Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Kells

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

Applications
227
County
Meath

What the data shows

The planning register for Kells contains a total of 227 applications, with a 91% grant rate out of 175 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. This rate represents 159 granted, 16 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 23%, housing estates at 15%, new dwellings at 12%, and retentions at 12%. Recently lodged applications include 20 in 2023, 30 in 2024, and 20 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

91%

of 175 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
159
Refused
16
No decision recorded
52

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

What’s being built

Extension
23%
Housing estate
15%
New dwelling
12%
Retention
12%
Change of use
10%
Commercial
9%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Kells, 2017–2025.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%4595%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.