Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney

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

Applications
516
County
Meath

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney contains a total of 516 applications, with recent lodgements showing 65 in 2023, 34 in 2024, and 55 in 2025. Out of 367 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016, the area has an 88% grant rate, which includes 324 granted, 43 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 29%, retention at 16%, housing estates at 12%, and new dwellings at 11%. Recent decisions in the area include granted permissions for retail alterations to accommodate an off-licence, developments within the curtilage of a protected structure, amendments to previous developments, and retention for dwelling alterations and roof windows, while permission was refused for the construction of 3 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.

Grant rate

88%

of 367 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
324
Refused
43
No decision recorded
149

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

What’s being built

Extension
29%
Retention
16%
Housing estate
12%
New dwelling
11%
Alterations
11%
Change of use
9%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney

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.