Letterkenny
Planning applications inside the Letterkenny, Co. Donegal settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.
What the data shows
Generated from this page’s figuresIn Letterkenny, there are 1378 total applications on the register, with recent lodgements recorded at 132 in 2023, 164 in 2024, and 169 in 2025. Out of 1080 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016, the grant rate is 92%, representing 990 granted, 90 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types in the area are New dwelling at 19%, Extension at 18%, Retention at 15%, and Commercial at 10%. This is information, not legal advice.
An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.
- 1,378
- inside the settlement boundary
- Donegal
- CSO Census 2022
Decisions
Grant rate
92%
Also on the register, outside the rate: No decision recorded 298
Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.
Show the numbers
| Outcome | Applications |
|---|---|
| Granted | 990 |
| Refused | 90 |
| No decision recorded | 298 |
What’s being applied for
Types are read from each application's description; the most common are shown.
Show the numbers
| Type | Applications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New dwelling | 256 | 19% |
| Extension | 251 | 18% |
| Retention | 211 | 15% |
| Commercial | 133 | 10% |
| Change of use | 129 | 9% |
| Alterations | 101 | 7% |
Grant rate by type of development
| Type | Granted | Decided | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 97% | 201 | 95% |
| New dwelling | 88% | 201 | 81% |
| Retention | 92% | 155 | 90% |
| Commercial | 88% | 97 | 88% |
| Change of use | 89% | 85 | 88% |
| Alterations | 96% | 81 | 92% |
| Housing estate | 95% | 58 | 78% |
| Apartments | 82% | 45 | 71% |
| Infrastructure | 91% | 45 | 91% |
“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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.
Appeals
Appeals to An Bord Pleanála
33%
15 of 46 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.
Activity
Applications lodged
Show the numbers
| Year | Applications |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 90 |
| 2017 | 123 |
| 2018 | 105 |
| 2019 | 116 |
| 2020 | 115 |
| 2021 | 122 |
| 2022 | 113 |
| 2023 | 132 |
| 2024 | 164 |
| 2025 | 169 |
Grant rate by year
Show the numbers
| Year | Decided | Granted | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 63 | 56 | 89% |
| 2017 | 90 | 82 | 91% |
| 2018 | 68 | 59 | 87% |
| 2019 | 87 | 79 | 91% |
| 2020 | 93 | 86 | 92% |
| 2021 | 87 | 84 | 97% |
| 2022 | 104 | 94 | 90% |
| 2023 | 94 | 88 | 94% |
| 2024 | 136 | 127 | 93% |
| 2025 | 132 | 122 | 92% |
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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.