Planning Permission Ireland

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
825
County
Dublin

What the data shows

The planning register for Rush contains a total of 825 applications, with recent lodgements showing 54 in 2023, 94 in 2024, and 87 in 2025. Out of 670 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2011, the area has an 80% grant rate, which includes 536 granted, 130 refused, and 4 part-granted applications. The most common development types are new dwellings at 31%, extensions at 23%, retentions at 9%, and alterations at 8%. Recent decided examples in the area include granted permissions for works at St. Joseph’s Secondary School, a detached dormer bungalow, an attic conversion changing a roof profile, a new detached dwelling, and an attic conversion for storage, alongside one invalid application for retention.

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 670 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2011.

Granted
536
Refused
130
Part granted, part refused
4
Withdrawn
41
Invalid
60
Exempt — no permission needed
1
Compliance submission
37
No decision recorded
16

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
31%
Extension
23%
Retention
9%
Alterations
8%
Demolition
6%
Other
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling69%16882%
Extension89%12695%
Retention63%3890%
Alterations89%3792%
Housing estate57%3078%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

26%

of 58 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2011–2026.

Permissions refused on appeal
13% of 30
Decision upheld
34
Upheld, conditions varied
9
Part granted, part refused
2

15 of 58 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Rush

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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.