Weekly · Trend · last 12 months · recomputed 5 Oct 2026
Planning grant rates by council
Data updated 5 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
Dublin City granted 90% of the 1,483 applications it decided in the last 12 months (grant or refuse; invalidations left out). Fingal is lowest at 77% (n=1,275). Across all councils the rate is 89% on 29,658 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 | 1,483 | 1,338 | 145 | 1,045 | 90% |
| Wicklow | 1,058 | 943 | 115 | 0 | 89% |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 1,633 | 1,424 | 209 | 262 | 87% |
| South Dublin | 994 | 866 | 128 | 95 | 87% |
| Meath | 1,348 | 1,142 | 206 | 0 | 85% |
| Kildare | 1,106 | 889 | 217 | 0 | 80% |
| Fingal | 1,275 | 983 | 292 | 317 | 77% |
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 5 Oct 2026, 04:11
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) | CC BY 4.0 | 2 Oct 2026, 23:01 | open |
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 5 Oct 2026, 04:11 | open |
| Council consultation portals | CC BY 4.0 | 5 Oct 2026, 01:11 | open |
| National planning applications feed (iplan / MyPlan) | CC BY 4.0 | 5 Oct 2026, 01:08 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | CC BY 4.0 | 5 Oct 2026, 01:13 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 5 Oct 2026, 01:13 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:59 | open |
Recomputed 5 Oct 2026 over the last 12 months of the store. Refreshed on the first of each month by the content job.