Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

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.

Applications
2,179
County
Wicklow

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

83%

of 1,549 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2002.

Granted
1,281
Refused
266
Part granted, part refused
2
Withdrawn
6
Invalid
20
Exempt — no permission needed
3
Compliance submission
57
No decision recorded
544

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

What’s being built

Extension
32%
New dwelling
11%
Retention
11%
Alterations
10%
Change of use
9%
Commercial
7%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension93%47295%
Retention74%13790%
Change of use87%13188%
Alterations90%13092%
New dwelling65%12582%
Commercial80%9888%
Apartments71%8671%
Infrastructure86%5191%
Housing estate52%3378%
Other82%3388%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

28%

of 156 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2003–2026.

Refusals granted on appeal
32% of 84
Permissions refused on appeal
24% of 72
Decision upheld
106
Upheld, conditions varied
6

44 of 156 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Bray

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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.