Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Greencastle

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

Applications
167
County
Donegal

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Greencastle contains a total of 167 applications, with 19 lodged in 2023, 19 in 2024, and 14 in 2025. Out of 120 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016, the area has a 94% grant rate, consisting of 113 granted, 7 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are new dwellings at 34%, retentions at 20%, extensions at 15%, and commercial developments at 10%. Recent decided examples that were granted include the construction of a two-storey east facing side extension to existing shop premises, a change of house type, the demolition of an existing dwelling due to defective mica blockwork and erection of a replacement, and the construction of new dwellings and commercial buildings.

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

94%

of 120 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
113
Refused
7
No decision recorded
47

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
34%
Retention
20%
Extension
15%
Commercial
10%
Change of use
5%
Alterations
5%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling91%4381%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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.