Planning register

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.

Applications: 526
County: Kildare

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Kildare contains a total of 526 applications, with 67 lodged in 2023, 57 in 2024, and 45 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been an 89% grant rate out of 383 applications granted, refused, or part-granted, which consists of 341 granted, 42 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 19%, extension at 18%, commercial at 13%, and new dwelling at 11%. Recent decisions in the area include granted permissions for a self-service laundry kiosk, dormer windows, and a single-story side extension, alongside refusals for works on cottages, two storey-and-a-half dwellings, and the partial demolition of a commercial premises.

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

89%

of 383 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 341
Refused: 42
No decision recorded: 143

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

What’s being built

Retention: 19%
Extension: 18%
Commercial: 13%
New dwelling: 11%
Housing estate: 10%
Change of use: 9%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	99%	81	95%
Retention	93%	67	90%
Commercial	96%	52	88%
Housing estate	79%	39	78%
Change of use	81%	32	88%
New dwelling	88%	32	81%
Alterations	100%	31	92%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.