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
86
County
Donegal

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Lifford contains a total of 86 applications, with 65 applications having been granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Out of these 65 decided applications, 59 were granted, 6 were refused, and 0 were part-granted, representing a 91% grant rate. The most common development types are extensions at 20%, commercial at 14%, retention at 14%, and change of use at 12%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 9 in 2023, 6 in 2024, and 9 in 2025, with recent decisions including granted permissions for projects such as a single storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling and the demolition of a derelict dwelling for a new commercial storage shed.

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

91%

of 65 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
59
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%
Retention
14%
Change of use
12%
Apartments
11%
New dwelling
10%

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Lifford

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.