Dublin city and suburbs
Planning applications inside the Dublin city and suburbs, Co. Dublin 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 figuresAcross Dublin city and suburbs, there are 113363 total applications on the register, with 85% of 85360 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1999, representing 72811 granted, 11334 refused, and 1215 part-granted. The most common development types are Extension at 39%, Alterations at 13%, Retention at 10%, and New dwelling at 10%. Recent application numbers show 7634 lodged in 2023, 10043 in 2024, and 10924 in 2025. This is information, not legal advice.
An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.
- 113,363
- inside the settlement boundary
- Dublin
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
85%
Also on the register, outside the rate: Withdrawn 2,348 · Invalid 12,172 · Exempt — no permission needed 1,910 · Not exempt — permission needed 647 · Compliance submission 7,378 · No decision recorded 3,548
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 72,811 |
| Refused | 11,334 |
| Part granted, part refused | 1,215 |
| Withdrawn | 2,348 |
| Invalid | 12,172 |
| Exempt — no permission needed | 1,910 |
| Not exempt — permission needed | 647 |
| Compliance submission | 7,378 |
| No decision recorded | 3,548 |
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 | 44,054 | 39% |
| Alterations | 14,982 | 13% |
| Retention | 11,093 | 10% |
| New dwelling | 10,834 | 10% |
| Change of use | 6,686 | 6% |
| Commercial | 6,671 | 6% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 94% | 20,676 | 95% |
| Alterations | 87% | 6,102 | 92% |
| Retention | 81% | 4,965 | 90% |
| New dwelling | 65% | 3,341 | 81% |
| Change of use | 86% | 3,069 | 88% |
| Commercial | 86% | 2,681 | 88% |
| Apartments | 65% | 1,691 | 71% |
| Infrastructure | 90% | 1,423 | 91% |
| Housing estate | 70% | 664 | 78% |
| Demolition | 83% | 418 | 86% |
| Industrial | 96% | 310 | 93% |
| Other | 80% | 284 | 88% |
| Energy | 99% | 206 | 90% |
“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
24%
2,176 of 9,136 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 | 2,561 |
| 2017 | 2,740 |
| 2018 | 6,248 |
| 2019 | 6,249 |
| 2020 | 5,541 |
| 2021 | 6,403 |
| 2022 | 6,555 |
| 2023 | 7,634 |
| 2024 | 10,043 |
| 2025 | 10,924 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2,328 | 2,032 | 87% |
| 2017 | 2,550 | 2,229 | 87% |
| 2018 | 4,752 | 4,070 | 86% |
| 2019 | 5,240 | 4,480 | 85% |
| 2020 | 4,480 | 3,846 | 86% |
| 2021 | 5,360 | 4,705 | 88% |
| 2022 | 4,934 | 4,257 | 86% |
| 2023 | 4,656 | 4,047 | 87% |
| 2024 | 4,968 | 4,313 | 87% |
| 2025 | 5,097 | 4,494 | 88% |
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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.