Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Bundoran

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

Applications
270
County
Donegal

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Bundoran shows a total of 270 applications, with a 93% grant rate out of 200 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within these decided cases, 185 were granted, 15 were refused, and 0 were part-granted. The most common development types are new dwellings at 19%, retentions at 19%, extensions at 19%, and commercial developments at 13%. Recent application activity shows 23 applications lodged in 2023, 22 in 2024, and 16 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.

Grant rate

93%

of 200 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
185
Refused
15
No decision recorded
70

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
19%
Retention
19%
Extension
19%
Commercial
13%
Change of use
12%
Alterations
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension100%3995%
Retention95%3790%
New dwelling82%3381%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.