Planning Permission Ireland

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
111
County
Donegal

What the data shows

The planning register for Ballyliffin contains a total of 111 applications, with recent lodgements showing 7 in 2023, 19 in 2024, and 8 in 2025. Since 2016, the area has a grant rate of 88% out of 84 applications that were granted, refused, or part-granted, which consists of 74 granted, 10 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are new dwellings at 42%, retentions at 23%, extensions at 7%, and changes of use at 7%. Recent decided examples, which were all granted, include works such as extensions built onto an existing dwelling house, a change of house type, and the renovation and extension of an existing derelict dwelling and store.

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

88%

of 84 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
74
Refused
10
No decision recorded
27

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
42%
Retention
23%
Extension
7%
Change of use
7%
Demolition
7%
Commercial
5%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling83%3682%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.