Kildare
Planning applications inside the Kildare, Co. Kildare settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- 540
- inside the settlement boundary
- Kildare
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
89%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 149
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 348 |
| Refused | 43 |
| No decision recorded | 149 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Retention | 100 | 19% |
| Extension | 99 | 18% |
| Commercial | 69 | 13% |
| New dwelling | 58 | 11% |
| Housing estate | 53 | 10% |
| Change of use | 47 | 9% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 99% | 82 | 95% |
| Retention | 93% | 67 | 90% |
| Commercial | 96% | 51 | 88% |
| Housing estate | 77% | 39 | 78% |
| New dwelling | 88% | 33 | 81% |
| Alterations | 100% | 32 | 92% |
| Change of use | 81% | 31 | 88% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Activity
Applications lodged
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 35 |
| 2017 | 47 |
| 2018 | 61 |
| 2019 | 49 |
| 2020 | 53 |
| 2021 | 52 |
| 2022 | 48 |
| 2023 | 67 |
| 2024 | 57 |
| 2025 | 45 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 19 | 18 | 95% |
| 2017 | 27 | 26 | 96% |
| 2018 | 53 | 47 | 89% |
| 2019 | 42 | 39 | 93% |
| 2020 | 48 | 44 | 92% |
| 2021 | 37 | 34 | 92% |
| 2022 | 28 | 24 | 86% |
| 2023 | 39 | 33 | 85% |
| 2024 | 45 | 38 | 84% |
| 2025 | 30 | 27 | 90% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.