Planning Permission Ireland

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
441
County
Dublin

What the data shows

The planning register for Donabate contains a total of 441 applications, with a grant rate of 88% of the 371 applications that have been granted, refused, or part-granted since 2011. This rate represents 326 granted, 41 refused, and 4 part-granted applications, with the most common development types being extensions at 35%, alterations at 16%, retention at 9%, and new dwellings at 6%. Recent activity shows 16 applications lodged in 2023, 38 in 2024, and 46 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.

Planning intelligence

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Withdrawn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
23
No decision recorded
5

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

What’s being built

Extension
35%
Alterations
16%
Retention
9%
New dwelling
6%
Housing estate
6%
Other
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension96%10195%
Alterations92%5292%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

20%

of 30 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2011–2026.

Decision upheld
20
Upheld, conditions varied
4
Part granted, part refused
2

6 of 30 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Donabate

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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.