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.
What the data shows
Generated from this page’s figuresThe planning register for Maynooth shows 703 total applications, with 463 granted, 57 refused, and 0 part-granted out of 520 applications decided since 2016, representing an 89% grant rate. The most common development types are Extension at 42%, Retention at 13%, Change of use at 9%, and New dwelling at 8%. Regarding recently lodged proposals, there were 44 applications 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.
- 703
- inside the settlement boundary
- Kildare
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
89%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 183
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 463 |
| Refused | 57 |
| No decision recorded | 183 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
Show the numbers
| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 293 | 42% |
| Retention | 88 | 13% |
| Change of use | 64 | 9% |
| New dwelling | 56 | 8% |
| Alterations | 56 | 8% |
| Commercial | 44 | 6% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 99% | 212 | 95% |
| Retention | 81% | 53 | 90% |
| Change of use | 89% | 46 | 88% |
| Alterations | 91% | 44 | 92% |
| Commercial | 87% | 31 | 88% |
| New dwelling | 65% | 31 | 81% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Appeals
Appeals to An Bord Pleanála
16%
7 of 45 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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
Applications lodged
Show the numbers
| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 64 |
| 2017 | 47 |
| 2018 | 68 |
| 2019 | 66 |
| 2020 | 65 |
| 2021 | 78 |
| 2022 | 61 |
| 2023 | 44 |
| 2024 | 78 |
| 2025 | 81 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 35 | 29 | 83% |
| 2017 | 47 | 42 | 89% |
| 2018 | 53 | 48 | 91% |
| 2019 | 61 | 52 | 85% |
| 2020 | 46 | 39 | 85% |
| 2021 | 62 | 55 | 89% |
| 2022 | 47 | 43 | 91% |
| 2023 | 36 | 35 | 97% |
| 2024 | 41 | 39 | 95% |
| 2025 | 51 | 42 | 82% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.