Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Newbridge

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

Applications
985
County
Kildare

What the data shows

The planning register for Newbridge contains a total of 985 applications, with 766 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 87%, representing 664 granted, 102 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 26%, retentions at 22%, changes of use at 12%, and new dwellings at 11%. Recent application lodgements show 88 in 2023, 125 in 2024, and 78 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.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

87%

of 766 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
664
Refused
102
No decision recorded
219

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

What’s being built

Extension
26%
Retention
22%
Change of use
12%
New dwelling
11%
Commercial
9%
Alterations
7%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension98%20695%
Retention83%15190%
Change of use79%8788%
New dwelling70%7682%
Commercial91%6488%
Alterations95%5692%
Apartments70%3371%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

29%

of 51 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2016–2026.

Decision upheld
28
Upheld, conditions varied
8

15 of 51 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Newbridge

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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.