Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

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.

Applications
320
County
Donegal

What the data shows

In the Ballybofey-Stranorlar planning area, there are 320 total applications on the register, with a grant rate of 91% of 253 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016. This rate represents 231 applications granted, 22 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are retention at 19%, extension at 17%, change of use at 17%, and new dwelling at 11%. Recently lodged applications show 23 in 2023, 32 in 2024, and 33 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

91%

of 253 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
231
Refused
22
No decision recorded
67

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

What’s being built

Retention
19%
Extension
17%
Change of use
17%
New dwelling
11%
Commercial
11%
Housing estate
6%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Ballybofey-Stranorlar, 2017–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Retention88%4890%
Extension96%4595%
Change of use95%3888%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 Ballybofey-Stranorlar

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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.