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

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 94% grant rate out of 171 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 160 granted, 11 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are new dwellings at 31%, extensions at 23%, retentions at 11%, and commercial developments at 9%. Recent decided examples in the area, which were all granted, include projects such as a first floor extension, a taproom change of use, land levelling, a new vehicular entrance, a wastewater treatment system replacement, and the erection of a permanent dwelling house.

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

94%

of 171 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
160
Refused
11
No decision recorded
63

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
8%
Housing estate
6%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling90%4882%
Extension92%3895%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.