Ballybofey-Stranorlar
Planning applications inside the Ballybofey-Stranorlar, Co. Donegal settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- 322
- inside the settlement boundary
- Donegal
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
91%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 67
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 233 |
| Refused | 22 |
| No decision recorded | 67 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
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| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Retention | 60 | 19% |
| Extension | 55 | 17% |
| Change of use | 53 | 17% |
| Commercial | 37 | 12% |
| New dwelling | 35 | 11% |
| Housing estate | 20 | 6% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retention | 88% | 48 | 90% |
| Extension | 96% | 45 | 95% |
| Change of use | 95% | 38 | 88% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Types with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.
Activity
Applications lodged
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| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 22 |
| 2017 | 40 |
| 2018 | 39 |
| 2019 | 33 |
| 2020 | 42 |
| 2021 | 20 |
| 2022 | 19 |
| 2023 | 23 |
| 2024 | 32 |
| 2025 | 33 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 14 | 12 | 86% |
| 2017 | 35 | 30 | 86% |
| 2018 | 24 | 18 | 75% |
| 2019 | 30 | 28 | 93% |
| 2020 | 26 | 25 | 96% |
| 2021 | 21 | 19 | 90% |
| 2022 | 17 | 14 | 82% |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 100% |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 100% |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 100% |
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Source the statutory planning registers; settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann) · Licence Irish Public Sector Data, CC BY 4.0Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.