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
169
County
Donegal

What the data shows

In the Greencastle planning area, there are 169 total applications on the register, with 122 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Out of these 122 applications, 115 were granted, 7 were refused, and 0 were part-granted, resulting in a 94% grant rate. The most common development types are new dwellings at 33%, retention at 19%, extensions at 14%, and commercial developments at 10%. Recently lodged applications include 19 in 2023, 19 in 2024, and 14 in 2025.

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

Granted
115
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
33%
Retention
19%
Extension
14%
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 dwelling93%4282%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.