Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Dunfanaghy

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

Applications
234
County
Donegal

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Dunfanaghy contains a total of 234 applications, with recent lodgements showing 17 applications in 2023, 20 in 2024, and 19 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 93% grant rate out of 168 applications granted, refused, or part-granted, which consists of 157 granted, 11 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types in the area are new dwellings at 31%, extensions at 23%, retentions at 11%, and commercial developments at 9%. Recent decided examples that were granted include a first floor extension to an existing dwelling house, a change of use of existing stables to a taproom with extensions, a new vehicular entrance, a change of house design, a temporary mobile home, and a part single storey, part two storey extension.

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 168 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
157
Refused
11
No decision recorded
66

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
31%
Extension
23%
Retention
11%
Commercial
9%
Alterations
7%
Housing estate
6%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Dunfanaghy

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.