Rathcoole
Planning applications inside the Rathcoole, Co. Dublin 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 figuresRathcoole has 588 total applications on the register, with an 83% grant rate across the 506 applications that have been granted, refused, or part-granted since 1999. Within those outcomes, 422 were granted, 82 were refused, and 2 were part-granted. The most common development types are Extension at 31%, New dwelling at 14%, Housing estate at 11%, and Retention at 9%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 20 in 2023, 17 in 2024, and 18 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.
- 588
- inside the settlement boundary
- Dublin
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
83%
Also on the register, outside the rate: Withdrawn 19 · Invalid 45 · Exempt — no permission needed 3 · Not exempt — permission needed 9 · No decision recorded 6
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 422 |
| Refused | 82 |
| Part granted, part refused | 2 |
| Withdrawn | 19 |
| Invalid | 45 |
| Exempt — no permission needed | 3 |
| Not exempt — permission needed | 9 |
| No decision recorded | 6 |
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 | 183 | 31% |
| New dwelling | 79 | 14% |
| Housing estate | 62 | 11% |
| Retention | 51 | 9% |
| Change of use | 49 | 8% |
| Apartments | 46 | 8% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 92% | 52 | 95% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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
28%
16 of 57 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 | 16 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2018 | 23 |
| 2019 | 23 |
| 2020 | 16 |
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2023 | 20 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2025 | 18 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 13 | 11 | 85% |
| 2017 | 13 | 12 | 92% |
| 2018 | 17 | 14 | 82% |
| 2019 | 18 | 14 | 78% |
| 2020 | 15 | 14 | 93% |
| 2021 | 14 | 9 | 64% |
| 2022 | 12 | 10 | 83% |
| 2023 | 19 | 17 | 89% |
| 2024 | 12 | 8 | 67% |
| 2025 | 10 | 9 | 90% |
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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.