Planning register

Celbridge

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

Applications: 656
County: Kildare

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Celbridge contains a total of 656 applications, with 467 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 91%, representing 423 granted, 44 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 51%, retentions at 17%, new dwellings at 7%, and commercial developments at 7%. Recent application activity shows 65 applications lodged in 2023, 79 in 2024, and 49 in 2025, with recent granted examples including attic conversions, rear extensions, and changes of use from commercial office to residential.

An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.

Grant rate

91%

of 467 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 423
Refused: 44
No decision recorded: 189

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

What’s being built

Extension: 51%
Retention: 17%
New dwelling: 7%
Commercial: 7%
Change of use: 5%
Alterations: 5%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	97%	247	95%
Retention	91%	68	90%
New dwelling	67%	36	81%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Celbridge

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.