Planning register

Malahide

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

Applications: 1,829
County: Dublin

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

In the Malahide planning area, there are 1829 total applications on the register, with 1624 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2011. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 88%, representing 1431 granted, 182 refused, and 11 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 38%, alterations at 17%, retention at 11%, and new dwellings at 11%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 100 in 2023, 163 in 2024, and 166 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.

Grant rate

88%

of 1,624 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2011.

Granted: 1,431
Refused: 182
Part granted, part refused: 11
Withdrawn: 47
Invalid: 119
Compliance submission: 3
No decision recorded: 36

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

What’s being built

Extension: 38%
Alterations: 17%
Retention: 11%
New dwelling: 11%
Demolition: 9%
Change of use: 4%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	95%	464	95%
Alterations	91%	186	92%
New dwelling	73%	118	81%
Retention	83%	110	90%
Demolition	81%	96	86%
Change of use	84%	32	88%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.