Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

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.

Applications
112,115
County
Dublin

What the data shows

The planning register for the Dublin city and suburbs area contains 112115 total applications, with a grant rate of 85% out of the 84851 applications that have been granted, refused, or part-granted since 1999. Within this historical dataset, 72361 applications were granted, 11291 were refused, and 1199 were part-granted, with the most common development types being extensions at 39%, alterations at 13%, retention at 10%, and new dwellings at 10%. Recent activity shows that 7634 applications were lodged in 2023, followed by 10043 in 2024, and 10923 in 2025. Recent decisions in the area include compliance submissions, invalid applications, withdrawn proposals, and exempt developments.

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

85%

of 84,851 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1999.

Granted
72,361
Refused
11,291
Part granted, part refused
1,199
Withdrawn
2,335
Invalid
11,934
Exempt — no permission needed
1,828
Not exempt — permission needed
625
Compliance submission
7,021
No decision recorded
3,521

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

What’s being built

Extension
39%
Alterations
13%
Retention
10%
New dwelling
10%
Change of use
6%
Commercial
6%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Dublin city and suburbs, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension94%20,57195%
Alterations87%6,04892%
Retention81%4,93090%
New dwelling65%3,34582%
Change of use86%3,03288%
Commercial86%2,66888%
Apartments65%1,67071%
Infrastructure90%1,41291%
Housing estate70%66178%
Demolition83%42386%
Industrial96%30893%
Other80%28188%
Energy99%20490%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

24%

of 9,088 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 1999–2026.

Refusals granted on appeal
36% of 4,026
Permissions refused on appeal
14% of 5,062
Decision upheld
6,062
Upheld, conditions varied
853
Part granted, part refused
400

2,173 of 9,088 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 Dublin city and suburbs

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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.