Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Na Dúnaibh

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

Applications
186
County
Donegal

What the data shows

The planning register for Na Dúnaibh contains a total of 186 applications, with recent annual lodgements showing 17 in 2023, 19 in 2024, and 20 in 2025. Since 2016, the area has a grant rate of 88% out of 139 applications granted, refused or part-granted, which consists of 123 granted, 16 refused, and 0 part-granted. The most common development types are new dwellings at 37%, extensions at 30%, retentions at 13%, and alterations at 5%. Recent decided examples include granted applications for extensions and a dwelling house with on-site sewage treatment, alongside refused applications for a new dwelling house with connection to the public sewer and the erection of a dwelling house with connection to existing public sewer and public watermains.

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

88%

of 139 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
123
Refused
16
No decision recorded
47

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

What’s being built

New dwelling
37%
Extension
30%
Retention
13%
Alterations
5%
Commercial
5%
Change of use
3%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Na Dúnaibh, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
New dwelling79%5282%
Extension100%4395%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.