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: 1,054
County: Dublin

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Skerries contains a total of 1054 applications, with recent lodgements showing 54 in 2023, 95 in 2024, and 92 in 2025. Since 2011, the area has a grant rate of 87% out of 923 applications that were granted, refused, or part-granted, which specifically breaks down to 801 granted, 118 refused, and 4 part-granted. The most common development types are extensions at 41%, alterations at 14%, retention at 11%, and new dwellings at 10%. Recent decisions in the area include granted permissions for converting attic spaces and constructing detached bungalows, alongside other applications that were refused or deemed invalid.

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

87%

of 923 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2011.

Granted: 801
Refused: 118
Part granted, part refused: 4
Withdrawn: 27
Invalid: 83
Compliance submission: 2
No decision recorded: 19

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

What’s being built

Extension: 41%
Alterations: 14%
Retention: 11%
New dwelling: 10%
Demolition: 8%
Change of use: 7%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	89%	282	95%
Alterations	84%	86	92%
Retention	78%	65	90%
New dwelling	63%	62	81%
Change of use	84%	49	88%
Demolition	80%	46	86%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.