Weekly · Trend · last 12 months · recomputed 2 Nov 2026
Decision times by council
Data updated 2 Nov 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown decides fastest: a median of 51 days from receipt to decision over 1,992 decisions in the last 12 months. Kildare is slowest at 62 days (n=1,063). The all-council median is 55 days; 31% of decisions went through a further-information request first. Section 34(8) of the 2000 Act sets eight weeks; a further-information request stops that clock.
The method, the law and the caveats are in the guide How long does planning permission take; this page is the table that keeps moving.
The table
| Council | Decided | Median days | 90th percentile | Went through FI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 1,992 | 51 | 91 | 14% |
| Fingal | 1,562 | 52 | 154 | 19% |
| Dublin City | 2,631 | 52 | 113 | 17% |
| Wicklow | 1,044 | 54 | 193 | 40% |
| South Dublin | 1,146 | 55 | 154 | 24% |
| Meath | 1,320 | 55 | 213 | 36% |
| Kildare | 1,063 | 62 | 236 | 44% |
How it is counted
The SQL behind the table
select count(*) as decided, percentile_cont(0.5) within group (order by extract(epoch from a.decided_at - a.received_at) / 86400) as median_days, percentile_cont(0.9) within group (order by extract(epoch from a.decided_at - a.received_at) / 86400) as p90_days, count(*) filter (where a.fi_requested_at is not null) as with_fi from application a where a.la <> 'TEST' and a.received_at is not null and a.decided_at > a.received_at and a.decided_at >= now() - (12 || ' months')::interval
Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Council consultation portals, National planning applications feed (iplan / MyPlan), Council meetings (ModernGov), National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:00
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 30 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 2 Nov 2026, 03:19 | open |
| Council consultation portals | CC BY 4.0 | 2 Nov 2026, 01:11 | open |
| National planning applications feed (iplan / MyPlan) | CC BY 4.0 | 2 Nov 2026, 00:40 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | CC BY 4.0 | 2 Nov 2026, 02:27 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 2 Nov 2026, 23:00 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 1 Nov 2026, 23:58 | open |
Recomputed 2 Nov 2026 over the last 12 months of the store. Refreshed on the first of each month by the content job.