Planning register

Maynooth

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

Applications: 669
County: Kildare

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Maynooth contains a total of 669 applications, with 505 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within those decided applications, the grant rate stands at 89%, representing 449 granted, 56 refused, and 0 part-granted decisions. The most common development types are extensions at 41%, retention at 12%, change of use at 9%, and new dwellings at 8%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 44 in 2023, 78 in 2024, and 81 in 2025. This is information, not legal advice._

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 505 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 449
Refused: 56
No decision recorded: 164

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

What’s being built

Extension: 41%
Retention: 12%
Change of use: 9%
New dwelling: 8%
Alterations: 8%
Commercial: 6%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	98%	206	95%
Retention	81%	53	90%
Change of use	89%	46	88%
Alterations	93%	43	92%
Commercial	84%	32	88%
New dwelling	66%	32	81%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.