Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Skerries

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

Applications
1,088
County
Dublin

What the data shows

The planning register for Skerries contains a total of 1088 applications, with 928 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2011. Out of these decided cases, 806 were granted, 118 were refused, and 4 were part-granted, representing an overall grant rate of 87%. The most common development types are extensions at 40%, alterations at 13%, retention at 11%, and new dwellings at 9%. Looking at recent activity, the area had 54 applications lodged in 2023, 110 in 2024, and 110 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

87%

of 928 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2011.

Granted
806
Refused
118
Part granted, part refused
4
Withdrawn
28
Invalid
83
Exempt — no permission needed
1
Compliance submission
32
No decision recorded
16

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

What’s being built

Extension
40%
Alterations
13%
Retention
11%
New dwelling
9%
Demolition
7%
Change of use
7%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension89%28395%
Alterations85%8492%
New dwelling63%6282%
Retention78%5990%
Change of use84%5088%
Demolition80%4586%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

25%

of 61 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2012–2026.

Permissions refused on appeal
11% of 37
Decision upheld
43
Upheld, conditions varied
3

15 of 61 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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 Skerries

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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.