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Planning in Donegal

In the twelve months to July 2026, Donegal County Council logged 2,507 planning applications — the 3rd most active of Ireland’s 31 planning authorities. 93.3% of decided applications were granted — above the national 88.8%. The average decision took 66 days (9.4 weeks), faster than the 71-day national average.

The last twelve months

August 2025 to July 2026
Applications
2,507
21,243 on record since 2004
Grant rate
93.3%
National: 88.8%
Invalidation rate
14.6%
National: 16.5%
Avg decision time
9.4 weeks
66 days
Busiest categories in the window: residential new build (1,042), residential extension alteration (508) and residential ancillary (161).

Trends since 2021

Live from the register, refreshed twice a week. Complete years only — the current year is still in flight. For side-by-side comparisons across authorities, use the national view.

Applications over time

GrantedRefusedInvalidWithdrawnIn progressOther

Breakdown

Where these figures come from. Aggregates over the published planning register of Donegal County Council, bucketed monthly by decision outcome. Grant rate is granted as a share of granted plus refused; it is suppressed below 20 decided applications, where a percentage would be noise. Snapshot computed July 2026 — the explorer above always shows the latest refresh. Aggregate figures on this page may be reused with attribution.

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Every authority, the same page

The same figures, computed the same way, for each of the 31 planning authorities.

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