Planning register

Donabate

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

Applications: 419
County: Dublin

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Donabate shows a total of 419 applications, with 371 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2011. Within those decided applications, 326 were granted, 41 were refused, and 4 were part-granted, resulting in an 88% grant rate. The most common development types are extensions at 37%, alterations at 17%, retentions at 10%, and new dwellings at 7%. Recent application lodgements show 16 in 2023, 32 in 2024, and 32 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.

Grant rate

88%

of 371 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2011.

Granted: 326
Refused: 41
Part granted, part refused: 4
Withdrawn: 13
Invalid: 29
Compliance submission: 1
No decision recorded: 5

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

What’s being built

Extension: 37%
Alterations: 17%
Retention: 10%
New dwelling: 7%
Housing estate: 7%
Demolition: 6%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	96%	102	95%
Alterations	92%	52	92%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.