Planning register

Ballyliffin

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

Applications: 109
County: Donegal

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Ballyliffin contains a total of 109 applications, with recent lodgements showing 7 in 2023, 19 in 2024, and 8 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been an 88% grant rate out of 80 applications granted, refused, or part-granted, which consists of 70 granted, 10 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are new dwelling at 43%, retention at 23%, change of use at 7%, and demolition at 7%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include projects such as the construction of a dwelling with connection to an on-site effluent treatment system, first floor conversions, and the demolition of dwellings with defective concrete blockwork.

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

Grant rate

88%

of 80 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 70
Refused: 10
No decision recorded: 29

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

What’s being built

New dwelling: 43%
Retention: 23%
Change of use: 7%
Demolition: 7%
Extension: 7%
Commercial: 5%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Ballyliffin, 2016–2026.

Category	Granted	Decided	Nationally
New dwelling	83%	36	81%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Ballyliffin

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.