Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Carndonagh

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

Applications
250
County
Donegal

What the data shows

The planning register for Carndonagh contains 250 total applications, with recent lodgements showing 21 in 2023, 32 in 2024, and 25 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 95% grant rate out of 182 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 173 granted, 9 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are new dwelling at 19%, commercial at 18%, change of use at 15%, and extension at 14%. Recent decided examples that were granted include the demolition of an existing single storey garden centre building and removal of an existing tank, the retention of a shed along with retention and completion of works to an annex and construction of an extension, the decommissioning of a septic tank and installation of a wastewater treatment plant, the erection of a dwelling house with an effluent treatment plant, and two separate grants for the demolition of a semi-detached dwelling due to defective mica blockwork and erection of a replacement.

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

95%

of 182 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
173
Refused
9
No decision recorded
68

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
19%
Commercial
18%
Change of use
15%
Extension
14%
Retention
10%
Housing estate
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling97%3782%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.