numbers show 208 lodged in 2023, 192 in 2024, and 207 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.
- 2,203
- inside the settlement boundary
- Wicklow
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
83%
Also on the register, outside the rate: Withdrawn 6 · Invalid 20 · Exempt — no permission needed 3 · Compliance submission 57 · No decision recorded 546
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 1,301 |
| Refused | 268 |
| Part granted, part refused | 2 |
| Withdrawn | 6 |
| Invalid | 20 |
| Exempt — no permission needed | 3 |
| Compliance submission | 57 |
| No decision recorded | 546 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
Show the numbers
| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 678 | 32% |
| Retention | 230 | 11% |
| New dwelling | 226 | 11% |
| Alterations | 220 | 10% |
| Change of use | 190 | 9% |
| Commercial | 160 | 7% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 93% | 472 | 95% |
| Retention | 74% | 138 | 90% |
| Change of use | 87% | 133 | 88% |
| Alterations | 91% | 132 | 92% |
| New dwelling | 64% | 123 | 81% |
| Commercial | 79% | 96 | 88% |
| Apartments | 70% | 86 | 71% |
| Infrastructure | 87% | 52 | 91% |
| Other | 83% | 35 | 88% |
| Housing estate | 53% | 32 | 78% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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.
Appeals
Appeals to An Bord Pleanála
28%
44 of 157 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.
Activity
Applications lodged
Show the numbers
| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 189 |
| 2017 | 186 |
| 2018 | 193 |
| 2019 | 176 |
| 2020 | 183 |
| 2021 | 188 |
| 2022 | 173 |
| 2023 | 208 |
| 2024 | 192 |
| 2025 | 207 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 102 | 83 | 81% |
| 2017 | 145 | 123 | 85% |
| 2018 | 122 | 93 | 76% |
| 2019 | 147 | 123 | 84% |
| 2020 | 128 | 108 | 84% |
| 2021 | 170 | 141 | 83% |
| 2022 | 139 | 118 | 85% |
| 2023 | 136 | 111 | 82% |
| 2024 | 114 | 91 | 80% |
| 2025 | 120 | 103 | 86% |
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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.