Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

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.

Applications
2,474
County
Louth

What the data shows

The planning register for Dundalk contains a total of 2474 applications, with recent lodgements showing 225 in 2023, 230 in 2024, and 213 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 92% grant rate out of 1866 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 1711 granted, 155 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%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include projects such as chimney stack removals, front and side extensions, replacement signage, attic conversions, retail unit amalgamations, and a metal shed.

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

92%

of 1,866 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
1,711
Refused
155
No decision recorded
608

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

What’s being built

Extension
25%
Retention
19%
Alterations
9%
New dwelling
9%
Change of use
9%
Commercial
8%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%47095%
Retention91%35390%
Alterations95%17192%
Change of use89%15788%
New dwelling90%15682%
Commercial93%14488%
Housing estate81%11578%
Apartments75%8971%
Infrastructure84%5891%
Industrial100%3993%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

23%

of 108 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2026.

Permissions refused on appeal
18% of 79
Decision upheld
57
Upheld, conditions varied
26

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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Dundalk

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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.