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: 213
County: Meath

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Dunboyne contains 213 total 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 173 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 166 granted, 7 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types in the area are extensions at 47%, retention at 11%, new dwellings at 9%, and change of use at 7%. Recent decided examples in the area, which were all granted, include projects such as a part two storey and part single storey extension, a first floor extension, and changes of use.

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

96%

of 173 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 166
Refused: 7
No decision recorded: 40

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

What’s being built

Extension: 47%
Retention: 11%
New dwelling: 9%
Change of use: 7%
Alterations: 7%
Housing estate: 7%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	100%	79	95%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.