Planning report · Donegal County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 27 Oct 2026, 09:49

Ballyshannon Rural ED, Donegal Municipal District, County Donegal, Ulster, Éire / Ireland

54.52029, -8.18290

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 31 homes approved 1.6 km away haven't started.

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Distance

250 m 500 m 1 km 2 km

Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Donegal County Council: zoning and council consultations.

2open for comments nearbyclose 11 Nov–13 Nov 53homes approved nearby, not startednearest 1.4 km · 2352008

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years

1ApplySite notice up, plans online
2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
3Decision8 weeks by law
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council
8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out

Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations.

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

On this site

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km

Within 2.0 km	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	17	bridge; mill (water)
Monuments	73	Field system; Cliff-edge fort

How we work this out

'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 96 on the draft 2027 map; 96 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open

How we work this out

Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 01:33	open

Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

How we work this out

Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.

Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 01:33

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 01:33	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 01:33	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Ballyshannon Rural ED, Donegal Municipal District, County Donegal, Ulster, Éire / Ireland with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved, not startedEmpty land zoned for homesApproved

1COOLCHOLLY, BALLYSHANNON 2661863No decision yet · 1.3 km
239 TIRCONNAILL ST., BALLYSHANNON 2661849No decision yet · 1.9 km
3COOLCHOLLY 2352008Approved, no sign building has started · 1.4 km
4CAMP LANE 2561123Approved, no sign building has started · 1.6 km
50.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.2 km
60.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.3 km
70.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.4 km
82.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.4 km
90.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.4 km
100.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.4 km
11LEGALTAN, BALLYSHANNON 2661316Approved with conditions · 669 m
12LEGALTAN, BALLYSHANNON 2660157Approved with conditions · 1.0 km
13ABBEYLANDS, BALLYSHANNON 2661242Approved with conditions · 1.5 km
14BACHELOR'S WALK, COOLCHOLLY 2660651Approved with conditions · 1.6 km
15NO.55 WOODLANDS, BALLYSHANNON 2660968Approved with conditions · 1.7 km

Figure 2

The next 30 days

2 deadlines within 2.0 km; the first closes 11 Nov 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 11 Nov 202615 days left
22661849 · application received — CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR
€20 to the council · 1.9 km away
Comments close 13 Nov 202617 days left
12661863 · application received — CONSTRUCTION OF 39 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING…
€20 to the council · 1.3 km away

Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

Figure 3

Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

31 homes 1.6 km away were approved Jul 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jul 2031.

Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.

Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)

Sites that could change 12 within 2.0 km

Approved, not started 2

COOLCHOLLY · 22 homes approved Dec 2024, not started · 1.4 km
CAMP LANE · 31 homes approved Jul 2026, not started · 1.6 km

Empty land zoned for homes 10

50.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.2 km
60.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.3 km
70.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.4 km
82.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.4 km
90.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.4 km
100.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.4 km
0.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.4 km
0.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.4 km
2.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.4 km
0.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.4 km

Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 01:33	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	open

Open for comments €20 to comment

239 TIRCONNAILL ST. , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO comments close 11 Nov 2026
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR
26618497 Oct 20261.9 km
1COOLCHOLLY , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO comments close 13 Nov 2026
CONSTRUCTION OF 39 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO.…
26618639 Oct 202615 homes1.3 km

Every application within 2.0 km 13 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

11LEGALTAN , BALLYSHANNON , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING LOOSE HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
266131627 Aug 2026669 m
13ABBEYLANDS , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO Approved with conditions
CHANGES TO ELEVATIONS OF DWELLING HOUSE AND SITE LAYOUT AS CONSTRUCTED FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER…
266124221 Aug 20261.5 km
TULLYHORKY , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO Withdrawn or not valid
EXTENDED HARDCORE FARMYARD AREA
266113118 Jun 20261.3 km
15NO.55 WOODLANDS , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING 1ST FLOOR ATTIC STORAGE SPACE TO USE AS DOMESTIC ACCOMMODATION WITH ALL ASSOCIATED…
26609689 Jul 20261.7 km
ABBEYLANDS , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO Approved with conditions
(1) ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND (2) ALTERATION AND WIDENING OF EXISTING…
26607015 Jun 20261 homes1.9 km
GAELSCOIL ÉIRNE , PARKVIEW & TOWNPARKS , BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO Approved with conditions
CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING CLASSROOM IN THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE FOR PRE-SCHOOL, PLAYSCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL…
26606775 Jun 20261.8 km
14BACHELOR'S WALK , COOLCHOLLY , BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO Approved with conditions
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE,…
26606515 Jun 20261 homes1.6 km
CASHEL , ROSSNOWLAGH , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED
266057422 May 20261.8 km
12LEGALTAN , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO Approved with conditions
(1) DEMOLITION OF REAR EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS, (2) ERECTION OF A NEW REAR EXTENSION TO…
266015726 Mar 20261.0 km
ABBEYLANDS , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO Approved with conditions
DOMESTIC DWELLING AND DOMESTIC STORAGE BUILDING AS CONSTRUCTED ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
26600386 Mar 20261 homes1.7 km
CHAPEL ST. , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO Approved with conditions
CONVERSION OF THE ATTIC SPACES OF 2. NO TOWN HOUSES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51519 FOR…
256199815 Jan 20261.9 km

How we work this out

Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.

Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 01:33	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 02:09	open

Building work nearby 8 in the last 12 months

3 not signed off5 no sign-off needed

Bachelor's Walk, Ballyshannon, Donegal, F94 YT6E · 16 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 2561541 · 1.9 km
Tullyhorky, Ballyshannon, Donegal · 27 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560179 · 1.9 km
Ashbrook Drive, Ballyshannon, Donegal · 14 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2561517 · 1.8 km
44 Saint Benildus Avenue, Ballyshannon, Donegal, F94 XE03 · 13 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560527 · 1.9 km
CHAPEL STREET, Ballyshannon, Donegal, F94 W963 · 26 Jan 2026 · 3 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 2560573 · 2.0 km
10 Chapel Street, Ballyshannon, Donegal, F94 ED00 · 29 Dec 2025 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 2460695 · 1.9 km
Slate Row, Coolcholly, Ballyshannon, Donegal · 27 Nov 2025 · 2 homes · start notice not signed off · 20/51405 & 21/51919 · 1.5 km
College Street, Ballyshannon, Donegal, F94 FD85 · 31 Oct 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2461699 · 2.0 km

How we work this out

Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.

Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 02:09	open

Homes coming 53 not started

4CAMP LANE · 31 homes · not started · runs out 21 Jul 2031 · 1.6 km
3COOLCHOLLY · 22 homes · not started · runs out 3 Dec 2029 · 1.4 km

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 01:33	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:02	open

How busy is this area About as busy as most of Donegal County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here0

Council middle2

How we work this out

Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 02:09

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 02:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 01:33	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 4

This street block against the council

90% owner-occupied (council 70%).

Homes built before 1971

24% · council 21%

Homes built since 2001

33% · council 36%

Owner-occupied

90% · council 70%

Rented

8% · council 23%

Children under 15

21% · council 20%

Aged 65 and over

23% · council 18%

Households with 2+ cars

56% · council 42%

Work mainly from home

8% · council 11%

This small area (244 people)Donegal

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057013007

Nearest school

1.9 km

Gaelscoil Eirne, 29 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Gaelscoil Eirne · primary · 29 pupils · 1.9 km
Coláiste Cholmcille · postprimary · 682 pupils · 1.9 km

Stops 0

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 01:57

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:02	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Council consultation portals	Public	27 Oct 2026, 00:57	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	27 Oct 2026, 01:57	open
Land Development Agency public land register	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026, 16:43	open
cso_saps_2022	CC BY 4.0	—	open
National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)	CC BY 4.0	—	—
dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)	CC BY 4.0	—	—
EPA strategic noise maps	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council	CC BY 4.0	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Application 1.3 km away open for comments until 13 Nov 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Seller · solicitor

Reference

Where this is, the terms, the sources

Townland: Tullymore
Electoral division: Ballyshannon Rural
Electoral area: Donegal
Council: Donegal County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Not protected; no vacant land tax.
12 sites nearby could change: 2 approved schemes, 10 empty zoned plots.
2 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 13 Nov 2026.
53 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 31 at CAMP LANE.
No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Here (2022 census): 90% owner-occupied (council 70%); 27% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 2001–2010; 64% drive to work (council 63%); population up 7% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 50 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
13 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 93%).

What the terms mean 6 terms

Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.

Sources and licences 25

Source	Publisher	Licence	Fetched
EPA strategic noise maps	—	CC BY 4.0	—
Fingal County Council	—	CC BY 4.0	—
Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)	—	CC BY 4.0	—
National Transport Authority	—	CC BY 4.0	—
services-eu1.arcgis.com	An Coimisiún Pleanála	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	27 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	26 Oct 2026
cso.ie	—	CC BY 4.0	—
dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)	—	CC BY 4.0	—
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Local authorities (derelict sites registers)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	27 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Tailte Éireann	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors	CC BY 4.0	4 Oct 2026
propertypriceregister.ie	Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)	© PSRA, PSI licence	27 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026

Measured

counted from a public register

Calculated

a rate or median we worked out from those counts

Our classification

we sorted it by reading each description

Estimate

inferred from another source (census, map data)

Rule summary

the law, simplified: check before relying on it

How we work this out

Generated 27 Oct 2026, 09:49 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.

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