Name: Planning applications within 500 m of 8 Bunholvil, Bundoran, 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.
3 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 6 Oct 2026.
No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Bundoran West, 588 m away (1 an hour).
Noise from road traffic mapped at 60–64 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
Here (2022 census): 61% owner-occupied (council 70%); 49% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 1991–2000; 68% drive to work (council 63%); population up 24% since 2016.
1 home extension within 250 m since 2024.

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

3

Open for comments · you can comment

100%

Approved, when decided · 12 approved · 0 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

61%

Owner-occupied (2022) · council 70%

49%

Homes empty (2022) · council 26%

60–64 dB

Noise (EPA 2022) · road traffic, day-evening-night

0/h

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

Questions to ask before you buy 3

On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
Application 145 m away open for comments until 6 Oct 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.

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About this home

8 Bunholvil, Bundoran, Co. Donegal is a home in Magheracar, Donegal (BER D1). It was advertised as sold on daft.ie in August 2025. Within 500 m, Planning Register tracks 41 planning applications: 4 open for observation, 22 granted, 1 refused, 1 decided on appeal.

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The soonest observation deadline is 5 Oct 2026 on DONEGAL 2661605 (17 PORTBEG , MAGHERACAR , BUNDORAN LIFFORD PO). The nearest EPA-licensed facility is Bundoran, 486 m away.

Sold: 14 Aug 2025
Type: —
Bedrooms / bathrooms: — / —
Floor area: —
BER: D1
Year built: 1997
Local authority: Donegal County Council
Location precision: Rooftop
EPA licence within 1.0 km: Bundoran (486 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.	5 Oct 2026, 10:22	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.'	5 Oct 2026, 01:11	open

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8 Bunholvil, Bundoran, Co. Donegal