Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Dunboyne

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

Applications
216
County
Meath

What the data shows

The planning register for Dunboyne contains a total of 216 applications, with recent lodgements showing 26 in 2023, 20 in 2024, and 18 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 96% grant rate out of 176 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 169 granted, 7 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 46%, retention at 11%, new dwellings at 8%, and change of use at 8%. Recent decided examples in the area, which were all granted, include a biomass boiler unit, modifications to a permitted development, a single storey porch, and various extensions.

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

96%

of 176 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
169
Refused
7
No decision recorded
40

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

What’s being built

Extension
46%
Retention
11%
New dwelling
8%
Change of use
8%
Alterations
7%
Housing estate
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension100%7895%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Dunboyne

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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.