Dundalk
Planning applications inside the Dundalk, Co. Louth 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 figuresDundalk has 2501 total applications on the register, and since 2016, 92% of the 1893 decided applications were granted, with 1737 granted, 156 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are Extension at 25%, Retention at 19%, Alterations at 9%, and New dwelling at 9%. Recently lodged applications stood at 225 in 2023, 230 in 2024, and 213 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.
- 2,501
- inside the settlement boundary
- Louth
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
92%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 608
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 1,737 |
| Refused | 156 |
| No decision recorded | 608 |
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 | 626 | 25% |
| Retention | 483 | 19% |
| Alterations | 232 | 9% |
| New dwelling | 225 | 9% |
| Change of use | 223 | 9% |
| Commercial | 208 | 8% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 98% | 471 | 95% |
| Retention | 91% | 356 | 90% |
| Alterations | 95% | 172 | 92% |
| Change of use | 89% | 158 | 88% |
| New dwelling | 90% | 154 | 81% |
| Commercial | 93% | 142 | 88% |
| Housing estate | 80% | 115 | 78% |
| Apartments | 76% | 90 | 71% |
| Infrastructure | 86% | 57 | 91% |
| Industrial | 100% | 39 | 93% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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
23%
25 of 108 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 | 208 |
| 2017 | 239 |
| 2018 | 258 |
| 2019 | 280 |
| 2020 | 224 |
| 2021 | 233 |
| 2022 | 203 |
| 2023 | 225 |
| 2024 | 230 |
| 2025 | 213 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 132 | 122 | 92% |
| 2017 | 201 | 192 | 96% |
| 2018 | 188 | 181 | 96% |
| 2019 | 197 | 179 | 91% |
| 2020 | 176 | 162 | 92% |
| 2021 | 178 | 161 | 90% |
| 2022 | 159 | 146 | 92% |
| 2023 | 147 | 130 | 88% |
| 2024 | 170 | 150 | 88% |
| 2025 | 187 | 166 | 89% |
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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.