Weekly · Trend · last 12 months · recomputed 12 Sept 2026
Appeals overturned by council
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
An Coimisiún Pleanála (formerly An Bord Pleanála) reversed 24% of the 510 linked appeals it decided in the last 12 months. South Dublin was overturned most often: 29% of 49. Reversed means the council granted and the Commission refused, or the council refused and the Commission granted in full or in part.
The method, the law and the caveats are in the guide How to appeal a planning decision; this page is the table that keeps moving.
The table
| Council | Appeals decided | Overturned | Grant → refused | Refusal → granted | Overturned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dublin | 49 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 29% |
| Fingal | 158 | 42 | 3 | 39 | 27% |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 134 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 26% |
| Dublin City | 169 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 19% |
| Kildare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Meath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wicklow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
A rate is printed only where n ≥ 30; smaller councils show counts.
How it is counted
The SQL behind the table
select count(*) as decided, count(*) filter (where (a.decision ~* '(grant|conditional|approv|exempt|permission granted)' and a.decision !~* '(refus|not exempt|invalid|withdraw)') and ap.decision = 'refuse') as la_granted_acp_refused, count(*) filter (where (a.decision ~* '(refus|not exempt)') and ap.decision in ('grant', 'grant_conditions', 'split')) as la_refused_acp_granted, count(*) filter (where ap.decision in ('grant', 'grant_conditions')) as acp_granted, count(*) filter (where ap.decision = 'refuse') as acp_refused from appeal ap join application a on a.id = ap.application_id where ap.type = 'Planning Appeal' and ap.decision in ('grant', 'grant_conditions', 'refuse', 'split') and ((a.decision ~* '(grant|conditional|approv|exempt|permission granted)' and a.decision !~* '(refus|not exempt|invalid|withdraw)') or (a.decision ~* '(refus|not exempt)')) and a.la <> 'TEST' and ap.decided_at >= now() - (12 || ' months')::intervalSources: acp, bcms, consult, iplan, moderngov, npad, rzlt · fetched 12 Sept 2026, 00:05
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| acp | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Sept 2026, 00:05 | open |
| bcms | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 23:29 | open |
| consult | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Sept 2026, 02:04 | open |
| iplan | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 17:04 | open |
| moderngov | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 21:46 | open |
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 20:35 | open |
| rzlt | CC-BY-4.0 | 12 Sept 2026, 00:23 | open |
Recomputed 12 Sept 2026 over the last 12 months of the store. Refreshed on the first of each month by the content job.