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: 1,678
County: Wicklow

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Greystones-Delgany contains a total of 1678 applications, with recent lodgements showing 184 in 2023, 129 in 2024, and 178 in 2025. Since 2016, there have been 1244 applications granted, refused or part-granted, resulting in an 86% grant rate with 1073 granted, 171 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 37%, new dwellings at 20%, alterations at 12%, and retentions at 10%. Recent decisions in the area include grants for an amendment to a previously permitted development, new vehicular entrance piers and gates with a detached garage, shed, and sauna, omission of a proposed covered walkway, and the construction of 2 semi-detached dwellings, alongside refusals for the removal of a chimney and tennis court, and the construction of a new 2-bedroom dwelling.

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

86%

of 1,244 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 1,073
Refused: 171
Withdrawn: 1
No decision recorded: 433

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: 6%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	93%	464	95%
New dwelling	78%	230	81%
Alterations	92%	142	92%
Retention	84%	112	90%
Change of use	85%	68	88%
Housing estate	72%	58	78%
Commercial	84%	45	88%
Infrastructure	85%	34	91%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.