Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Leixlip

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

Applications
724
County
Kildare

What the data shows

The planning register for Leixlip contains 724 total applications, with 490 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this decided group, the grant rate stands at 91%, representing 444 granted, 46 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 48%, retentions at 14%, new dwellings at 9%, and commercial developments at 6%. Recent application activity shows 76 lodged in 2023, 72 lodged in 2024, and 82 lodged 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 490 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
444
Refused
46
No decision recorded
234

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

What’s being built

Extension
48%
Retention
14%
New dwelling
9%
Commercial
6%
Alterations
6%
Apartments
4%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%23195%
Retention81%5790%
New dwelling78%4982%
Alterations94%3192%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

26%

of 42 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2017–2026.

Decision upheld
29
Upheld, conditions varied
2

11 of 42 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Leixlip

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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.