Planning register
Ballyshannon
Planning applications inside the Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- Applications
- 178
- County
- Donegal
Planning intelligence
Grant rate
96%
of 137 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.
- Granted
- 132
- Refused
- 5
- No decision recorded
- 41
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
What’s being built
- Extension
- 17%
- Change of use
- 17%
- Retention
- 15%
- New dwelling
- 14%
- Alterations
- 13%
- Commercial
- 7%
Activity over time
Applications lodged, by year
Grant rate, by year of decision
Recently lodged in Ballyshannon
- Awaiting decision
CHANGES TO ELEVATIONS OF DWELLING HOUSE AND SITE LAYOUT AS CONSTRUCTED FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER…
ABBEYLANDS , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO
2661242DonegalLodged 5 Jul 2026
- Granted
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING 1ST FLOOR ATTIC STORAGE SPACE TO USE AS DOMESTIC ACCOMMODATION WITH ALL ASSOCIATED…
NO.55 WOODLANDS , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO CO. DONEGAL
2660968DonegalLodged 27 May 2026
- Granted
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATER/WASTEWATER SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE…
ABBEYLANDS , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO
2660747DonegalLodged 28 Apr 2026
- Granted
(1) ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND (2) ALTERATION AND WIDENING OF EXISTING…
ABBEYLANDS , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO
2660701DonegalLodged 22 Apr 2026
- Granted
CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING CLASSROOM IN THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE FOR PRE-SCHOOL, PLAYSCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL…
GAELSCOIL ÉIRNE , PARKVIEW & TOWNPARKS , BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO
2660677DonegalLodged 20 Apr 2026
- Granted
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE,…
BACHELOR'S WALK , COOLCHOLLY , BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO
2660651DonegalLodged 16 Apr 2026
- Awaiting decision
(1) CHANGE OF USE OF UPPER GROUND FLOOR FROM FORMER BAKERY TO USE AS PADEL BALL COURTS WITH RECEPTION AND…
THE FORMER BAKERY SITE , THE MALL , BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO
2660630DonegalLodged 14 Apr 2026
- Granted
REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 22/52048 CONSISTING OF THE OMISSION OF 1NO. DETACHED…
PORTNASON , BALLYSHANNON , CO. DONEGAL
2660531DonegalLodged 31 Mar 2026
- Granted
(1) RETENTION OF KITCHEN EXTENSION TO SIDE ELEVATION AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND FUEL STORE, (2)…
DUNMUCKRUM , BALLYSHANNON , CO. DONEGAL
2660422DonegalLodged 16 Mar 2026
- Awaiting decision
(1) RETENTION OF (A) KITCHEN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE ELEVATION AND (B) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND FUEL STORE…
DUNMUCKRUM , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO
2660211DonegalLodged 16 Feb 2026
- Granted
DOMESTIC DWELLING AND DOMESTIC STORAGE BUILDING AS CONSTRUCTED ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
ABBEYLANDS , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO
2660038DonegalLodged 15 Jan 2026
- Granted
CONVERSION OF THE ATTIC SPACES OF — NO TOWN HOUSES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51519 FOR…
CHAPEL ST. , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO
2561998DonegalLodged 17 Nov 2025
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