Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Lifford

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

Applications
88
County
Donegal

What the data shows

The planning register for Lifford contains 88 total applications, with recent lodgements showing 9 in 2023, 6 in 2024, and 9 in 2025. Since 2016, there has been a 91% grant rate out of 67 applications granted, refused, or part-granted, which consists of 61 granted, 6 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are extension at 20%, followed by commercial, change of use, and retention, which each account for 14% of applications. Recent decided examples in the area, which were all granted, include works such as a single storey rear extension, a commercial storage shed, and the retention of a first floor accessible WC and lobby.

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

91%

of 67 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
61
Refused
6
No decision recorded
21

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

What’s being built

Extension
20%
Commercial
14%
Change of use
14%
Retention
14%
Apartments
11%
New dwelling
9%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Lifford

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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.