Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Rathnew

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

Applications
132
County
Wicklow

What the data shows

The planning register for Rathnew contains a total of 132 applications, with 96 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 80%, representing 77 granted, 19 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 33%, followed by new dwellings at 15%, retentions at 15%, and housing estates at 9%. Looking at recent activity, there were 8 applications lodged in 2023, 11 in 2024, and 8 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

80%

of 96 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
77
Refused
19
No decision recorded
36

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

What’s being built

Extension
33%
New dwelling
15%
Retention
15%
Housing estate
9%
Change of use
8%
Commercial
5%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension97%3195%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Rathnew

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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.