Name: Planning applications within 500 m of WestPoint, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal
Creator: Planning Register
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No planning applications on this site.
Not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
Donegal (bus 264, 292) 497 m away: 4 an hour at morning peak.
Here (2022 census): 62% owner-occupied (council 70%); 42% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 1946–1960; 53% drive to work (council 63%); population up 4% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 50 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
Applications within 500 m: 6 last year, 6 in 2022. Homes started within 1 km: 4 in the last year, 67 three years before.
32 applications nearby in 5 years; 90% approved (council 93%); 12% for work already built (council 24%).

On this site

None found

Zoning · no zoning in the plans we hold

No

Protected or listed · on our maps

Yes

Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year

Around it

0

Open for comments · none today

90%

Approved, when decided · 26 approved · 3 refused

50 days

Time to a decision · median; 1 in 3 asked for more information

10

Sites that could change · see the list

No

Flood risk area nearby (OPW map) · none within 500 m

0

Protected buildings nearby · not this site

62%

Owner-occupied (2022) · council 70%

42%

Homes empty (2022) · council 26%

4/h

Public transport, morning peak · services from stops within 500 m

Questions to ask before you buy 2

On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.

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About this home

WestPoint, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal is a 3-bedroom new homes in Mullans, Donegal (BER A2). It is advertised for sale on daft.ie (last seen live on 7 Oct 2026). Within 500 m, Planning Register tracks 79 planning applications: 51 granted, 4 refused, 2 decided on appeal, 8 commenced.

More about this address

It is in the West Point estate, where 12 planning applications were made in 10 years, 100% of those decided granted.

Type: New Homes
Bedrooms / bathrooms: 3 / —
Floor area: —
BER: A2
Local authority: Donegal County Council
Location precision: Rooftop
Estate: West Point
Most active applicant within 500 m: CARNVALLEY HOLDINGS LTD · 2 applications
Schools within 1.0 km: GLEBE NS (primary school · 121 pupils, 835 m)
Crèche inspected nearby: Convoy Community Playgroup Ltd · inspected 11 Sept 2025 (approx. 852 m)

Sources: cara_listings, daft_gateway, ppr · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 20:14

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
cara_listings	Third-party advertisement data captured by Cara from daft.ie. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (licensed PSP name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers and all vendor/buyer identities are dropped.	11 Sept 2026, 20:14	open
daft_gateway	Third-party advertisement data read from daft.ie's own JSON gateway. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (the licensed PSP's name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers, profile images and all media URLs are dropped at fetch time and never written down. Vendor and buyer identities are not in this data.	7 Oct 2026, 05:48	open
ppr	PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use-of-public-sector-information). Free re-use in any format provided the source and PSRA copyright are acknowledged, the data is reproduced accurately and not used misleadingly, and it is NOT used 'for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service'. Attribution: 'Contains PSRA Residential Property Price Register data, © Property Services Regulatory Authority.'	7 Oct 2026, 01:12	open

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WestPoint, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal