Planning Permission Ireland

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
1,976
County
Dublin

What the data shows

In the Malahide planning area, there are 1976 total applications on the register, with recent lodgements showing 101 in 2023, 215 in 2024, and 220 in 2025. Out of 1635 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2011, the grant rate stands at 88%, which represents 1440 granted, 183 refused, and 12 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 36%, alterations at 17%, new dwellings at 11%, and retentions at 11%. Recent decided examples in the area include compliance submissions and an invalid application for the retention of solar panels.

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

88%

of 1,635 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2011.

Granted
1,440
Refused
183
Part granted, part refused
12
Withdrawn
50
Invalid
121
Exempt — no permission needed
1
Compliance submission
138
No decision recorded
31

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

What’s being built

Extension
36%
Alterations
17%
New dwelling
11%
Retention
11%
Demolition
7%
Other
7%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension95%46795%
Alterations91%18592%
New dwelling73%12382%
Retention82%11090%
Demolition80%9286%
Change of use85%3388%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

18%

of 176 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2011–2026.

Refusals granted on appeal
42% of 57
Permissions refused on appeal
7% of 119
Decision upheld
121
Upheld, conditions varied
23
Part granted, part refused
4

32 of 176 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Malahide

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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.