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: 2,445
County: Louth

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Dundalk contains a total of 2445 applications, with recent lodgements showing 225 in 2023, 230 in 2024, and 213 in 2025. Since 2016, there have been 1851 applications granted, refused or part-granted, resulting in a 92% grant rate with 1696 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 decisions in the area include a refused application for an extension of duration, alongside granted permissions for works to a motor sales facility, light-industrial building fit-out, conversion of part of a former factory, attic conversion, and alterations to dwelling houses under construction.

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

92%

of 1,851 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 1,696
Refused: 155
No decision recorded: 594

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.

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	98%	469	95%
Retention	91%	350	90%
Alterations	95%	169	92%
New dwelling	89%	159	81%
Change of use	89%	158	88%
Commercial	93%	143	88%
Housing estate	82%	116	78%
Apartments	76%	90	71%
Infrastructure	84%	58	91%
Industrial	100%	39	93%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.