Planning register

Rush

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

Applications: 784
County: Dublin

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Rush contains a total of 784 applications, with recent lodgements showing 54 in 2023, 69 in 2024, and 76 in 2025. Since 2011, there have been 666 applications granted, refused or part-granted, resulting in an 80% grant rate that includes 535 granted, 127 refused, and 4 part-granted applications. The most common development types are new dwellings at 31%, extensions at 24%, retentions at 9%, and alterations at 8%. Recent decided examples in the area include granted permissions for attic conversions and extensions, a refused permission for a replacement dwelling, and an invalid application for a boat storage facility.

An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.

Grant rate

80%

of 666 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2011.

Granted: 535
Refused: 127
Part granted, part refused: 4
Withdrawn: 41
Invalid: 58
No decision recorded: 19

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

What’s being built

New dwelling: 31%
Extension: 24%
Retention: 9%
Alterations: 8%
Demolition: 7%
Housing estate: 6%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
New dwelling	69%	167	81%
Extension	89%	126	95%
Alterations	89%	37	92%
Retention	69%	35	90%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Rush

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.