Local Electoral Area · Donegal County Council

Construction leads in Carndonagh

386 planning applications and commencement notices in Carndonagh in the last twelve months, across 16 electoral divisions. 411 sites are on site right now. Updated weekly from the Donegal planning register and the national building control register.

386
Leads, 12 months
411
On site now
€162m
Pipeline value
Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann 2022
Every lead in Carndonagh, on the map

Pro opens the map filtered to this area: every site pinned, scored and sized, with the area shading, trade filters and alerts for new filings.

Top trades in Carndonagh

The work the last twelve months of filings call for, by trade.

Masonry & Blockwork
315 leads
Roofing
315 leads
Electrical
305 leads
Carpentry & Joinery
301 leads
Plumbing & Heating
297 leads
Flooring
290 leads
Painting & Decorating
290 leads
Plastering, Rendering & Dry Lining
290 leads

The housing stock in Carndonagh

6,366 households in Census 2022, set against the national figure (the dark tick). Older homes on oil and solid fuel are where retrofit demand sits.

Age and occupancy

Built before 198033.4%Ireland 41.7%
Built before 19198.5%Ireland 8.6%
Built 2011 or later5.7%Ireland 7.9%
Vacant homes11.3%Ireland 7.7%
Holiday homes18.9%Ireland 3.2%

Central heating fuel

Oil59.1%Ireland 40.9%
Mains gas0.6%Ireland 34.5%
LPG0.3%Ireland 0.7%
Electric3.8%Ireland 12.4%
Solid fuel (coal, peat, wood)34.1%Ireland 9.4%
Other fuel1.5%Ireland 1%
No central heating0.5%Ireland 1.2%
Renewable energy source18.1%Ireland 25.7%

Tenure

Owner occupied75.8%Ireland 68.9%
Private rented12.6%Ireland 18.8%
Social rented8.1%Ireland 10.4%
Pobal deprivation score
-8.17

Relative affluence below the national average (0). A household-weighted mean of Electoral Division scores. Pobal HP Deprivation Index 2022, CC BY 4.0.

Source: CSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Shares are rolled up from each electoral division, weighted by households (dwellings for vacancy).

Recent planning applications in Carndonagh

  1. CASHEL, GLENEELY, LIFFORD PO
    (1) RETENTION OF CHANGES TO DWELLING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 00/4468 INCLUDING CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE INTO HABITABLE LIVING SPACE (4 NO…
    Lodged
    2661843Received 6 Oct 2026Decision due 30 Nov 2026
  2. ROOSKY, CLONMANY, LIFFORD PO
    (1) RETENTION OF (A) TEMPORARY SITE ENTRANCE AND (B) PARTIALLY COMPLETED DWELLING HOUSE TO FOUNDATION LEVEL…
    Lodged
    2661847Received 6 Oct 2026Decision due 30 Nov 2026
  3. GLASALT, CARNDONAGH, LIFFORD PO
    (1) RETENTION OF MOBILE HOME, TO BE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, FOR TEMPORARY USE WHILE DWELLING HOUSE IS BEING COMPLETED…
    Closed
    2661848Received 6 Oct 2026
  4. GLENCROW, MOVILLE, LIFFORD PO
    CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, ALONG WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
    Lodged
    2650120Received 5 Oct 2026Decision due 29 Nov 2026
  5. BALLEEGHAN UPPER, CULKEENY, INISHOWEN
    2 NO. SINGLE STOREY PREFAB TEACHING UNITS / PODS AT THE REAR OF THE EXISTING ETB FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTRE BUILDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE…
    Lodged
    2661831Received 5 Oct 2026Decision due 29 Nov 2026
  6. CHURCHLAND QUARTERS & TULLANREE, CARNDONAGH, LIFFORD PO
    AMENDMENTS TO THE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (PLANNING REF. NO. 24/62164 REFERS) CONSISTING OF (1) AMENDMENTS TO THE PERMITTED INTERNAL SURFACE…
    Lodged
    2661827Received 2 Oct 2026Decision due 26 Nov 2026
  7. THE MULLINS, BALLYLOSKEY, CARNDONAGH
    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
    Lodged
    2650116Received 1 Oct 2026Decision due 25 Nov 2026
  8. THE MULLINS, BALLYLOSKEY, CARNDONAGH
    CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/51430, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
    Lodged
    2650117Received 1 Oct 2026Decision due 25 Nov 2026
  9. DUNROSS, CULDAFF, LIFFORD PO
    ERECTION OF A 24M HIGH MULTI-USER MONOPOLE STRUCTURE, CARRYING TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED EXCHANGE CABINETS AND SUNDRY DEVELOPMENT…
    Closed
    2661820Received 1 Oct 2026
  10. GLEBE, CARNDONAGH, LIFFORD PO
    ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
    Lodged
    2661801Received 29 Sept 2026Decision due 23 Nov 2026
Every Donegal application, by week

Who is building in Carndonagh

The organisations behind the most applications in this area.

  1. 1GEORGE DOHERTY CONSTRUCTION (IRL) LIMITED3 applications
  2. 2GEORGE GILL & SONS CONSTRUCTION LTD3 applications
  3. 3NEWTOWNSTEWART CONSTRUCTION LIMITED3 applications
  4. 4THOMAS HAVLIN OF SEABOUND ENGINEERING LTD3 applications
  5. 5WELDITZ LTD2 applications
  6. 6PETER KEARNEY OF KEARNEY OYSTERS LTD2 applications
  7. 7WARDSTONE LIMITED2 applications
  8. 8BOYCE PAINTS LIMITED1 application

Electoral divisions in Carndonagh

  • Ardmalin
  • Ballyliffin
  • Carndonagh
  • Carthage
  • Castlecary
  • Culdaff
  • Dunaff
  • Gleneely
  • Gleneganon
  • Glentogher
  • Greencastle
  • Malin
  • Moville
  • Redcastle
  • Straid
  • Turmone

Lead figures count planning applications and commencement notices received in the last twelve months inside this area's boundary; pipeline value is the estimated build value behind them. Applicant names of private individuals are never shown; organisations only. Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann National Statistical Boundaries 2022, CC BY 4.0.

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