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.
- 1,606
- inside the settlement boundary
- Dublin
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
87%
Also on the register, outside the rate: Withdrawn 42 · Invalid 129 · Exempt — no permission needed 3 · Compliance submission 78 · No decision recorded 29
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 1,148 |
| Refused | 165 |
| Part granted, part refused | 12 |
| Withdrawn | 42 |
| Invalid | 129 |
| Exempt — no permission needed | 3 |
| Compliance submission | 78 |
| No decision recorded | 29 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Extension | 633 | 39% |
| Retention | 183 | 11% |
| Alterations | 171 | 11% |
| Change of use | 126 | 8% |
| Commercial | 120 | 7% |
| New dwelling | 82 | 5% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 93% | 410 | 95% |
| Retention | 73% | 105 | 90% |
| Alterations | 93% | 74 | 92% |
| Change of use | 89% | 64 | 88% |
| Commercial | 81% | 57 | 88% |
| New dwelling | 67% | 45 | 81% |
| Demolition | 58% | 31 | 86% |
| Infrastructure | 77% | 31 | 91% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Appeals
Appeals to An Bord Pleanála
23%
28 of 121 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 Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided.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
Applications lodged
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 111 |
| 2017 | 113 |
| 2018 | 98 |
| 2019 | 85 |
| 2020 | 97 |
| 2021 | 114 |
| 2022 | 92 |
| 2023 | 90 |
| 2024 | 139 |
| 2025 | 149 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 103 | 96 | 93% |
| 2017 | 97 | 84 | 87% |
| 2018 | 91 | 75 | 82% |
| 2019 | 71 | 66 | 93% |
| 2020 | 85 | 69 | 81% |
| 2021 | 109 | 96 | 88% |
| 2022 | 82 | 66 | 80% |
| 2023 | 85 | 72 | 85% |
| 2024 | 90 | 72 | 80% |
| 2025 | 80 | 67 | 84% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.