Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Dungarvan

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

Applications
781
County
Waterford

What the data shows

The planning register for Dungarvan contains 781 total applications, with 593 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Out of these 593 applications, 518 were granted, 75 were refused, and 0 were part-granted, resulting in an 87% grant rate. The most common development types are extensions at 24%, commercial at 16%, retention at 16%, and change of use at 12%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 76 in 2023, 80 in 2024, and 71 in 2025.

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

87%

of 593 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
518
Refused
75
No decision recorded
188

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

What’s being built

Extension
24%
Commercial
16%
Retention
16%
Change of use
12%
New dwelling
8%
Alterations
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%13995%
Commercial80%10188%
Retention97%8890%
Change of use85%6588%
New dwelling77%4782%
Alterations87%3892%
Other82%3488%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

22%

of 36 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2018–2026.

Decision upheld
27
Upheld, conditions varied
1

8 of 36 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Dungarvan

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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.