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Construction leads in Letterkenny

479 planning applications and commencement notices in Letterkenny in the last twelve months, across 14 electoral divisions. 578 sites are on site right now. Updated weekly from the Donegal planning register and the national building control register.

479
Leads, 12 months
578
On site now
€431m
Pipeline value
Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann 2022
Every lead in Letterkenny, 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 Letterkenny

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

Masonry & Blockwork
407 leads
Roofing
407 leads
Carpentry & Joinery
396 leads
Electrical
391 leads
Groundworks & Enabling Works
381 leads
Plumbing & Heating
381 leads
Flooring
367 leads
Painting & Decorating
367 leads

The housing stock in Letterkenny

11,598 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 198023%Ireland 41.7%
Built before 19192.7%Ireland 8.6%
Built 2011 or later6.4%Ireland 7.9%
Vacant homes11%Ireland 7.7%
Holiday homes1.2%Ireland 3.2%

Central heating fuel

Oil74.9%Ireland 40.9%
Mains gas2.6%Ireland 34.5%
LPG1%Ireland 0.7%
Electric7.3%Ireland 12.4%
Solid fuel (coal, peat, wood)12.4%Ireland 9.4%
Other fuel1.1%Ireland 1%
No central heating0.7%Ireland 1.2%
Renewable energy source19%Ireland 25.7%

Tenure

Owner occupied60.8%Ireland 68.9%
Private rented25.8%Ireland 18.8%
Social rented11.3%Ireland 10.4%
Pobal deprivation score
-0.92

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 Letterkenny

  1. SOCKAR, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL
    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSTRUCTED WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED STORAGE SHED…
    Lodged
    2661859Received 8 Oct 2026Decision due 2 Dec 2026
  2. ARDRUMMAN, RAMELTON, LETTERKENNY PO
    FRONT PORCH TO DWELLING HOUSE
    Lodged
    2650121Received 6 Oct 2026Decision due 30 Nov 2026
  3. CANAL ROAD, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL
    CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER CAR SALES GARAGE AND PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED RETAIL / SHOP UNITS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 17/51336…
    Lodged
    2661823Received 2 Oct 2026Decision due 26 Nov 2026
  4. DEENYSTOWN, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL
    EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
    Lodged
    2661826Received 2 Oct 2026Decision due 26 Nov 2026
  5. CURRAGHLEA, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL
    ERECTION OF 2 NO. DWELLING HOUSES WITH INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
    Lodged
    2661817Received 1 Oct 2026Decision due 25 Nov 2026
  6. CASTLESHANAGHAN, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL
    (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, (2) INSTALLATION OF AN ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
    Lodged
    2661789Received 28 Sept 2026Decision due 22 Nov 2026
  7. CASTLESHANAGHAN, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL
    (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, (2) INSTALLATION OF AN ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
    Lodged
    2661790Received 28 Sept 2026Decision due 22 Nov 2026
  8. PORT ROAD, BALLYRAINE, LETTERKENNY
    (1) CONTAINER WHICH IS USED AS AN OFFICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ON SITE…
    Lodged
    2661784Received 25 Sept 2026Decision due 19 Nov 2026
  9. 1 CLUAIN AIRNE, GLEBE, LETTERKENNY
    PRECAST CONCRETE BOUNDARY WALL WITH A STONE-EFFECT FINISH ALONG BOTH SIDE BOUNDARIES AND THE REAR BOUNDARY OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE…
    Lodged
    2650114Received 23 Sept 2026Decision due 17 Nov 2026
  10. KINCRAIGY, MANORCUNNINGHAM, LETTERKENNY PO
    CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC SHED AND INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
    Lodged
    2661743Received 19 Sept 2026Decision due 13 Nov 2026
Every Donegal application, by week

Who is building in Letterkenny

The organisations behind the most applications in this area.

  1. 1GLENVIEW CATERING LIMITED8 applications
  2. 2CILLANOIR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED8 applications
  3. 3MYR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED6 applications
  4. 4Atlantic Technological University6 applications
  5. 5GROVEFIELD CONSTRUCTION LIMITED5 applications
  6. 6GLENVIEW HOMES LIMITED5 applications
  7. 7PROPERTY HOLD LIMITED5 applications
  8. 8CR RENAISSANCE PROPERTIES LIMITED4 applications

Electoral divisions in Letterkenny

  • Ballymacool
  • Castlewray
  • Church Hill
  • Corravaddy
  • Edenacarnan
  • Gortnavern
  • Killymasny
  • Kincraigy
  • Letterkenny Rural
  • Letterkenny Urban
  • Magheraboy
  • Manorcunningham
  • Seacor
  • Templedouglas

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Working in Letterkenny?

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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