Planning register

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.

Applications: 1,352
County: Donegal

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Letterkenny contains a total of 1352 applications, with recent lodgements showing 132 in 2023, 164 in 2024, and 169 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 92% grant rate out of 1046 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 960 granted, 86 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are new dwellings at 19%, extensions at 18%, retentions at 15%, and commercial developments at 10%. Recent decided examples include granted applications for the demolition of defective concrete block or mica defective dwellings to construct replacement homes, as well as a refused application for the construction of a new warehouse storage building.

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

92%

of 1,046 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted: 960
Refused: 86
No decision recorded: 306

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

What’s being built

New dwelling: 19%
Extension: 18%
Retention: 15%
Commercial: 10%
Change of use: 9%
Alterations: 7%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

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Grant rate, by year of decision

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Recently lodged in Letterkenny

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.