Donegal
Planning applications inside the Donegal, Co. Donegal settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
- 306
- inside the settlement boundary
- Donegal
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
94%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 70
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 223 |
| Refused | 13 |
| No decision recorded | 70 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial | 53 | 17% |
| Change of use | 51 | 17% |
| Retention | 46 | 15% |
| Extension | 45 | 15% |
| New dwelling | 40 | 13% |
| Alterations | 28 | 9% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Change of use | 83% | 35 | 88% |
| Extension | 97% | 35 | 95% |
| Retention | 91% | 34 | 90% |
| New dwelling | 97% | 30 | 81% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 | 30 |
| 2017 | 28 |
| 2018 | 35 |
| 2019 | 37 |
| 2020 | 20 |
| 2021 | 34 |
| 2022 | 27 |
| 2023 | 17 |
| 2024 | 23 |
| 2025 | 30 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 20 | 20 | 100% |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | 100% |
| 2018 | 31 | 30 | 97% |
| 2019 | 26 | 24 | 92% |
| 2020 | 19 | 18 | 95% |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 100% |
| 2022 | 29 | 28 | 97% |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 100% |
| 2024 | 13 | 12 | 92% |
| 2025 | 25 | 21 | 84% |
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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.