Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

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.

Applications
588
County
Dublin

What the data shows

The planning register for Rathcoole contains 588 total applications, with 506 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 1999. Out of these 506 applications, 422 were granted, 82 were refused, and 2 were part-granted, representing an overall grant rate of 83%. The most common development types are extensions at 31%, new dwellings at 14%, housing estates at 11%, and retentions at 9%. Recently lodged applications include 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.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

83%

of 506 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 1999.

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Withdrawn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

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

What’s being built

Extension
31%
New dwelling
14%
Housing estate
11%
Retention
9%
Change of use
8%
Apartments
8%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Rathcoole, 2017–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension92%5295%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

28%

of 57 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 1999–2025.

Permissions refused on appeal
29% of 31
Decision upheld
37
Upheld, conditions varied
4
Part granted, part refused
2

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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Rathcoole

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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.