Planning register

Navan

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

Applications: 1,029
County: Meath

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Navan contains 1029 total applications, with recent lodgements showing 107 applications in 2023, 104 in 2024, and 113 in 2025. Since 2016, there have been 753 applications granted, refused or part-granted, resulting in a 91% grant rate with 682 granted, 71 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 27%, retention at 15%, change of use at 14%, and commercial developments at 9%. Recent decisions in the area include approvals for retaining alterations, installing a natural gas enclosure, retaining a detached garage and store, constructing a side extension with a garage change of use, and erecting ball stop netting, while a proposal for a single storey outbuilding for a granny flat was refused.

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

91%

of 753 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 682
Refused: 71
No decision recorded: 276

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

What’s being built

Extension: 27%
Retention: 15%
Change of use: 14%
Commercial: 9%
Alterations: 8%
Housing estate: 7%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	93%	213	95%
Retention	95%	117	90%
Change of use	92%	91	88%
Commercial	95%	59	88%
Alterations	96%	56	92%
New dwelling	71%	49	81%
Housing estate	83%	47	78%
Apartments	72%	43	71%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.