Buncrana
Planning applications inside the Buncrana, Co. Donegal settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- 786
- inside the settlement boundary
- Donegal
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
91%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 219
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 517 |
| Refused | 50 |
| No decision recorded | 219 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| New dwelling | 196 | 25% |
| Extension | 144 | 18% |
| Retention | 102 | 13% |
| Change of use | 68 | 9% |
| Commercial | 56 | 7% |
| Alterations | 52 | 7% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| New dwelling | 92% | 137 | 81% |
| Extension | 94% | 110 | 95% |
| Retention | 91% | 65 | 90% |
| Change of use | 93% | 44 | 88% |
| Alterations | 97% | 33 | 92% |
| Commercial | 82% | 33 | 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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 | 59 |
| 2017 | 57 |
| 2018 | 44 |
| 2019 | 58 |
| 2020 | 72 |
| 2021 | 102 |
| 2022 | 76 |
| 2023 | 78 |
| 2024 | 81 |
| 2025 | 88 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 35 | 32 | 91% |
| 2017 | 38 | 36 | 95% |
| 2018 | 32 | 28 | 88% |
| 2019 | 32 | 26 | 81% |
| 2020 | 52 | 46 | 88% |
| 2021 | 69 | 65 | 94% |
| 2022 | 61 | 56 | 92% |
| 2023 | 57 | 54 | 95% |
| 2024 | 57 | 51 | 89% |
| 2025 | 73 | 67 | 92% |
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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.