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.
- 169
- inside the settlement boundary
- Donegal
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
94%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 46
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
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| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 116 |
| Refused | 7 |
| No decision recorded | 46 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| New dwelling | 56 | 33% |
| Retention | 32 | 19% |
| Extension | 24 | 14% |
| Commercial | 17 | 10% |
| Change of use | 9 | 5% |
| Alterations | 9 | 5% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| New dwelling | 93% | 42 | 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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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 | 11 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 14 |
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2022 | 19 |
| 2023 | 19 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2025 | 14 |
Grant rate by year
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| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | 6 | 75% |
| 2017 | 10 | 8 | 80% |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | 100% |
| 2021 | 16 | 14 | 88% |
| 2022 | 19 | 18 | 95% |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 100% |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 100% |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 100% |
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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.