Planning Permission Ireland

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
273
County
Meath

What the data shows

In Dunshaughlin, there are 273 total applications on the register, with 201 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within those decided cases, the grant rate is 96%, representing 193 granted, 8 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 28%, retentions at 14%, housing estates at 12%, and new dwellings at 11%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 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.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

96%

of 201 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
193
Refused
8
No decision recorded
72

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

What’s being built

Extension
28%
Retention
14%
Housing estate
12%
New dwelling
11%
Commercial
9%
Alterations
9%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%5695%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Dunshaughlin

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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.