Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Greystones-Delgany

Planning applications inside the Greystones-Delgany, Co. Wicklow settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.

Applications
1,750
County
Wicklow

What the data shows

The planning register for Greystones-Delgany contains 1750 total applications, with a grant rate of 86% out of 1281 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within these outcomes, 1108 applications were granted, 173 were refused, and 0 were part-granted. The most common development types are extension at 37%, new dwelling at 20%, alterations at 12%, and retention at 10%. Recent application lodgements show 184 in 2023, 129 in 2024, and 178 in 2025, with recent granted examples including attic conversions, extensions, elevational alterations, and new dwellings.

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

86%

of 1,281 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
1,108
Refused
173
Withdrawn
1
No decision recorded
468

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

What’s being built

Extension
37%
New dwelling
20%
Alterations
12%
Retention
10%
Change of use
6%
Housing estate
5%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Greystones-Delgany, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension93%48295%
New dwelling78%23082%
Alterations92%14992%
Retention84%11490%
Change of use85%6888%
Housing estate72%5778%
Commercial84%4388%
Infrastructure84%3291%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 117 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2026.

Refusals granted on appeal
40% of 53
Permissions refused on appeal
9% of 64
Decision upheld
85
Upheld, conditions varied
5

27 of 117 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Greystones-Delgany

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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.