Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

An Bun Beag

Planning applications inside the An Bun Beag, Co. Donegal settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.

Applications
129
County
Donegal

What the data shows

The planning register for An Bun Beag contains a total of 129 applications, with 90 applications having been granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Out of these 90 applications, the area shows a 90% grant rate, consisting of 81 granted, 9 refused, and 0 part-granted decisions. The most common development types are new dwellings at 34%, retention at 16%, and both commercial and alterations at 10% each. Recently lodged applications include 7 in 2023, 23 in 2024, and 14 in 2025.

An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

90%

of 90 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
81
Refused
9
No decision recorded
39

Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.

What’s being built

New dwelling
34%
Retention
16%
Commercial
10%
Alterations
10%
Change of use
9%
Extension
8%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in An Bun Beag, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling81%3282%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Categories with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in An Bun Beag

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Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann). Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.