Portmarnock
Planning applications inside the Portmarnock, Co. Dublin settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- 823
- inside the settlement boundary
- Dublin
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
89%
Also on the register, outside the rate: Withdrawn 14 · Invalid 62 · Exempt — no permission needed 1 · Not exempt — permission needed 2 · Compliance submission 30 · No decision recorded 11
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 625 |
| Refused | 75 |
| Part granted, part refused | 3 |
| Withdrawn | 14 |
| Invalid | 62 |
| Exempt — no permission needed | 1 |
| Not exempt — permission needed | 2 |
| Compliance submission | 30 |
| No decision recorded | 11 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 394 | 48% |
| Alterations | 108 | 13% |
| Retention | 60 | 7% |
| Demolition | 60 | 7% |
| New dwelling | 55 | 7% |
| Other | 43 | 5% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 93% | 246 | 95% |
| Alterations | 94% | 68 | 92% |
| Retention | 82% | 33 | 90% |
| New dwelling | 67% | 30 | 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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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
26%
17 of 66 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 42 |
| 2017 | 51 |
| 2018 | 48 |
| 2019 | 41 |
| 2020 | 46 |
| 2021 | 65 |
| 2022 | 48 |
| 2023 | 68 |
| 2024 | 73 |
| 2025 | 92 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 43 | 41 | 95% |
| 2017 | 53 | 48 | 91% |
| 2018 | 40 | 38 | 95% |
| 2019 | 36 | 31 | 86% |
| 2020 | 39 | 29 | 74% |
| 2021 | 66 | 59 | 89% |
| 2022 | 44 | 42 | 95% |
| 2023 | 65 | 59 | 91% |
| 2024 | 50 | 42 | 84% |
| 2025 | 49 | 46 | 94% |
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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.