Weekly · Trend · last 12 months · recomputed 2 Nov 2026
Planning grant rates by council
Data updated 2 Nov 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
Dublin City granted 90% of the 1,478 applications it decided in the last 12 months (grant or refuse; invalidations left out). Fingal is lowest at 78% (n=1,170). Across all councils the rate is 89% on 29,265 decisions. Rates are shown only where n is at least 30; below that the table gives counts.
The method, the law and the caveats are in the guide Planning grant rates by council; this page is the table that keeps moving.
The table
| Council | Decided | Granted | Refused | Invalid | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin City | 1,478 | 1,336 | 142 | 1,034 | 90% |
| Wicklow | 1,044 | 933 | 111 | 0 | 89% |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 1,618 | 1,406 | 212 | 274 | 87% |
| South Dublin | 969 | 839 | 130 | 93 | 87% |
| Meath | 1,320 | 1,107 | 213 | 0 | 84% |
| Kildare | 1,063 | 858 | 205 | 0 | 81% |
| Fingal | 1,170 | 907 | 263 | 291 | 78% |
A rate is printed only where n ≥ 30; smaller councils show counts.
How it is counted
The SQL behind the table
select a.la, count(*) filter (where (a.decision ~* '(grant|conditional|approv|exempt|permission granted)' and a.decision !~* '(refus|not exempt|invalid|withdraw)')) as granted, count(*) filter (where (a.decision ~* '(refus|not exempt)')) as refused, count(*) filter (where a.decision ~* 'inva' or a.status ~* '(invalid|incomplete)') as invalid, count(*) as total from application a where a.la <> 'TEST' and a.decided_at >= now() - (12 || ' months')::interval group by a.la order by a.la
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.