Planning register

Dunshaughlin

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

Applications: 272
County: Meath

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The Dunshaughlin planning register contains a total of 272 applications, with a 96% grant rate out of 199 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. This rate represents 191 granted applications, 8 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 29%, retention at 14%, housing estates at 12%, and new dwellings at 11%. Recently lodged applications include 25 in 2023, 30 in 2024, and 24 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.

Grant rate

96%

of 199 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 191
Refused: 8
No decision recorded: 73

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

What’s being built

Extension: 29%
Retention: 14%
Housing estate: 12%
New dwelling: 11%
Alterations: 9%
Commercial: 8%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	98%	58	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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 Dunshaughlin

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.