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Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council grants permission for 159-home scheme at Bray, Co. Dublin

15 January 2026 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council planning register · published 27 August 2026

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council granted permission on 15 January 2026 for a 159-home scheme at Bray, an application first lodged on 19 August 2025.

Key facts

Reference: LRD25A/0644/WEB
Planning authority: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Location: Site at the former Bray Golf Club Lands off the Dublin Road and Ravenswell Road, Bray, Co. Dublin
Received: 19 August 2025
Application type: Permission (LRD)
Site area: 1.4 hectares
Homes: 159
Status: Appeal decided
Decision: GRANT PERMISSION
Decision date: 15 January 2026
Appeal: ACP-324074-26 · GRANT PERMISSION

In context

It is one of 18 housing scheme applications Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 15 January 2026. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

The proposed development will consist of 159 no. residential units over/around

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council grants permission for 159-home scheme at Bray, Co. Dublin", 15 January 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council/LRD25A%2F0644%2FWEB

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council/LRD25A%2F0644%2FWEB">Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council grants permission for 159-home scheme at Bray, Co. Dublin</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 15 January 2026.</p>

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