Planning register

Swords

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

Applications: 1,521
County: Dublin

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

In the Swords planning area, there are 1521 total applications on the register, with recent lodgements showing 89 applications in 2023, 119 in 2024, and 122 in 2025. Since 2011, the area has a 87% grant rate out of 1319 applications that were granted, refused, or part-granted, which specifically consists of 1143 granted, 164 refused, and 12 part-granted applications. The most common development types are extensions at 41%, retention at 12%, alterations at 11%, and change of use at 8%. Recent decided examples in the area have resulted in various outcomes, including granted, withdrawn, invalid, and refused decisions.

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 1,319 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2011.

Granted: 1,143
Refused: 164
Part granted, part refused: 12
Withdrawn: 42
Invalid: 128
Exempt — no permission needed: 1
Compliance submission: 3
No decision recorded: 28

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

What’s being built

Extension: 41%
Retention: 12%
Alterations: 11%
Change of use: 8%
Commercial: 8%
New dwelling: 5%

Grant rate by category

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

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
Extension	93%	421	95%
Retention	75%	108	90%
Alterations	93%	81	92%
Change of use	89%	63	88%
Commercial	81%	57	88%
New dwelling	67%	45	81%
Demolition	56%	32	86%
Infrastructure	77%	31	91%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.