MEENAGORY , BUNCRANA , CO. DONEGAL

What’s proposed

(1) RETENTION OF SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH HOME GYM AND (2) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 23/51530

2660549 is a planning application to Donegal County Council for (1) RETENTION OF SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH HOME GYM AND (2) CHANGE OF, received on 2 Apr 2026; permission was granted with conditions on 22 May 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 2660549
Local authority: Donegal County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 2 Apr 2026
Observations close: 7 May 2026 (closed 139 days ago)
Decision due: 27 May 2026 · decided 22 May 2026
Decision: Conditional on 22 May 2026
Proposed development: (1) RETENTION OF SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH HOME GYM AND (2) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 23/51530
As published by the register.
Site area: 2,604 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 331494). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660549/0.

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